CSNG
Cyber Security Next Generation
Interest group of young cyber security scientists, combining academic career development and growth ambitions with outreach to the broader community, contributing to cyber security research policy development from a young scientists’ perspective.
Foundation
Interest group of young cyber security scientists, combining academic career development and growth ambitions with outreach to the broader community, contributing to cyber security research policy development from a young scientists’ perspective.
CSng believes that by joining forces it can contribute to a strengthening of the Dutch multidisciplinary Cyber Security research community of the future requiring an increase of knowledge and expertise in this emerging field.
What?
CSng is about building a community of cyber security researchers and specialists, who consider themselves part of the next generation, and are willing to collaborate and shape the future of Cyber Security in the Netherlands. The inclusiveness extends to all disciplines within the Cyber Security research field. The goal is to have tighter collaboration in Cyber Security in terms of research, education, and corresponding strategies.
How?
By organizing events such as annual workshops, trainings, and talks, all based on voluntary work and open to everyone. Possibly also facilitating and starting joint research initiatives that come out of these connections
Ongoing Objective
CSng provides a platform for (young) researchers and specialists to exchange ideas, develop strategies, and launch collaborative activities for Cyber Security research and education in the Netherlands.
Events
10th Annual Cyber Security Next Generation Workshop
- The annual Cyber Security Next Generation workshop in the Netherlands (supported by ACCSS) aims to contribute to a stronger and more connected cyber security research community in the Netherlands. Seize this excellent opportunity to share ideas, experiences, and information, on the diverse topics of cyber security. Both researchers and practitioners working within the field of cyber security are cordially invited to join.
The 10th edition of this workshop will be held on the 22nd of November, 2024. The event will take place at Bar BETON, Utrecht Central Station: Stationhall 2-9 (1st floor).
As in previous years, the program committee is soliciting abstracts describing work on cyber security. The workshop also encourages the submission of interdisciplinary work on cybersecurity from related fields, including but not limited to all fields of criminology, law, economics, and psychology. All PhD and MSc students are encouraged to submit a one-page abstract in pdf format, including authors’ names, affiliations and e-mail addresses. Submission is done by easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=csng2024
Registration
Registration is free but apprieciated: https://www.aanmelder.nl/160608. Please let us know if you cannot attend.
Important dates
- Abstract submission deadline: November 7: extended to November 11
- Notification of acceptance: November 14
- Registration deadline: November 18 (EoD)
- Workshop date: November 22
Program
12:00 – 12:45 Registration and Lunch
12:45 – 13:45 Keynote
13:45 – 15:15 Afternoon talks
15:15 – 16:00 Coffee and Poster session
16:00 – 16:45 BCMT candidate talks and Award ceremony
16:45 – 17:00 ACCSS Ceremony
17:00 – 18:00 Drinks and Networking
Keynote
Speaker: Dr. Riccardo Lazzeretti
Title: Securing the Virtual Realm: An Analysis of Extended Reality Devices and Applications
Extended Reality (XR) technologies are driving a digital revolution, moving beyond 3D visuals to applications in entertainment, education, healthcare, and more. As the metaverse emerges, XR offers transformative possibilities—from assisting astronauts to enabling the hearing-impaired to “see” conversations through subtitles. XR devices are versatile in their functionality, equipped with an array of advanced sensors, communication capabilities, and hardware specifications. As these technologies evolve, our perception of reality seamlessly blends with the virtual world. However, the exponential growth of these technologies raises concerns about whether these devices are secure and the users’ sensitive information is kept private.
In this talk, we’ll address the unique risks associated with XR devices—such as potential data breaches involving highly personal information—and the importance of building secure, privacy-centric frameworks as we develop and deploy XR solutions. By understanding these risks and proactively addressing them, we can harness XR’s potential in a responsible and ethical manner, creating digital spaces that are as safe as they are innovative.
