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Our Mission

Achieve fundamental advances in security concepts and techniques and their application to mobile networked computing technologies.

Thorough conducting and exploiting world class research.

To enable secure design of systems and applications and to improve security in organizations.

Objectives

Our research addresses security techniques for Wired and Wireless Networks, Fixed and Mobile Distributed Applications, Small Information Appliances to Large Scale Distributed Systems.

Our research:

• Improving the understanding of the security requirements for distributed systems and networks
• Development of security models and trust schemes
• Design of Security Services and Mechanisms and their Security Management Formal Security Models and Verification of Security Properties
• Development of Practical Security Solutions for various Business

Current Scope of Research

Distributed System Security

• Theory and Design of Distributed System Security Architecture
• Distributed Authentication Models and Service
• Distributed Authorization Models and Service
• Security Policy Specification Language
• Delegation, Conflict Resolution and Revocation
• Security Policy Management
• Secure and Privacy for Web Services and .NET Security
• Security for Distributed and Virtual Enterprises
• Secure Distributed Storage

Networks Security

• Network Security Architecture
• Broadband Security
• Internet Security
• Secure Location Management in Networks
• Secure Multicasting
• Secure Dynamic Group Management
• Secure Mobile and Wireless Networks
• Distributed Denial of Service
• Secure Network Management

Mobile Computing Security

• Mobile Communications Security
• Mobile Software Agents Security
• Malicious Hosts Problem
• Trust Models and Trust Management
• Privilege and Policy Management
• Secure Agent based Applications
• Formal Reasoning about Security and Mobility

E-Commerce Security

• Electronic Payment Scheme
• Secure Internet Applications such as Auctions and Voting
• Secure Internet Marketplaces
• Secure Fair Exchange Protocols
• Secure Peer to Peer Computing
• Public Key Infrastructure

Security Theory and Analysis

• Trustworthy Computing
• Cryptographic Techniques and Protocols
• Formal Security Models and Specification
• Formal Security Verification
• Security Calculus

RESEARCH POSITION AVAILABLE

A Research Position is available in the area of Secure Virtual Machines based Distributed Systems in the Information and Networked Systems Security Research at Macquarie University under the guidance of Professor Vijay Varadharajan. The position can be at a Research Fellow level or a Research Assistant level depending on the level of experience and background of the candidate.

The research project involves design and analysis of secure virtual machine based systems. It will address security and trust requirements in virtual machine monitors based architectures, specification of security policies for sharing virtual resources between virtual machines in distributed platforms, design of security and trust management architecture for virtual machine based distributed systems and development of secure distributed Grid application to demonstrate the proposed security architecture in a virtualized environment.

The candidate should have a thorough understanding of operating systems at a detailed level, experience with virtual systems such as Xen and background in distributed systems. Knowledge of secure systems will be a distinct advantage. The candidate should have an excellent background in computing systems concepts and design, and should be able to develop practical proof of concept prototype work distributed systems.

Interested candidates should send their CV along with information on their experience relevant to the project to Professor Vijay Varadharajan via email vijay.varadharajan@mq.edu.au

SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR TOP STUDENTS

Currently there are MQRES scholarship opportunities for potential PhD students in areas such as Trusted Computing, Secure Sensor Networks, Secure Web Services, Mobile Security and Formal Security Verification.

Details can be found at ICS MQRES, or Research Office MQRES.

Applications for these scholarships should be made through the Higher Degree Research Unit. Check closing dates, status and application procedures on the HDRU Scholarships page.