Facilities
Skills Training
The Bristol Doctoral College provides information, guidance and skills training for all postgraduate students working towards a doctoral degree.
Our students have a base in the cyber security hub at the University of Bristol Merchant Venturers building. This includes computer workspaces, kitchen facilities and state-of-the-art testbed equipment available for use.
The Bristol Cyber Security Group testbed provides a realistic environment for research into cyber-physical systems security. It has been built from the ground up, based on extensive past experience of building ICS security testbeds and input from industry partners.
The testbed infrastructure includes:
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Multiple physical and virtual processes
Including a water treatment plant, model factory and building management system, each within distinct, centrally managed field sites.
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Physical industrial control hardware
Sourced from a number of vendors including the latest devices with the newest protocols.
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Fully-realised experimental network environment
Covering both the IT and OT network environments, with comprehensive data capture abilities.
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Training and prototyping environment
Comprehensive fully simulated environments and small scale physical testbeds.
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ICS training boxes
Designed and built in-house.
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Remote field site with physical process
Mobile and self-contained.
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Federated architecture
Allowing for granular integration of remote testbed/control structures to enable large scale and diverse experimentation.
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Our own workshop
Including 3D-print capabilities for rapid prototyping.
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Access to the electrical engineering workshop team
For design and building of testbed infrastructure.
