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Security in transnational interoperable PPDR communications: threats and requirements
The relevance of cross border security operations
has been identified as a priority at European level for a long time.
A European network where Public Protection and Disaster Relief
(PPDR) forces share communications processes and a legal
framework would greatly enforce response to disaster recovery
and security against crime. Nevertheless, uncertainty on costs,
timescale and functionalities have slowed down the
interconnection of PPDR networks across countries and limited
the transnational cooperation of their PPDR forces so far. In this
context, the European research project ISITEP is aimed at
developing the legal, operational and technical framework to
achieve a cost effective solution for PPDR interoperability across
European countries. Inter alia, ISITEP project is specifying a
new Inter-System-Interface (ISI) interface for the
interconnection of current TETRA and TETRAPOL networks
that can be deployed over Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity.
This approach turns communications security as a central aspect
to consider when deploying the new IP ISI protocol between
PPDR national networks. Ensuring that threats to the
interconnected communications systems and terminals are
sufficiently and appropriately reduced by technical, procedural
and environmental countermeasures is vital to realise the trusted
and secure communication system needed for the pursued PPDR
transnational cooperation activities. In this context, this paper
describes the framework and methodology defined to carry out
the development of the security requirements and provides a
discussion on the undertaken security risk and vulnerability
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