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SCOTT – Secure Connected Trustable Things
General Overview
SCOTT uses a standardized multi-domain reference architecture, created in a predecessor project (DEWI and its “Bubble concept”) and being fully compliant with ISO 29182 – Sensor Network Reference Architecture, which fosters reusability, scalability, and interoperability of SCOTT solutions.
SCOTT also utilizes a clearly use-case driven approach with 15 use cases from different areas of high relevance to European society and industry; a specific focus will be put on cross-domain use cases and heterogeneous environments, emphasizing 5G and cloud computing aspects to build up digital ecosystems to achieve a broader market penetration.
Tangible results from all use cases will ultimately be shown to a broader public via more than 20 demonstrators all over Europe.
Use Cases will be further substantiated by the development and utilization of nearly 50 technical building blocks for security/safety, distributed cloud integration, energy efficiency/autonomy of devices and reference architecture/implementations, which are all necessary to realize the SCOTT use cases and facilitate composability of systems as well as cross-domain sharing of trustable wireless technologies and services.
The excellent partner consortium of SCOTT facilitates comprehensive vertical integration in different areas, covering the full value chain from silicon to end-users and operators. By providing reference implementations, SCOTT aims at establishing an eco-system for trustable wireless solutions and services for both professional and private users by attracting 3rd parties and particularly SMEs. This together with the involvement of open innovation approaches and stakeholder engagement as well as close cooperation with AIOTI, the Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation, and other cluster organizations all over Europe will further boost and exploit the growing “Internet economy”.
SCOTT will open up new market opportunities for the European industry, will significantly reduce time to market and decrease costs for trustable wireless solutions on the market, in particular by using new designs and technical building blocks. SCOTT will develop methods and tools capable of meeting prospect use-case requirements on reliability, robustness, security and functional safety even in harsh and/or not trusted environments.
Ultimately, SCOTT will foster the European leadership for Smart and Connected Things (including Internet of Things) and will strengthen Europe’s independence for security enabling components and systems.
What is SCOTT?
SCOTT is an European Research project for SECURE CONNECTED TRUSTABLE THINGS.
Wouldn’t it be great if all the electronic gadgets we use in our everyday life could be just as trusted as your family and friends?
Especially if these “things” connect via the Internet. Think of wearables used in healthcare and smart living, think of your smart home appliances, or connected cars, or all the machines collaborating in a modern production facility (talk industry 4.0). They are all part of “The Internet of Things” (IoT), which revolutionizes our everyday life, one of the most important drivers of digital transformation.
Vincent van Gogh said: “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” That is a pretty good picture for the IoT, with a lot of small things coming together, eventually causing big changes to our private and business lives. For that to happen, things need to get connected. And wireless connectivity is often the best way for seamless and easy communication.
But is it secure? Can you trust it? Recent studies estimate that around 26 billion devices will be connected to the Internet by the year 2020. In 2017, 375 million devices were potentially vulnerable, which will grow to more than 900 million by 2020 and attacks increased 280%.
That’s where SCOTT project steps in:
To realize the full potential of IoT we need to build trust in wireless solutions and increase their social acceptance. SCOTT will enhance security, privacy and safety of the underlying technologies.
SCOTT is an ambitious R&D project of 57 industry and research partners from 11 European countries, plus Brazil. SCOTT brings together key players from several industrial and user domains including building, automotive, aeronautics, rail and healthcare, strengthening Europe’s position in the emerging world of IoT.
Building user trust will be a real competitive advantage for technologies, products and services in the IoT market. SCOTT involves technology, human and social sciences, and will build ‚trustable things that securely communicate‘, interconnected by dependable wireless technology, which do care about the end-users‘ privacy desires.
SCOTT builds trust in the Internet of Things, helping to unfold the full potential of the Internet of Things for the benefit of Europe’s Industry, SMEs and Startups.
Vision & Challenges
The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the major enablers of the digital transformation trend Europe currently is facing. It represents the vision that every object and location in the physical world can become part of the Internet. The McKinsey Global Institute underpins the status of IoT as a game changer: “IoT will change the bases of competition and drive new business models for user and supplier companies.”[1]
The IoT will enable – and in some cases force – new business models for companies that use IoT systems in their operations, while creating new lines of business for technology companies. As a result, Europe is also facing a digitalization of business processes. While consumer products increasingly use cloud services and wireless connections, industry applications are hindered by the fear of malign consequences.
Physical parts of the IoT such as sensors/actuators and wired communication are generally well developed and established. However, wireless solutions – although having major benefits for usage, such as increased flexibility, mobile applications, weight reduction, adaptability for changes etc. – are not yet fully accepted. They are still regarded untrustworthy, in particular when it comes to application areas where security and privacy are required.
