Best Paper Award at Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC)

shawn logoA paper written by Raja Naeem Akram, Konstantinos Markantonakis, Sharadha Kariyawasam, Shahid Ayub, Amar Seeam, and Robert Atkinson, “Challenges of Security and Trust in Avionics Wireless Networks” has won the best paper award in the security track at IEEE/AIAA 34th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), September 2016.

 

 

The abstract of the paper is:

“Avionics networks have a set of stringent reliability and safety requirements. In existing deployments, most of these networks are based on wired technology, which provide a high degree of reliability and safety. Furthermore, it simplifies the security management of the network as certain assumptions including an inability for an attacker to access the network can be safely made. The proposal for having an Avionics Wireless Network (AWN), as being developed by multiple aerospace working groups, promises reduction in complexity of electrical wiring harness design & fabrication, reduction in wiring weight, increased configurability, and potentially monitoring of otherwise inaccessible moving or rotating aircraft parts. While providing these benefits, the AWN must ensure that it provides at a minimum the equivalent levels of safety offered by the wired network. Substituting the wired network for a wireless network, even for a specific set of well defined and non critical tasks, brings a whole set of new challenges related to assurance, reliability, and security.  In this paper, we discuss the security and trust challenges an AWN deployment might face along with highlighting potential directions for solutions. Furthermore, as a case study we will elaborate on AWN deployment variants like Secure High-Availability Avionics Wireless Networks (SHAWN). Finally, the paper makes suggestions that set the agenda for security, reliability and trust work that could if successful provide an AWN system, meeting the required safety standards.”

Daniele Sgandurra joins the Smart Card Centre

We are delighted to welcome Daniele Sgandurra to the Smart Card Centre. DanieleHe will be lecturing on the MSc Module Computer Security (IY5512), and will also be Deputy Director for Distance Learning. Daniele will be supervising MSc projects and undertaking research on IoT security.

 

 

Sarah AbuGhazalah passes her PhD Viva

Satah AbughazalahCongratulations to Dr Sarah AbuGhazalah!

Sarah successfully defended her PhD thesis (Mutual Authentication Protocols for  RFID Schemes) and passed subject to minor corrections.

Keith Mayes becomes Head of School

Keith MayesFounder Director of the Smart Card Centre, Professor Keith Mayes becomes Head of the School of Mathematics and Information Security on Sept 1st 2016

ISG Open Day June 22nd 2016

Professor Markantonakis is the lead organiser of the first ISG Open Day on June 22nd 2016.

The Open Day is designed to showcase our world leading Information Security department featuring presentations from current research students, exhibitions and demos, talks from ISG staff and keynote lectures from exciting guest speakers. There will be opportunities to network and engage in discussions with current professionals who are based here at Royal Holloway.

The event is sponsored by:

Thales, GSK, KPMG, Qinetic and Royal Holloway Enterprise

Stuart Atwood Prize at SCC Open Day 2015

Multos prize

At the SCC Open Day 2015, a special prize in memory of Stuart Atwood was awarded by MULTOS to MSc student Shreya Singh for her work on Secure Authentication in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANET).

More details can be found on the MULTOS website.