Several modules from the ENACT framework have been integrated into the KUBIK by TECNALIA laboratory
TECNALIA is developing a cybersecurity monitoring tool for all communications in the KUBIK building: a CyberDeep asset that uses artificial intelligence to detect anomalies and attacks, for example, against the main SCADA.
We have also integrated some of the KUBIK sensors and actuators (temperature, light, and curtains) into the SMOOL IoT platform to control the security of communications to and from smart things at all times.
The ENACT framework on DevOps of IoT systems for smart buildings provides a solution for the continuous provision, agile operation, and trust management (security) of future IoT systems.
Three major challenges are addressed. Firstly, preventing operational conflicts between applications deployed in the same IoT environment: they act in opposite ways on the same physical variables, e.g., temperature, or they clash when simultaneously using the same actuators (e.g., air-conditioning).
Secondly, the automatic deployment and continuous provision of IoT applications: this saves time spent on IoT system start-up, and on providing new versions or fixes to the system in operation, together with the associated cost reductions.
Lastly, ensuring service availability and data protection at all times: detecting cybersecurity threats and anomalies, such as intrusion attacks, even in industrial IoT with industrial control systems and SCADAs.
Benefits of ENACT
The benefits of ENACT for smart buildings can be summarised in three broad areas. It ensures greater resilience of the home automation and IoT applications developed, such as energy efficiency.
It provides time and cost savings when developing IoT applications through the adoption of DevOps tools. Information on operational failures quickly feeds back into the application design, which is corrected, and a new version of the application is quickly re-deployed, ready for operation.
It also provides greater communications security throughout the building and data protection for IoT applications, thanks to the SMOOL secure communications middleware and the SIEM CyberDeep (both TECNALIA assets).
KUBIK by TECNALIA
TECNALIA has been involved in the project as the coordinator of the cybersecurity research and as an end user. Several modules from the ENACT framework have been integrated into the KUBIK by TECNALIA laboratory.
KUBIK is a three-storey experimental building owned by TECNALIA designed for testing and R&D and innovation of sustainable construction technologies ranging from advanced materials to IoT systems and home automation.
The KUBIK facility is equipped with more than 700 sensors and actuators, a central building management system (BMS), local renewable energy systems (RES), a local weather station and combined heat and power (CHP) equipment on site.
KUBIK systems include a digital twin of the building, which obtains information based on advanced Building Information Modeling (BIM) models. It is analysed through technologies such as machine learning and Big Data, making it possible to experiment virtually with any process involved in the operation of the building.
