CISSAN – Collective Intelligence Supported by Security Aware Nodes

CISSAN, Collective Intelligence Supported by Security Aware Nodes är ett internationellt projekt som ska utveckla och demonstrera nya metoder för att skapa säkrare nätverk för energisektorn.

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 improve 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 scope with a total EU budget of approximately EUR 8.49 million, of which the Swedish contribution amounts to approximately EUR 2.38 million. More information can be found 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 market entry for the participating SMEs in an international environment through the European character of the CISSAN project. The seven Swedish partners will work closely with eleven international partners.

Project results and activities

Publications:

• D Adan Ammara, J Ding, and K Tutschku. "Architectural Selection Framework for Synthetic Network Traffic: Quantifying the Fidelity–Utility Trade-off." IEEE Access 14 (2025): 468-484. Länk till annan webbplats, öppnas i nytt fönster.
• 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. Länk till annan webbplats, öppnas i nytt fönster.
• Ammara, Dure Adan, Jianguo Ding, and Kurt Tutschku. "Synthetic Data Generation in Cybersecurity: A Comparative Analysis." arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.16326(2024). Länk till annan webbplats, öppnas i nytt fönster.

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 lectures:

• 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 and articles:

The CISSAN project was featured in a joint article in Celtic News newsletter 1/2025 . The article highlighted key aspects of the project, including its core motifs and different areas of use from each partner country.