Detecting a Complex Attack Scenario in an Airport: The PRAETORIAN Framework

In this paper, we describe the functioning of the PRAETORIAN Framework, an integrated platform to identify complex threats across the physical and cyber domains of Critical Infrastructures (CIs). Therefore, the framework combines a physical and a cyber situation awareness solution into an innovative Hybrid Situation Awareness tool to detect the different stages of a complex threat. Further, the framework supports the decision makers and emergency organizations with a Coordinated Response tool to align and plan the activities for reducing or preventing the effects of an attack. All aspects are described according to a real-life use case that has been tested at the Zagreb airport.