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Syssec: A European Network of Excellence in Managing Threats and Vulnerabilities in the Future Internet: Europe for the World (SysSec)
Over the past decade we are witnessing an ever-increasing amount of cyberattacks on the Internet.Prolific, ingenious, and ranging in style from large-scale worms to "below the radar" phishing attempts, cyberattacks have evolved to unprecedented levels of sophistication. To counter these cyberattacks, defenders are (mostly) developing safeguards, after the attack was made. In the meantime, while defenders are busy with mending the fences, attackers had already developed and planned their next strike. What we have realized over this past decade is that we are facing an asymmetrical threat: unless addressed, this asymmetrical threat will have us defenders locked into a vicious cycle: chasing after attackers without ever being able to catch up.
We believe that in order to advance the field of cybersecurity, we must act proactively and in synergy to change the rules of the game:instead of being reactive to cyberattacks, we should become proactive. Instead of cleaning after existing(or past) attacks, we should work on predicting threats and vulnerabilities and build our defense before threats materialize.Research combined with effective synergies is critical to realize this game-changing plan and Europe has the expertise and the talent to succeed. SysSec proposes to create a Network of Excellence in the field of Systems Security for Europe to play a leading role in changing the rules of the game. Capitalizing on the results of the currently running FORWARD CSA and building on strong synergies with Industry and Policy makers, SysSec plans: (i) to create a virtual center of excellence, to consolidate the Systems Security research community in Europe, (ii) to promote cybersecurity education, (iii) to engage a think-tank in discovering the threats and vulnerabilities of the Current and Future Internet, (iv) to create an active research roadmap in the area, and (v) to develop a joint working plan to conduct State-of-the-Art collaborative research.
Partner organizations
- Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (IICT) (Research Institute, Bulgaria)
- New Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH) (Research Institute, Greece)
- Stichting VU-VUmc (Private, Netherlands)
- Vereniging voor christelijk hoger onderwijs wetenschappelijk onderzoek en patientenzorg (Academic, Netherlands)
- Vienna University of Technology (Academic, Austria)
- Eurecom (Private, France)
- Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) (Public, Turkey)
- Polytechnic University of Milan (Academic, Italy)
- Institute for Parallel Processing of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Academic, Bulgaria)
Start date
01/09/2010
End date
The project is closed: 30/11/2014
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Associate Professor, Computer and Network Systems division, Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
More details on personal website: http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~almgren/
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Associate professor, Computer and Network Systems division, Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
More details on personal website vincenzogulisano.com
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Associate professor, Computer and Network Systems division, Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
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Associate professor in the Computer and Network Systems division, Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
Earlier with the Max-Planck Inst. for Computer Science, Saarbruecken and CWI, Amsterdam, Ph.D. degree from the Computer Science and Informatics Dept., Patras Un.. Member of Network of National...
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Professor, division of Computer and Network Systems, Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
Funded by
- European Commission (FP7) (Public, Belgium)
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