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
- 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
- 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.