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SUMMARY:IC Colloquium : System-Level Failures in Security
DTSTART:20140217T161500
DTEND:20140217T173000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:By Steven J. Murdoch\, University of Cambridge\nIC Faculty can
 didateAbstract\nMany security critical systems may appear to be secure in 
 theory\, but fail when deployed in real life. This talk will discuss examp
 les of this problem\, drawn from the fields of banking security and anonym
 ous communications. The causes for these failings include interactions bet
 ween security mechanisms\, inappropriate abstractions\, and lack of consid
 eration for usability. In this talk I will argue that security is a system
  property\, and that managing the complexity of the design process is the 
 biggest challenge in building secure systems.  I will introduce my resear
 ch on developing tools to analyse such systems which are capable of drawin
 g conclusions from data that is complete and includes uncertainty.Biograph
 y\nDr. Steven J. Murdoch is a Royal Society University Research Fellow in 
 the Security Group of the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory\, wo
 rking on developing metrics for security and privacy. His research interes
 ts include covert channels\, banking security\, anonymous communications\,
  and censorship resistance. Following his PhD studies on anonymous communi
 cations\, he worked with the OpenNet Initiative\, investigating Internet c
 ensorship. He then worked for the Tor Project\, on improving the security 
 and usability of the Tor anonymity system. Currently he is supported by th
 e Royal Society on developing methods to understand complex system securit
 y. He is also working on analyzing the security of banking systems especia
 lly Chip & PIN/EMV\, and is Chief Security Architect of Cronto\, an online
  authentication technology provider and part of the Vasco group.More infor
 mation
LOCATION:BC 420 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BC%20420
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