Technological transformations and business opportunities are radically transforming traditional Physical Systems into more modern but also less secure Cyber-Physical Systems. These systems, recently, have often been the target of highly sophisticated cyber attacks. When such systems are also safety-critical, the insecurity induced by the cyber part can also affect the physical components, thus undermining the safety of the entire system. Since IIoT systems are strategic economic assets and their protection is the precondition for keeping citizens safe, strengthening their security is of paramount importance. This entails preventing cyber attacks from happening, and - in case prevention fails - promptly detecting them, countering their effects, and mitigating their impacts and potential damages.

The SafE aNd SEcure IIoT (S2) project focuses on foundational concepts and principles that combined with new tools and methods allow to design and build of safer and more secure safety-critical systems. The S2 consortium includes well-established and internationally renowned research groups that have already a consolidated and proven know-how in the different and complementary areas required to address such a complex problem