Cybersecurity in Pervasive Computing
The evolution of computing from large mainframes to people having personal computers and devices connected to the Internet, has dramatically changed cybersecurity: from closed operating environments to an open cyberspace in which every connected device can be accessed – and therefore hacked - from anywhere on the planet.
Today most networked computing systems can be considered socio-technical systems and the successful defence against cyber-attacks requires taking a broad range of human and technical factors into account: from the general security awareness among agents in an organisation to the proper enforcement of security policies and mechanisms.
Our research focuses on the design, development, and testing of cybersecurity services for networked computing systems. This includes models, policies, and mechanisms to support secure collaboration in open dynamic systems, such as sensor networks, mobile systems, the Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). We are especially active in the field of “proactive security”, in particular defensive cyber-deception techniques meant to attract and catch malicious actors by means of deceptive tactics.
Our research also covers intrusion detection, biometric authentication, trust management, malware detection, blockchain, cloud security, IoT/CPS/edge security, botnet monitoring, alert data correlation and machine/deep learning, to mention a few.