Biography
Dr. Riccardo Lazzeretti is an associate professor of engineering in computer science at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
His research focuses on security and privacy, particularly the Internet of Things and applied cryptography. Lazzeretti received his PhD in Information Engineering from the University of Siena, Italy. Then, he worked as a post-doc at the Universities of Siena, Padua, and Sapienza. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and associate editor of IEEE Transaction on Information Forensic and Security (TIFS), Elsevier Journal of Information Security and Applications (JISA), and Elsevier Computer Networks (COMNET). He regularly publishes at top-tier security venues and serves on the program committees of security conferences, among which are Usenix Security and ACM CCS.
Afternoon Talks
13:45-14:15: Ruling the Unruly: Network Intrusion Detection Rule Design Principles for Specificity and Coverage to Decrease Unnecessary Workload in SOCs;Koen Theodora Wilhelmina Teuwen, Tom Mulders, Emmanuele Zambon and Luca Allodi
14:15-14:45: Oraqle: A Depth-Aware Secure Computation Compiler; Jelle Vos, Mauro Conti and Zekeriya Erkin
14:45-15:15: Quantifying Risk in the Kill-Chain: Automating Threat Prioritization for Kubernetes Clusters; Stefano Simonetto and Peter Bosch
BCMT award ceremony
16:00 – 16:20: Ioana Marin, Nicola Zannone, Luca Allodi: “The Influence of Personality Traits on the Intention to Report Phishing E-mails”
16:20 – 16:40: Sander Wiebing, Cristiano Giuffrida: “InSpectre Gadget: Assessing the Exploitability of Disclosure Gadgets through Characterization” [winner]
16:40 – 16:45: Award ceremony
Accepted posters
- Ramakrishna Ramadugu, RIDI-Hypothesis: A Foundational Theory for Cybersecurity Risk Assessment in Cyber-Physical Systems
- Savvas Kastanakis and Cristian Hesselman, From Policy to Practice: A Research Agenda for Measurement-based BGP Risk Assessment
- Sirui Shen and Chenglu Jin, Reading It like an Open Book: Single-trace Blind Side-channel Attacks on Garbled Circuit Frameworks
- Amrit Paudel, Kobid Bahadur Aryal, Aditya Mehta, Nalin Pradhan and Monika Kumari, Dynamic Approach to Malware detection and prevention : A comprehensive Analysis
- Diana-Alexandra Bozea, Dipti Kapoor Sarmah and Mohammed El-Hajj, How Can GAN-DWT StegoMorph Transform Steganographic Techniques with Image Morphing?
- Michelle Walterscheid, Nicole Huijts and Iris van Sintemaartensijk, Nudging Purchase Intention towards more Secure Domestic IoT: The Effect of Label Features and Psychological Mechanisms
- Bashar Fteiha, Cybersecurity in Autonomous Vehicles and the Issue of Liability: What can Law and Economics Tell us?
- Dāvis Šterns, Florine Dekker and Zekeriya Erkin, Efficient Data Unlearning in Privacy-Preserving Matrix Factorization for Personalized Course Recommendations
- Nithin Reddy, Gadicharla, Enhancing Security and Usability in Semantic Knowledge Management Frameworks
- Dominik Roy George and Savio Sciancalepore, ePPTM – Enhanced Privacy-Preserving Trajectory Matching on Autonomous Vehicles
- Arthur van Geenen, Research Proposal: Addressing the Challenges of Digital Identity Fraud and Cybercrime in the Age of Digital Public and Private Services
- Javara Allah Bukhsh, Maya Daneva and Marten van Sinderen, Understanding Phishing and Victimization from Literature: A Data-driven Meta-analysis.
Abhishta Abhishta (University of Twente)
Zeki Erkin (Technical University of Delft)
BCMT
What is the BCMT award?
The Cyber Security next generation (CSng), under the 4TU.NIRICT umbrella, is a community-building activity in the Netherlands in the field of Cybersecurity. One of the main goals of CSng is to form the next generation of researchers and engineers in Cybersecurity. To this end, CSng has decided to establish an award for the best Master thesis in this field, the BCMT award. The BCMT award rewards Master theses that make a significant academic and/or practical contribution to the field of Cybersecurity.
