Information and Cyber Security (SEC)
About the group
The Information & Cyber Security research group works on multi-disciplinary projects in the areas of information, network, computer, application and cyber security. Exemplary topics we are currently focusing on:
- Exploit Analysis and Ethical Hacking
- Privacy and Data Protection
- Hardware-Enabled Security
- Network Security and Threat Detection
- Biometrics and Identity Management
- Post-Quantum Cryptography
- Machine Learning in Cybersecurity
Research Projects and Networks
- SecurityLab
- Oslo Analytics
- OffPAD (Offline Personal Authentication Device)
- ACT (Semi-Automated Cyber Threat Intelligence)
- A beta version of the ACT platform is available here: https://act-eu2.mnemonic.no/
- TOCSA (Threat Ontologies for Cybersecurity Analytics)
- ABRI (Advanced Belief Reasoning in Intelligence)
- SWAN (Secure Access Control Over Wide Area Networks)
Academic programmes and courses
We offer courses in various information security topics for bachelor and master students at the Department of Informatics, mainly in the Information Security program option (inside the Programming and System Architecture master program). Here is an overview of all courses offered by our group:
- IN2120 – Informasjonssikkerhet
- IN5280 – Security by Design
- IN5290 – Ethical Hacking
- IN5300 – Network Security and Applied Cryptography
Cooperation
We conduct research and develop security solutions in collaboration with national and international academic and industry partners.
Additionally, we lead the Partnership for Cybersecurity – an initiative for student and staff exchange between research institutes in Norway, France, and Germany.
Further, we are a member of the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) with active participation on multiple committees.