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	Geospatial Mapping and Technology for Cyber Infrastructure Assurance (300kB)

Recent Work: Geospatial Mapping and Technology for Cyber Infrastructure Assurance

Solana Networks, in collaboration with ESRI Canada and Sombra Labs, developed a system that will assess the vulnerability of Information Technology (IT) infrastructure to physical and cyber threats. The system was developed as part of a project commissioned by Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC) with the involvement of DRDC Canada. IT infrastructure is vital to the economy and has been internationally recognized as a key component to National Security. IT infrastructure is vulnerable to physical threats and hazards such as human error, electrical failure, earthquakes, landslides, flooding, terrorist attacks, and weather events. Solana Networks has developed a system that supports the monitoring and visualization of IT networks using a Network Management System (NMS) combined with GIS technology (Geographical Information System).

Until now, there were no tools available to assess the effect of earthquakes, weather events, terrorist attacks, and other physical threats on IT infrastructure. The integrated NMS-GIS system developed by Solana Networks is capable of showing how threats to a geographic area will impact IT infrastructure. The benefit of this system is that it is now possible to discover and visualize a network overlaid onto a geographic map and analyze physical threats to the network. The system can also be integrated with cyber security products such as IDS (Intrusion Detection Systems) systems.