imgs-eu.org

1. ABOUT IMG – S
Email: scg@imgs-eu.org
Online resources: http://www.imgs-eu.org
IMG-S is an open forum bringing together technology experts
from Industry, SMEs, Research and Technology Organisations
(RTOs) and Academia. With more than one hundred entities from
24 countries, it covers the entire security RTD domain and is able
to bring an answer to European and global security needs.
IMG-S is a two level organization consisting of (i) a set of
technology areas - 6 technical areas (TA) and 1 cross technical
group (cTA) - providing consensual view on research priorities in
their own domain.(ii) a Synthesis and Coordination Group
(SCG) consisting of policy experts and representatives from
the TAs to orient the work and develop a holistic security
research view translating the technology viewpoints in to
research priorities for the security domain at all levels, from
fundamental research to mission capabilities and system
integration, IMG-S contributes to ensure that short, mid-term and
long-term security needs are addressed.

2. POSITION PAPER
FOR HORIZON 2020
The IMG-S Position Paper is intended to be a source of
information for stakeholders in European Security Research,
specifically those engaged in research orientation and
management (namely within the European Commission
H2020 management), national security research
representatives and directors, as well as end-users and
regulators.
This Position Paper results from a bottom-up collection of
about 188 topics suggested by the IMG-S members and
discussed by the IMG-S Technical Areas. Topics are
included in a data base with the entries: H2020 strategic
area; Keywords; sub-keywords; research theme; research
topic; time frame (two-year period); funding instrument,
performance indicators; impact on EC objectives; link with
previous projects; related IMG-S experts
The IMG-S Synthesis and Coordination Group further
selected a global oversight of the Security research priorities
that best match the main security strategic areas for H2020.
Criteria for prioritization of topics included:
• Contribution to specific capability gaps identified by
end users
• Perceived trends in terms of emerging threats and
technologies
• Consensus among IMG-S members out of diverse
member States
• European added value
• Relevance to EU policies such as the EU Internal
Security Strategy and its Action Plan, the EU Security
Industrial Policy, the EU Climate Adaptation Strategy,
the EU's Civil Protection Mechanism, the European
Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection, EU
2020 Flagship Initiative on a Digital Agenda for Europe
and the upcoming EU Cybersecurity Strategy. the EU
Approach to Food Security

3. NEW STRATEGIC AREA
“CYBER SECURITY”
Research theme Research topic
2014-
2016
2016-
2018
2018-
2020
Improving Cyber Security
Technologies
Cyber security and resilience of Next
Generation Infrastructures
Enhancing Secure Design of
Future Cyber Systems
Trust management in federated networks
Anomaly detection in networks
Efficient Cyber Events Audit Trail
Attribution
Standardisation
Societal impact of Cyber Security
Security and trust of e-government services
Ethical, legal and societal aspects of cyber
defense
Protecting personal information
Smart Communities (cyber) protection
Cultural and practical techniques to enable
cyber security

4. NEW STRATEGIC AREA
“SUPPORT THE UNION'S
EXTERNAL SECURITY POLICIES”
Research theme Research topic
2014-
2016
2016-
2018
2018-
2020
Enabling rapid external
assistance
Low Cost and innovative energy supplies for humanitarian
relief
Improved humanitarian relief response and operational
effectiveness
Improved crisis management effectiveness between civil
and military forces
Effective use of remote tele-presence for diagnostics and
treatment outside EU
Demonstration Project on Humanitarian Aid and Civil
Protection
Efficient CBRE
detection in support for
trade
Technologies for rapid disease identification and mapping
in imported/exported agriculture products
THz systems for threat detection in containers
Tracking technologies for security and integrity control of
traded goods from source to ultimate user
Non-destructive techniques of high volume
decontamination
High throughput and high sensitivity CBRE detection
systems for container screening

5. “FIGHT CRIME
AND TERRORISM”
Research theme Research topic
2014-
2016
2016-
2018
2018-
2020
Surveillance
Adaptive wide area surveillance and monitoring System
Situation awareness sharing
Performance metrics for surveillance systems
Food integrity
CBR agent detection in food products
Built-in CBR security in food facilities
New technologies for decontamination and safe disposal of
contaminated food products
Integrated food protection against contamination in
production processing and retail settings
Stand-off CBRE detection and
identification
New laser sources for stand-off detection systems:
Application of QCL lasers for stand-off detection systems
Development of multispectral data analysis tool
New algorithms for classification and identification of CBE
agents
Stand-off detection of C, B and E material surface
contamination
Autonomous robots for CBR intervention
Nano-security
Identification of industrial sources of Nanos in the EU
Collection and concentration of nanos for measurements
Method assessments for nanos characterisation after
accidental release
Development of an on-field system

