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Organization profile
Introduction / mission
The interconnectivity and pervasiveness of computers and embedded systems is not only determining new functionalities, but is also opening the way to increasingly sophisticated attacks. In recent years the field of security has become a key focus of computer science research around the globe. The mission of the Security group (SEC), which is part of EPSI, the Eindhoven Institute for the Protection of Systems and Information, is to realize a more secure and privacy-preserving digital infrastructure. We believe this goal can only be achieved by investigating the overall cybersecurity problem, tackling the engineering, deployment, management, and maintenance perspectives of systems and ICT infrastructures. Our research interests are a reflection of this and span from security deployment and management, to physical security and attack engineering.
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The SEC group takes a multi-faceted approach to the full systems security process in order to counter today’s security challenges.
Organisational profile
Cybersecurity challenges are innumerable: from advanced and nation-state malware, evolving evasive attack techniques, to the new frontiers of IoT security, access control, and physical security. In reaction to this, SEC’s approach to system security covers offensive and defensive aspects of system security, targeting concrete security problems and addressing the underlying, fundamental issues. SEC’s strength lies in its ability to empirically and theoretically understand the full security process: from attack generation and system management, to policy specification and user aspects.
Research in the Security (SEC) group spans three areas vital to the security of decentralized and embedded systems:
- Security policy specification & enforcement
- Security of embedded systems
- Threat intelligence and defense
SEC sits at the intersection of these areas, addressing challenging operative and theoretical problems: for example, by monitoring underground activities and studying the techno-economic principles driving attack production, SEC maintains a unique perspective on the offensive side of computer security. This understanding is channeled into novel approaches such as new monitoring techniques to detect attacks targeting IT and IoT systems and new adaptive security and authentication mechanisms. SEC has made significant contributions to secure key storage in embedded systems by devising algorithms for randomness extraction from Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs). Furthermore, SEC pioneered Quantum Readout of PUFs, an object authentication technology that is immune to spoofing.
Scientific staff: S. Etalle (HGL), W. Michiels (d-HLG, 0.2fte), M. Petkovic (d-HLG,0.2 fte), N. Zannone (UHD), L. Allodi (UD, joined 2017), J. den Hartog (UD), B. Škorić (UD)
Postdocs: Laura Genga, Alexios Lekidis (0fte), Daniel Ricardo dos Santos
PhD students: A. Abbasi, M. Alizadeh, A. Amadori, P. Burda, G. Dupont, D. Fauri, A. Gallucci, H. Van Le, D. Leermakers, S. Ravidas, T. Stanko, S. Thaler, S. Vavilis
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Profiles
Luca Allodi
- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Security W&I - Assistant Professor
- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Security
Person: UD : Assistant Professor
Alessandro Amadori
- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Security W&I - Doctoral Candidate
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)
C.H. (Kees) van Berkel
- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Security W&I - Full Professor
- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, System Architecture and Networking
Person: HGL : Professor
Projects
- 1 Active
OptiLight
Linnartz, J. M. G., Bonarius, J. H., de Kort, Y. A. W., Smolders, K. C. H. J., Vogels, I. M. L. C., Peeters, S. T., Dangol, R., Kruisselbrink, T. W., Özçelebi, T. & de Kort, Y. A. W.
1/11/16 → 31/10/20
Project: Research direct
Research Output
A latitudinal study on the use of sequential and concurrency patterns in deviance mining
Genga, L., Potena, D., Chiorrini, A., Diamantini, C. & Zannone, N., 1 Jan 2020, Studies in Computational Intelligence. Appice, A., Ceci, M., Loglisci, C., Manco, G., Masciari, E. & Ras, Z. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 103-119 17 p. (Studies in Computational Intelligence; vol. 880).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
An authorization framework for cooperative intelligent transport systems
Ravidas, S., Karkhanis, P., Dajsuren, Y. & Zannone, N., 1 Jan 2020, Emerging Technologies for Authorization and Authentication - 2nd International Workshop, ETAA 2019, Proceedings. Saracino, A. & Mori, P. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 16-34 19 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 11967 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
A post-contingency power flow emulator for generalized probabilistic risks assessment of power grids
Rocchetta, R. & Patelli, E., May 2020, In : Reliability Engineering and System Safety. 197, 12 p., 106817.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Prizes
Best paper award at the 7th International Symposium on Data-driven Process Discovery and Analysis (SIMPDA 2017)
Niek Tax (Recipient), L. Genga (Recipient) & N. Zannone (Recipient), 8 Dec 2017
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
Best Paper Award of the 2004 IEEE 16th European Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS)
C.C. Wüst (Recipient), L. Steffens (Recipient), Reinder J. Bril (Recipient) & W.F.J. Verhaegh (Recipient), 1 Jul 2004
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Best Paper Award of the 2011 IEEE 29th International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE) - 2nd place winner
C. Tempelaars (Recipient), M.M.H.P. van den Heuvel (Recipient), Reinder J. Bril (Recipient) & Christian Hentschel (Recipient), Jan 2011
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Activities
Eventpad: Cybercrime Analysis using Visual Analytics
Bram C.M. Cappers (Speaker)27 Nov 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Professional
The Value of Data
Bram C.M. Cappers (Speaker)13 Sep 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Professional
Visual Analytics 101
Bram C.M. Cappers (Speaker)7 May 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
Press / Media
How Do You Protect Your Machine Learning Investment? (Part II)
31/03/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
US Patent Issued to NXP on March 24 for "Control flow flattening for code obfuscation where the next block calculation needs run-time information" (Dutch Inventors)
25/03/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
-Eindhoven University of Technology: Tackling digital threats with cyber security research grants
Chris C.P. Snijders, Chigo Okonkwo & Luca Allodi
19/12/19
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Student theses
(In)security of video surveillance systems in building automation systems
Author: Yeh, M., 29 Oct 2018Supervisor: den Hartog, J. (Supervisor 1), Constante, E. (External person) (External coach) & Dagrada, M. (External person) (External coach)
Student thesis: Master
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6LoWPAN: IPv6 for battery-less building networks
Author: Abbasi, N., 31 Aug 2009Supervisor: Lukkien, J. (Supervisor 1), van der Stok, P. (Supervisor 2), Geilen, M. (Supervisor 2) & Verhoeven, P. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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Accelerating SIFT feature extraction with a vector DSP: a feasibility study
Author: Sathyanarayana Prasad, A., 31 Aug 2014Supervisor: van Berkel, C. (Supervisor 1), van Kampen, D. (External person) (External coach), Kloosterhuis, W. (External coach) & Goossens, K. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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