Facilities

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:
- Multiple physical and virtual processesIncluding a water treatment plant, model factory and building management system, each within distinct, centrally managed field sites.
- Physical industrial control hardwareSourced from a number of vendors including the latest devices with the newest protocols.
- Fully-realised experimental network environmentCovering both the IT and OT network environments, with comprehensive data capture abilities.
- Training and prototyping environmentComprehensive fully simulated environments and small scale physical testbeds.
- ICS training boxesDesigned and built in-house.
- Remote field site with physical processMobile and self-contained.
- Federated architectureAllowing for granular integration of remote testbed/control structures to enable large scale and diverse experimentation.
- Our own workshopIncluding 3D-print capabilities for rapid prototyping.
- Access to the electrical engineering workshop teamFor design and building of testbed infrastructure.