6. “RESILIENCE TO
CRISES AND DISASTERS”
Research theme Research topic
2014-
2016
2016-
2018
2018-
2020
Reducing the societal cost
of restoration
Improved Recovery Logistics
Improved service Restoration after a crisis
Financial Recovery and restoration of economic and
transactional societal infrastructure
Innovative energy sources for service restoration
Water and hygiene solutions for large scale humanitarian
disasters
Improving crisis
management response
Mobile platform technologies for crisis and disaster
management:
Rapid deployable multidisciplinary systems for disaster
management
Rapidly deployable autonomous systems for emergency
response and relief in absence of Critical Infrastructures
Rapidly deployable autonomous systems for emergency
response and relief in absence of Critical Infrastructures
Improved decision support and situational awareness
Improving security cross border interoperability
Large Heterogeneous
sensors networks for wide
area surveillance
Enabling awareness on crisis using heterogeneous sensor
networks
Real time wide area surveillance for current monitoring, early
warning, Alerting systems and quick damages assessments.
Safety and security in smart cities.
New satellite and airborne techniques
Citizen as a sensor

7. “BORDER MANAGEMENT AND
MARITIME SECURITY”
Research theme Research topic
2014-
2016
2016-
2018
2018-
2020
Future border surveillance
Wireless sensor networks for optimised border
event coverage
Automated detection and classification of
objects
Swarm of sensors smart management
Techniques, systems and protocols for mobile
border control
Underwater communications and
security
Hybrid Communications Systems for
Underwater Communications

8. “PROTECT AND IMPROVE
RESILIENCE OF CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURES”
Research theme Research topic
2014-
2016
2016-
2018
2018-
2020
Physical protection of
infrastructure, new processes
Mitigation planning and countermeasures for combined
physical and cyber attacks
Aviation security incident reporting and identification of
emerging hazards
Physical protection of
infrastructure, new technologies
Huge virtual sensors for monitoring and detecting early
failures of critical infrastructures
Protection of Critical Infrastructures from combined
Cyber and Physical-Layer attacks
Societally acceptable information based pre-flight
screening
Enhancing Smart Building capabilities for a Secure and
Safe structure
Detect CBRN attack utility
distribution infrastructure
Vulnerability assessment
Rapid response biosensing capabilities
Multisensor fusion and systems for CBRE detection
Early detection, limitation diagnosis and response to a
CBR distribution infrastructure attack
Assessment of prevention options
Integrated sensing and intelligence to mitigate the
effects of a CBR attack
Technologies for preventing intrusion into the
distribution infrastructure
Smart environment to reduce CBRNE

9. "SOCIETAL DIMENSION
OF SECURITY;
PRIVACY AND FREEDOM
IN THE INTERNET"
Research theme Research topic
2014-
2016
2016-
2018
2018-
2020
Engaging the population in crisis
management
More effective engagement of the populace
during a crisis
How to empower the citizen during a crisis
Inclusive technologies for
security
Inclusive technologies for security

10. "ENHANCE
STANDARDISATION AND
INTEROPERABILITY "
Research theme Research topic
2014-
2016
2016-
2018
2018-
2020
Secure vehicle communications
for security applications
Enhancing secure localisation and
communications performance in high-density
environments
Harmonizing detection and
identification of bio agents
Develop a CBRN training and testing agenda
for detection and identification of CBRN agents
Development of pan –European database of
whole genome sequences, proteomics and
other information of relevant threat agents
Improve European ability to distiguishing
intentional biological events from natural
Develope a statistical framework for genetic
comparison of microbial strains and samples
Develop capability to verify the use of
Biological agents in a forensic context
Improving crisis management
response
Improved European Multi-disciplinary team
response through more efficient interoperability
Improving security cross border
interoperability
Next generation PPDR
communication
Adaptive and Robust PPDR Communications
based on the Flexible Use of the Spectrum