Tharindu Ranathunga
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CyberUnite Ireland

Jan 2026 - Present

AI-driven, zero-trust, cyber-digital-twin research program to improve critical infrastructure resilience across Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Problem Statement

  • Cross-border critical infrastructure systems need unified security posture despite heterogeneous CPS and IIoT environments.
  • Threat detection and response must be tested against realistic scenarios with operational constraints.
  • Data sharing between partners requires policy-aware controls and compliance guarantees.

What I Led

  • Contributed to architecture and implementation of data-centric zero-trust controls for CPS and IIoT environments.
  • Designed secure telemetry and policy enforcement prototypes for compliance-aware data sharing.
  • Supported AI-driven detection and autonomous response integration into a cyber-digital twin testbed.

Deliverables

  • CPS telemetry and policy prototype components
  • Cyber-digital twin threat simulation workflows
  • Cross-institutional architecture and validation outputs

Architecture Placeholder

Diagram slot for system architecture and data flow.
Zero TrustCPS SecurityAI Threat DetectionDigital TwinPolicy Enforcement

Industry Relevance

Provides a repeatable blueprint for operators and vendors to evaluate cyber-resilience controls before deployment in live critical infrastructure operations.

Project context

CyberUnite focuses on cyber resilience for critical infrastructure by combining AI-native detection with zero-trust controls in a cyber-digital twin environment.

Technical emphasis

  • Secure telemetry ingestion and policy-aware controls for CPS contexts
  • Cross-organization architecture and validation
  • Resilience evaluation through realistic attack simulation

Outcome trajectory

The program builds practical capabilities that can be adopted by operators, standards stakeholders, and solution integrators.