Events - AMSec

Third AMSec Workshop : Systems Security

Announcement: there will be a Workshop on Systems Security on the 24th of October from 09:45-13:15 at the VU Campus.

Second AMSEC Workshop

Announcement: Mark your calendars: the second AMSEC Workshop will be on Wednesday October 9 in the afternoon. The venue will CWI.

First AMSEC Workshop: Security in Diversity

The First AMSEC workshop is now over. It featured a keynote, research talks from all the participating organisations, much discussion and a lively panel.

Date : May 15, 2019

Time : 13:00-17:00

Place : HG-08A00 (VU Campus)

The first AMSec workshop on May 15, 2019 will feature presentations from the various disciplines, accessible to a wide audience, as well as a keynote by Michel van Eeten, professor of Governance of Cybersecurity at TU Delft and member of Cyber Security Council for the Netherlands. The workshop is free and open to anyone interested, but we do request you to register first here.

Workshop Program

13:00-13:15 Introduction to AMSec

13:15-14:00 Keynote: Michel van Eeten

14:15-14:35 Drink from the fire hose: how your CPU shouts out your deepest secrets
Speaker Kaveh Razavi, VUSec, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Abstract This talk will introduce the recently disclosed RIDL vulnerability in Intel processors in a manner that is understandable to everyone. RIDL allows attackers to leak sensitive data (such as files containing password information) across any security boundary.

14:35-14:55 Exploring the social dimension of cybercriminal networks.

Speaker Rutger Leukfeldt, NSCR

Abstract We analysed 40 cybercriminal networks that were involved in phishing, banking malware and hacking to see if they could be labelled loners, colleagues, peers, teams, or formal organizations. In contrast with prior research, the majority of our cases can be labelled a team or a formal organization.

14:55-15:15 Lattice-based cryptography: Standardization and security estimation

Speaker Leo Ducas, CWI

Abstract In this talk, I will present the status of the ongoing standardization process for quantum-safe cryptography, highlight some lattice base candidates, and discuss advances in their cryptanalysis.

15:30-15:50 Law and cybersecurity

Speaker Anne de Hingh, VU-Centre for Law and Internet

Abstract Breaking security is both prohibited (e.g. hacking) and allowed (police, intelligence agencies). The law is still struggling with designing the right framework in the area of cybercrime, -security, -war. Some issues are enforcement and attribution.

15:50-16:10 SarNet: Autonomous Response Network

Speaker Ralph Koning, SNE, UvA

Abstract Self defending systems or networks can offload security teams and enable them to focus on new and pressing threats. This talk will cover such systems in the context of the SARNET (Secure Autonomous Response NETworks) project: the experimentation environment, a method for evaluating defense performance, and how we orchestrate defenses in single networks and in collaborations of multiple network domains.

16:30-17:15 Panel

Jos Baeten (CWI)
Jaya Baloo (KPN)
Marc Witteman (Riscure)
Joshua Serrao (City of Amsterdam)

17:15-18:00 Drinks

Information about speakers and panellists

Keynote speaker

Michel van Eeten Â« HITBSecConf2018 â Amsterdam
Michel van Eeten is professor at Delft University of Technology. He studies the interplay between technological design and economic incentives in cybersecurity. His team analyses large-scale Internet measurement and incident data to identify how the markets for Internet services deal with security risks. He is also a member of the Cyber Security Council, an advisory body of the Dutch government.