On 24–25 June 2025 TESTUDO project has been showcased at this year’s edition of the Security Research Event, held at EXPO XXI in Warsaw, Poland. The project was represented by the coordinator’s team from the Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH).
SRE’25 was an occassion to meet and present the project to over 600 participants from across Europe and beyond — including policy makers, industry leaders, law enforcement, researchers, and civil society — to exchange insights and demonstrate our progress.
The event, themed “Boosting security through EU-based innovation”, featured an exhibition of more than 50 EU-funded projects. It was a great opportunity for project representatives to connect with stakeholders, explore collaboration and contribute to shaping the future of civil security in Europe.
The first TESTUDO Review Meeting was held on May 13-14, 2025 at Research Executive Agency’s premises in Brussels, Belgium. All the progress and achievements of the reporting period (until month 18) have been presented to the Project Officer and appointed Reviewers.
Part of the project deliverables with PUBLIC dissemination level have been accepted, so they could be released via the project webpage and can be accessed on the Deliverables & publications subpage.
Today, the 1st TESTUDO Policy brief “Advancing Critical Infrastructure Resilience through Technological Innovation” has been publicly released.
Summary: The TESTUDO project pioneers the integration of AI, predictive analytics, and autonomous systems to enhance the resilience of critical infrastructure. TESTUDO strengthens infrastructure protection through real-time threat detection and response mechanisms by addressing emerging threats such as cyber-attacks and climate-induced disasters. The project aligns with key EU policies, including the Artificial Intelligence Act and GDPR, ensuring responsible and legally compliant technological advancements. With a focus on interoperability, ethical AI deployment, and cross-sector collaboration, TESTUDO is a strategic model for safeguarding Europe’s critical infrastructure against evolving security challenges.
Critical infrastructure (CI) is essential to public safety, economic stability, and social well-being. However, increasing threats such as cyber-attacks, climate change-induced disasters, and other disruptions necessitate innovative solutions to enhance resilience. The TESTUDO project, funded by the European Commission under Horizon Europe, integrates artificial intelligence (AI), predictive analytics, and autonomous systems to protect CI through real-time threat detection and response.
Key Highlights
Technological Innovation: TESTUDO employs AI-driven surveillance, digital twins, and cybersecurity tools to improve situational awareness and predictive threat analysis.
Autonomous Swarm Systems: Aerial, ground, and cyber assets work collaboratively to prevent threats and ensure rapid response.
Regulatory Alignment: Ensures compliance with the EU Artificial Intelligence Act, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Cybersecurity Act, and other key directives.
Interoperability & Scalability: Designed for seamless integration across multiple sectors, including energy, transportation, and water supply.
Strategic Policy Recommendations
1. Accelerate AI Adoption: Promote investment in AI-based security solutions to modernize CI protection.
2. Strengthen Regulatory Frameworks: Standardize security protocols across the EU to ensure consistent protection measures.
3. Enhance Cross-Sector Collaboration: Facilitate information-sharing and partnerships between public and private sectors to improve security coordination.
Concerning ethical and legal considerations, TESTUDO prioritizes ethical AI deployment, privacy, and cybersecurity compliance. It incorporates explainable AI models and human oversight to foster trust and accountability while adhering to EU data protection laws.
TESTUDO is a pioneering initiative that enhances CI resilience through cutting-edge technology while maintaining ethical and legal standards. To maximize its impact, EU policymakers, industry leaders, and stakeholders must support AI-driven security solutions, establish robust regulatory frameworks, and promote cross-sector collaboration.
Read the full version of the 1st Policy Brief here.
The workshop was devoted to the different approaches to integrated cyber and physical security in different industrial sectors, such as energy, transport, drinking and wastewater, health, digital infrastructure, banking and financial market, space and public administration.
During the workshop sessions, various novel technologies were presented for integrated security modelling, IoT security, artificial intelligence for securing critical infrastructures, distributed ledger technologies for security information sharing and increased automation for detection, prevention and mitigation measures, and AI for resilience of critical infrastructures.
TESTUDO partners from Tekniker have recently published a research paper in the MDPI journal Electronics.
The paper entitled: Neural Network Implementation for Fire Detection in Critical Infrastructures: A Comparative Analysis on Embedded Edge Devices is available in the Deliverables and publications section as well as directly on the journal’s pages.
Tekniker team’s research in TESTUDO project focuses on deploying AI-based fire detection on embedded edge devices, ensuring real-time responsiveness and energy efficiency in critical scenarios.
This work underscores the importance of integrating lightweight AI models into low-power embedded systems, paving the way for more resilient and reliable critical infrastructure monitoring.
As part of the activities to ensure open access of publications and data resulting from the project, a ZENODO community has been created, where all the project dissemination materials will be made available (public deliverables, conference papers, posters, journal articles, magazine articles, brochures, etc.).
Zenodo is a general-purpose open-access repository developed under the European OpenAIRE program and operated by CERN. It allows researchers to deposit research papers, data sets, research software, reports, and any other research related digital artifacts. The OpenAIRE project, in the vanguard of the open access and open data movements in Europe was commissioned by the EC to support their nascent Open Data policy by providing a catch-all repository for EC funded research.
On April 9-10 2025 partners from NTT DATA had the opportunity to present the TESTUDO project at the Upgrade 2025 event taking place in San Francisco, USA.
Upgrade Reality is an event hosted annually by the NTT DATA Group in the Bay Area where the latest research and innovation from NTT groups around the world are shared.
This year at Upgrade 2025, the focus was on new AI applications in the context of addressing the energy needs for compute power and the impact on sustainability as well as privacy and security aspects.
On 4-6 April 2025 Satways Ltd. (STWS) presented TESTUDO project on its stand at the 2025 edition of the BEYOND EXPO event that took place in Athens, Greece.
BEYOND is an international digital technology and innovation exhibition taking place in Thessaloniki since 2021 – a hub for networking, knowledge sharing, and hands-on experience with pioneering innovations.
The 3rd ECSCI (European Cluster for Securing Critical Infrastructures) Workshop will take place on 29-30 April and will be organised in a hybrid formula – physically in Tecnalia premises in Bilbao and also online.
This workshop will present the different approaches to integrated cyber and physical security in different industrial sectors, such as energy, transport, drinking and wastewater, health, digital infrastructure, banking and financial market, space and public administration.
On 26th and 27th of November TESTUDO 2nd physical plenary meeting was held in Athens (Greece), hosted by EYDAP and Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH).
The meeting was focused on discussing the preparation for the upcoming UC1 and further planning for execution of UC3. All partners have been familiarised with the areas of operations and potential constraints for the trials implementation.
As part of the meeting, the consortium had an occasion to visit and learn about the EYDAP’s assets in the Attica region to understand operational processes and protocols of an example infrastructure to better prepare for implementation of the trials validating TESTUDO technological solutions via selected use-cases.
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Technological Innovation: TESTUDO employs AI-driven surveillance, digital twins, and cybersecurity tools to improve situational awareness and predictive threat analysis.