Call for Nominations – Best Cybersecurity Master Thesis (BCMT) Award in the Netherlands 2022-2023 Academic Year
The Cyber Security next generation (CSng) is an interest group established by cybersecurity researchers to create a cybersecurity community in the Netherlands. The CSng was supported by 4TU.NIRICT and as of January 2023 is associated with the ACademic Cyber Security Society (ACCSS). One of the main goals of CSng is to form the next generation of researchers and engineers in cybersecurity. To this end, CSng has established an award for the best master’s thesis in this field. This call is for the next edition of the award where we solicit nominations of excellent master’s students who graduated with an outstanding thesis in cybersecurity.
The BCMT award recognizes and rewards master’s theses that make significant academic and/or practical contributions to the field of cybersecurity. The topics of interest include, but not limited to, the following.
- Privacy enhancing technology
- Network security
- Security and privacy by design
- Cryptographic schemes
- Trust management
- Risk management
- Socio-technical issues of cybersecurity
- Cybersecurity situation awareness
For the 2022–2023 award, any master’s student who defended their thesis during the academic year 2022–2023 (and graduated before September 1, 2023) can be nominated.
A committee appointed by CSng will evaluate the theses. The theses will be judged on the basis of scientific quality, originality, clarity of presentation, as well as potential impact of the results.
Nominations for the award should consist of:
Nominations for the award MUST consist of the following.
- A nomination letter from the thesis supervisor. Please ensure that the letter (a) is not longer than 2 pages, (b) includes the thesis title and names of the student, supervisor(s), and the institution(s) granting the degree.
- Master’s thesis (in PDF format)
- A short summary of the thesis in English
- Curriculum vitae (in PDF format) of the nominee
Nominations should be sent in by July 5th, 2024 to the contact person at the nominee’s university (see below). Up to two theses per university can be nominated for the award, meaning that he/she has to select the best two nominated theses from his/her university.
BCMT Award Ceremony
The winner of the award will be announced during the CSng workshop supported by ACCSS in Spring (details to be announced). The authors of the best two master’s theses will be required to present their work at the conference. The author of the award-winning thesis will also receive a cash supplement along with the (1st prize) award.
For more information about the award, please contact Zekeriya Erkin (z.erkin@tudelft.nl), Monika Trimoska (monika.trimoska@ru.nl), and Savio Sciancalepore (s.sciancalepore@tue.nl ).
Contact persons at different institutions
- Luca Allodi, Eindhoven University of Technology
- Zekeriya Erkin, Delft University of Technology
- Cristiano Giuffrida, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Christine Utz, Radboud University Nijmegen
- Florian Hahn, University of Twente
- Fatih Turkmen, University of Groningen
- Harald Vranken, Open Universiteit
- Olga Gadyatskaya, Leiden University
* If you do not have a local representative at your institution, please get in touch with the organizers.
Evaluation Committee
- Antonia Affinito, University of Twente
- Luca Allodi, Eindhoven University of Technology
- Andrea Continella, University of Twente
- Olga Gadyatskaya, Leiden University
- Seda Gürses, Delft University of Technology
- Florian Hahn, University of Twente
- Kathrin Hövelmanns, Eindhoven University of Technology
- Hugo Jonker, Open Universiteit
- Kate Labunets, Utrecht University
- Bart Mennink, Radboud University Nijmegen
- Fadi Mohsen, University of Groningen
- Sven Schäge, Eindhoven University of Technology
- Savio Sciancalepore, Eindhoven University of Technology (co-chair)
- Georgios Smaragdakis, Delft University of Technology
- Raffaele Sommese, University of Twente
- Monika Trimoska, Eindhoven University of Technology (co-chair)
- Fatih Turkmen, University of Groningen
- Christine Utz, Radboud University Nijmegen
- Erik van der Kouwe, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Rolf van Wegberg, Delft University of Technology
- Thijs van-Ede, University of Twente
- Harald Vranken, Open Universiteit
- Savvas Zannettou, Delft University of Technology
- Nicola Zannone, Eindhoven University of Technology
- Mengyuan Zhang, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- Yury Zhauniarovich, Delft University of Technology
- Simona Samardjiska, Radboud University Nijmegen
Organisation CSng
CSng is looking for new leaders. Interested or have questions, please contact Zeki Erkin via info@accss.nl
Contact
CSng via info@accss.nl
