Information Security Research Group
The Information Security (InfoSec) research group is within the Software Engineering & Information Systems chair (Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu). The group conducts research and teaching in the field of information security with an emphasis on secure system design and requirements engineering. The group is researching information system security risk management, personal data management, and privacy leakage management. The main research areas include (but are not limited to) secure business process management, model-driven security, security risk management in blockchain applications, privacy management in intelligent transportation systems and blockchain-based applications, secure and private data analysis, and visualization for privacy and security by design systems.
Group activities - 2024
- 11 December 2024 — M. Bakhtina gave the talk Reimagining trust: non-centralized ways for organizational identity management at RIA CyberMeetUp, Tallinn, see more
- 9 December 2024 – CHESS workshop on Adaptive Safety in Autonomous Ecosystems David Halasz (Masaryk University, Brno, the Czech Republic)
- 3-5. December 2024 -- V. Antipenko and R. Matulevičius participated at the 17th IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modeling (PoEM 2024), Stockholm, Sweden.
- V. Antipenko presented the paper Functional Security in Automation: The FAST Approach, see more.
- This paper received the Best PoEM 2024 paper award !!
- 3-5 December 2024 — M. Bakhtina participated in the Baltic Cybersecurity Innovation Forum CyberBazaar 2024, Riga, Latvia, find out more
- 22 November 2024 — InfoSec (R. Matulevičius, V.Antipenko, M. Iqbal, F. Ekeh) participated in the kickoff of the CYBERCHALLENGE project, online.
- 14 October 2024 - M. Seeba presented Estonian Journey Developing and Implementing the National Information Security Framework E-ITS on the ETSI Security Conference 2024 conference link, presentation link
- 09. October 2024 – V.Antipenko participated in Matchmaking: Linking Businesses and Researchers in Electronics and Machinery, learn more
- October 2024 — M. Bakhtina participated in the research seminars and presented the PhD project's results on the topic A Method for Information Security and Privacy Management in Smart Solutions in Masaryk University and Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic, learn more
- 4 October 2024 — M. Bakhtina gave the talk The Power of Many - Distributed Control Over Organisational Identity at the X-Road Community Event 2024 (online) see more
- 27 September 2024 - R. Matulevičius and M. Iqbal participated at the CHAISE workshop, Teach and Work on the Blockchain Landscape, Brussels, Belgium, read more
- R. Matulevičius organised the exhibition event about the CHAISE learning resources.
- M. Iqbal participated as a panellist.
- 24 September 2024 - R. Matulevičius participated at the CHAISE National Information Day for Luxembourg, read more
- 26 September 2024 – V.Antipenko presented results from the Analysis of cyber security risks in automated systems and technologies to the Eesti Infosüsteemide Audiitorite Ühing (ISACA).
- 25 September 2024 – V. Antipenko gave a public seminar on risk management in manufacturing in Pärnu, learn more
- 20 September 2024 - R. Matulevičius gave a public lecture in Alytus (in Lithuanian): Informacijos ir duomenų saugumas elektroninėje erdvėje (in youtube)
- 11-13 September 2024 - R. Matulevičius participated at the BIR 2024 and co-chaired the conference program.
- 11 September 2024 - M. Seeba gave a talk about the relations of data protection and information security measures in Tehik, organised by Estonian DPA where participated DPOs from hospitals (medical sector) (summary of the event)
- 10 September 2024 - M. Seeba was a panellist in Digiteadmiste päev organised by Digiriigi Akadeemia to discuss MOOC courses where she focused on introducing cybersecurity standards (in youtube)
- 6 September 2024 – InfoSec seminar
- 6-7 September 2024 – M. Iqbal participated at the IEEE Estonia meeting, Vinnistu, Estonia
- 14 August 2024 – M.Bakhtina presented the poster A Toolset for Secure and Privacy-Preserving Data Exchange in Smart Solutions at ESSCaSS 2024
- 13 August 2024 – P. Pullonen-Raudvere defended her PhD thesis Foundations of efficient and secure algorithm development for secure multiparty computation (supervised by S. Laur and D. Bogdanov)
- 30 July – 2 August 2024 – InfoSec at ARES 2024
- R. Matulevičius co-chair the SP2I workshop
- 29 July 2024 – R. Matulevičius presented CHESS at the ARES 2024 workshop ETACS and SP2I
