Protected Critical Infrastructure Against Hybrid Threats (HUSKI)

Hybrid threats are complex, occur over a long period of time, and often target critical functions of society. The World Economic Forum has listed 10 greatest global threats, with hybrid threat campaigns ranking first (misinformation and disinformation), third (polarization of society), and fourth (cybersecurity) over a two-year horizon.

The mission of the Protected Critical Infrastructure Against Hybrid Threats (HUSKI) project is to respond to the challenges caused by hybrid threats in order to ensure the stability of society and, and especially, its critical infrastructure.

The project addresses extremely complex range of hybrid threats by dividing them into four manageable phases:

1. Observation: Critical infrastructure must be able to detect anomalies, weak signals and harmful external activity related to its own operations.
2. Sharing: Data and information related to hybrid threats needs to be shared securely between actors.
3. Situational awareness: By combining shared data, open-source intelligence (OSINT), and authority data, a shared situational awareness can be created among all stakeholders.
4. Response: Accurate situational awareness enables response actions and recommendations to tackle hybrid threats together with critical infrastructure actors, businesses, research organisations and authorities.

The HUSKI project is coordinated by Turku University of Applied Sciences. The consortium includes Jamk University of Applied Sciences, University of Turku and University of Jyväskylä.