DAMOCLES Proposal Funded (PRIN PNRR 2022)

The proposal DAMOCLES (Detection And Mitigation Of Cyber attacks that exploit human vuLnerabilitiES) has been funded among Italian Relevant National Projects (NRRP), year 2022.

The project’s Principal Investigator is Prof. Giuseppe Desolda, leading the research unit at the University of Bari. Prof. Lucio Davide Spano is the substitute Principal Investigator and leads the research unit at the University of Cagliari. Finally, Prof. Vincenzo Deufemia leads the third research unit at the University of Salerno.

The project aims at providing a framework for the digital defense of Italian PAs from security incidents caused by human errors. This is achieved by applying vulnerability prevention and mitigation techniques tailored to employees’ behavior. The framework is grounded on two main pillars: the Human Vulnerability Assessment (HVA) and Human Vulnerability Mitigation (HVM).