1. Christodoulos Keratidis Atlantis Consulting S.A. Workshop in Information Security Theory and Practices ’07 8-11 May 2007, Heraklion, Greece

2. Atlantis Consulting S.A. Business Consultancy based in Greece (Thessaloniki, Athens)‏ Subsidiary: Atlantis Consulting Cyprus Services –Subsidies related services (EU & National)‏ –Management Consulting (Management Systems, Business Plans)‏ –Public Administration Support (Strategic Planning, Management, Evaluation of development programmes)‏ –Science & Technology Policy Studies (Impact Assessment, Policy Studies, Technology Foresight, Innovation Management)‏ Further information: www.atlantisresearch.gr

3. SECURE –FORCE Project An ETI project (FP 6) focused on SECURITY research Network of European partners promoting the participation of small and medium sized companies in the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) in the field of security 23 Organisations from 14 countries: France, Greece, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Luxembourg, Germany, Israel, UK, Austria, the Netherlands, Poland, and Cyprus Coordinator: ALMA CONSULTING GROUP Duration: 36 months (January 2006 – December 2008)‏

4. Who should be involved? Small and medium sized companies with an interest in SECURITY-research-related sectors, such as: –Secure communication systems and services –Networked infrastructure security –Transportation facility security (including aeronautics)‏ –Privacy and data protection –Protection against terrorism & bio-terrorism –Crisis prevention and management Universities, public research centres and large companies in the security field with a view to integrating small companies with appropriate technologies and expertise in their security related R & D projects, funded through FP7

5. What benefits can SECURE FORCE offer? Access to advance notification of forthcoming FP7 projects and calls for proposals in security related areas Active contact between small and medium sized companies, project coordinators or potential investors Assistance and support for small and medium sized companies to ensure their successful integration into large scale R&D partnerships A project web site with an online partner search facility Access to an online searchable database of up to 3.000 SMEs in the security field Audits of small and medium companies to classify their expertise and identify areas to develop Training sessions and workshops concerning FP7

6. Workshops 7 workshops –Italy –Austria –Spain –Poland –Hungary –Cyprus –Luxembourg Training on: –Financial and administrative aspects –Patents and IPR management –Trans-national technology transfer –Innovation financing activities

7. Areas of interest FP7, Cooperation: 9 thematic priorities –Health –Food, Agriculture & Biotechnology –Information and Communication Technologies –Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies –Energy –Environment (including Climate Change)‏ –Transport (including Aeronautics)‏ –Socio-economic Sciences & Humanities –Security & Space

8. Security 4 main missions Protection against terrorism and crime –Technology solutions for threat awareness (e.g. CBRN)‏ –Detection, prevention, identification, protection, neutralisation and containment of effects of terrorism & crime Security of infrastructures and utilities –Analysing & securing existing & future infrastructures, systems, and services Border security –Technological & capabilities to enhance security of land & coastal borders, including border control –Surveillance issues Restoring security in case of crisis –Technologies to support emergency management operations, interorganisational coordination & communication, distributed architectures & human factors

9. Security 3 cross-cutting areas Security Systems Integration & Interoperability –Technologies to enhance interoperability of systems, equipment, services & processes –Organisation, protection of confidentiality & integrity of information, traceability of transactions, processing Security and Society –Socio economic aspects related to crime, perception of security, ethics, privacy, societal foresight –Safeguarding privacy & liberties, vulnerabilities, new threats, management & impact assessment of consequences Security Research Coordination & Structuring –Coordination of security research efforts, development of synergies (civil/security/defence), legal conditions, use of infrastructures

10. Security Research Call Security Research Call 1 –Identifier: FP7-SEC-2007-1 –Deadline: 31 May 2007 –Indicative budget: 80,3 M€ from 2007 budget

11. Register as SME or Enterprise

12. Submit your profile Profile of organisation Field of interest Contact details

13. View published projects

15. Send message to coordinator

16. Current projects on website 30 projects published Examples: –NCIP - Network Centric Interoperability Platform –Autonomic Container –Blue border surveillance: unmanned optronic self-organising surveillance network for coastal regions –AWENSIS - Advanced Wide Land Early Warning Self-Navigating Surveillance Information System –UDM - Uncertain Decision Making –BEHAVE - Behavioral Assessment and Unusual Event Detection –BADCAR - Behavioural Analysis and Detection of Vehicles in Communal Areas –Intelligent Decision Support Systems Optimization Tools for Multi Agent Cooperation –Unmanned Port Traffic Control System

17. Further Information www.secure-force.eu Contact your closer partner Contact the coordinator: –Mr Mahary Ramasindraibe, mramasindraibe@almacg.commramasindraibe@almacg.com Contact Atlantis Consulting S.A.: –Mr Christodoulos Keratidis, keratidis@atlantisresearch.gr