Development of a modular solution for data center management and cyber resilience – POLARIS: Project presented

11. 12. 2025. / Project
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At the Coordination Meeting on the implementation of the industrial transition process, held on December 8, 2025, in the Assembly Hall of the County Palace in Varaždin, the project Development of a modular solution for the management and cyber resilience of data centers - POLARIS was presented.

The project was introduced on behalf of the Faculty of Organization and Informatics by Assoc. Prof. Zlatko Stapić, Ph. D., who outlined the vision for developing secure, scalable, and intelligent data centers. The presentation enabled networking with regional entrepreneurs, research institutions, and other stakeholders, emphasizing the importance of investing in digital and cybersecurity infrastructure as a prerequisite for competitiveness and economic development.

The POLARIS project focuses on developing a modular platform that enables advanced data center management, vulnerability detection, security scenario simulation, and enhanced cyber resilience. The platform integrates principles of cybersecurity, AI-supported analytics, and real-time monitoring systems, enabling timely decision-making and strengthening data centers' resistance to increasingly complex threats.

Within the project, two innovative products will be developed:

  • POLARIS AURORA - a back-end solution for data collection and processing
  • POLARIS NEXUS - a front-end solution for user management and reporting

The development and combined application of both products aim to create the POLARIS platform, which will transform data center service usage through:

  • easier management of data and infrastructure by end users;
  • higher levels of security, access rights management, and authorization of equipment entry into the data center;
  • more structured and measurable communication with data center personnel;
  • improved reporting and data collection, especially data required for compliance with new directives (NIS, ESG, etc.);
  • reduced energy consumption through better infrastructure management, easier allocation of server power, and optimized temperature control within leased space.

The project consortium consists of CRATIS d.o.o. as the lead partner, the Faculty of Organization and Informatics, and industry partners NEYHO informatika d.o.o., CHAOS d.o.o., and TEB automatika d.o.o. The FOI team includes Assoc. Prof. Zlatko Stapić, Ph. D., Lea Masnec, M. Inf., Dijana Peras, M. Inf., Dario Ljubas, Univ. M. Inf., and Lovro Posarić, M. Inf.

The POLARIS project is being implemented from October 1, 2024, to March 31, 2027, and is divided into an industrial research phase and an experimental development phase. The launch of POLARIS further confirms FOI’s continuous engagement within the entire SPIN project portfolio, which connects academic excellence with real challenges faced by industry and the public sector.

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