- L. Malina (BUT, Czechia) presented the paper Secure and Privacy-Preserving Car-Sharing Systems
- M. Iqbal presented the paper DECEPTWIN: Proactive Security Approach for IoV by Leveraging Deception-based Digital Twins and Blockchain
- R. Matulevičius and M. Iqbal participated in the CHESS Brokerage event
- 10 July 2024 – R. Matulevičius participated as a panelist at the SEEBLOCK.eu webinar Decentralised Public Key Infrastructure & Blockchain
- 30 June – 3 July 2024 – InfoSec participated at Baltic DB&IS 2024
- R. Matulevičius served as a mentor at the Doctoral Consortium
- M. Iqbal presented the paper Blockchain-Driven Secure Auditing of Timber-to-Charcoal Supply Chain
- R. Matulevičius gave a keynote talk Information Security in Digital Business and Intelligent Systems
- 28 June 2024 – R. Matulevičius participated in the Italo Oliveira PhD defence at the Free University of Bolzen-Bolzano, Italy. Topic: An Ontological Approach to Security Modeling
- 25 June 2024 – R. Matulevičius presented the project results at the CHAISE National Day in Greece (online)
- 19-20 June 2024 – R. Matulevičius attended the CHAISE partners meeting in Bucharest, Romania
- 12 June 2024 – InfoSec participated at Küberinnovatsioon 2024 Tartu
- M. Seeba was a moderator and leading organiser of the Küberinnovatsioon 2024 Tartu
- CHAISE National Day in Estonia, organised by R. Matulevičius and M. Iqbal
- V. Antipenko conducted workshop on Teooriast praktikasse: riskihaldus automatiseeritud tootmises / Analysis of cyber security risks in automated systems and technologies
- 11 June 2024 – A. Affia gave the talk Hackathons as Hybrid Collaborative Environments at the Software Engineering & Technology (SET) colloquium at the Eindhoven University of Technology
- 3-7 June 2024 – InfoSec participated at CAiSE 2024 , Limassol, Cyprus
- R. Matulevičius served as a mentor at the Doctoral Consortium
- R. Matulevičius co-chaired the CAiSE Research Project and Exhibition session
- M. Bakhtina presented the paper on CHESS: Cyber-security Excellence Hub in Estonia and South Moravia at the CAiSE Research Project and Exhibition session
- M. Seeba presented her paper on Comparable and Repeatable Information Security Level Evaluation at the CAiSE Doctoral Consortium
- M. Bakhtina presented the paper The Power of Many: Securing Organisational Identity Through Distributed Key Management at the main CAiSE conference
- 3 June 2024 – R. Matulevičius presented the paper STAMP: Blockchain and DAO-based Student Attendance Management Platform at BalkanCom 2024, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 29 May 2024 – introduction of the Applied Research on Cyber Security of Smart City Mobility Solutions project results to the Republic of Finland and the Republic of Estonia presidents.
- 23 May – CHESS workshop on Threshold Cryptography A. Dufka and J. Kvapil (Masaryk University, Brno, the Czech Republic)
- 22 May 2024 – R. Matulevičius presented the project’s results at the CHAISE event Education and Skills for Decentralized Digital Ecosystem
- 21 May 2024 – R. Matulevičius presented the InfoSec research group to the Macnica Inc visitor from Japan.
- 16 May 2024 – V. Antipenko and M. Bakhtina participated in the TalTech conference Doctoral candidates’ career conference: To new heights with a PhD degree!
- 14-17 May 2024 – L. Daubner presented the paper Forensic-Ready Analysis Suite: A Tool Support for Forensic-Ready Software Systems Design at RCIS 2024 Forum, Guimarães, Portugal
- 8-12 April 2024 – Intelligent Systems for Digital Era (ISDE) research track a the SAC 2024 conference
- 26 March 2024 – R. Matulevičius was a panellist at the seminar on How to publish research results?
- 15 March 2024 – L. Daubner defended the PhD dissertation on Risk-Oriented Design for Forensic-Ready Software Systems (supervised by T. Pitner, B. Buhnova, at MUNI, Brno, Czech Republic)
- 14 March 2024 – V. Antipenko presented results from Analysis of cyber security risks in automated systems and technologies during Tark Tööstus conference
- 12 March 2024 – M. Iqbal presented the paper Bridging Two Worlds: Framework for Secure Implementation of Blockchain Oracles at IWBOSE workshop, SANER 2024 conference.
- 12 March 2024 – R. Matulevičius presented the results of the CHAISE project at Blockchain and European public transformation Identity, diploma, competences: developing digital sovereign commons . Lille, France (online)
- 25 January 2024 – V. Antipenko participated in the RIA CyberMeetup Short presentation on the necessity of IoT and Cyber Security. See more
- 23-24 January 2024 - InfoSec organised the CHESS general meeting at the Institute of Computer Science.