Industrial Control System
Our research involves various aspects of industrial control system (ICS) security, such as new classes of ICS malware, empirical study of field-deployed ICS devices, security testing and hardening of ICS software, as well as securing the ICS software supply chain.
Researcher: Burak Sahin, Ryan Pickren, Yongyu Xie, Daniel Khoshkhoo
Marine Vehicles
We investigate attack vectors of marine vehicles, vulnerabilities of real-world deployed marine devices, and the user perspectives of marine cybersecurity practitioners.
Researcher: Ryan Pickren, Anna Raymaker, Dominic Konrad, Animesh Chhotaray
Additive Manufacturing
We explore applications of machine learning techniques in additive manufacturing, such as IP protection and manufacturing process monitoring.
Researcher: Animesh Chhotaray, Twisha Chattopadhyay
Automotive Security
Our research focuses on in-vehicle network protocols, intrusion detection & response, and security of automotive Electronic Control Units.
Researcher: Zhaozhou Tang, Anna Raymaker, Animesh Chhotaray, Binbin Zhao
Securing Optimal Power Flow (OPF) Computing
We apply and optimize Multi-party Computation (MPC) protocols in the OPF problem to plan power generation and consumption while preserving the privacy of sensitive data.
Researcher: Yongyu Xie
Empirical Analysis of the Vulnerabilities on IoT Firmware
The development of IoT firmware heavily depends on third-party components (TPCs). Nevertheless, TPCs are not secure, and the vulnerabilities in TPCs will turn back influence the security of IoT firmware. We design and implement FirmSec, which leverages syntactical and control-flow graph features to detect the TPCs in firmware, and then recognizes the corresponding vulnerabilities.
Researcher: Binbin Zhao
Simple circuits in IC supply chain
We are building tools using classical learning-theory results to identify Boolean circuits that are “simple” and cannot be hidden from adversarial foundries in the logic-locking/design-hiding setting.
Researcher: Animesh Chhotaray
Security of Space Satellites
This project recognizes the unique and harsh conditions of outer space to identify new cyber-attacks specific to this domain. Initially, the primary focus will be on 5G systems.
Researcher: Daniel Khoshkhoo