CISSAN – Collective Intelligence Supported by Security Aware Nodes

CISSAN, Collective Intelligence Supported by Security Aware Nodes, is an international project to develop and demonstrate new methods to create more secure networks for the energy sector.

Purpose

CISSAN (Collective intelligence supported by security aware nodes) is an EU project focused on developing next-generation cybersecurity solutions for smart grids and 5G/6G networks. CISSAN aims to enhance the security and resilience of critical infrastructure by building a collective intelligence system.

This international collaboration involves partners from Austria, Finland, Spain, and Sweden. The project has a significant scale with a total EU budget of approximately €8.49 million, of which the Swedish contribution amounts to approximately €2.38 million. More information is available here.

Implementation

The Swedish consortium brings together all stakeholders in the electricity grid value chain. The consortium aims to test the results in connection with Karlskrona Expo 2025 and promotes the market entry of the participating SMEs in an international environment through the European character of the CISSAN project. The seven Swedish partners will work closely with 11 international partners.

Project Outputs & Activities

Publications:

• D Adan Ammara, J Ding, K Tutschku, "Towards Using GANs for Synthetic SCADA Data Generation in Smart Grids", Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium 2025, NOMS 2025, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2025.
• Ammara, Dure Adan, Jianguo Ding, and Kurt Tutschku. "Synthetic Data Generation in Cybersecurity: A Comparative Analysis." arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.16326(2024).

Poster Presentations:

• D Adan Ammara, J Ding, K Tutschku, "Towards Structured Data Quality Assessment for Smart Grid SCADA-AI Pipelines: A Preliminary Exploration using a Graph-Based Approach", 20th Swedish National Computer Networking and Cloud Computing Workshop (SNCNW 2025).

Invited Talks:

• J. Ding, “GenAI, GANs for Cybersecurity, and the European Celtic+ CISSAN project,” Invited Talk, 2nd IEEE/IFIP Workshop on Generative AI for Network Management (GAIN 2025), Honolulu, HI, USA, May 16, 2025.

News & Articles:

In the Celtic News 1/2025 Newsletter, the CISSAN project was featured in a collaborative article. The piece highlighted key project aspects, including its core motivation and various use cases from each partner country.