Dr. Haris Mouratidis

Biography of Dr. Haris Mouratidis

Principal Lecturer in Secure Systems and Software Development.
Field Leader of the Computer Science Field. School of Computing, IT and Engineering. University of East London.
He is co-director of the Distributed Software Engineering Research Group at CITE and his research interests are related to secure software systems engineering and information systems development.
He has published more than 80 refereed papers in relevant journals and conferences and he has received national and international funding for projects related to the above research areas.
He is PC Co-Chair of CAiSE'11 and co-editor in Chief of the International Journal of Agent Oriented Software Engineering.
He is at the Editorial Board of the Requirements Engineering Journal.

Abstract

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Information Systems Security is one of the most pressing challenges facing all kinds of organizations today. Although many companies have discovered how critical information is to the success of their business or operations, very few have managed to be effective in maintaining their information secure, avoiding unauthorized access, preventing intrusions, stopping secret information disclosure, etc.

There are various definitions of security, but all of them basically agree on the same components. Security in information systems considers the protection of information and of the systems that manage it, against a wide range of threats in order to ensure business continuity, minimize risks and maximize the return on investment and business opportunities.

Security is, therefore, currently a widespread and growing concern that covers all areas of society: business, domestic, financial, government, and so on. In fact, the so-called information society is increasingly dependent on a wide range of software systems whose mission is critical, such as air traffic control systems, financial systems, or public health systems. The potential losses that are faced by businesses and organizations that rely on all these systems, both hardware and software, therefore signify that it is crucial for information systems to be properly secured from the outset.

With the increasing dependence that the information society has on Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the need to protect information is increasingly important for companies. The demand for products, systems and services with which to manage and maintain information is therefore increasing, and the realization of superficial security controls is not sufficient. It is necessary to apply a rigorous approach to the assessing and improvement of the security of products and processes that take place in the context of ICT. This has led to the emergence of Information Security Management Systems (ISMS), which are of great importance to the stability of companies’ information systems.

In this new edition of WOSIS, the traditional information systems security topics will remain but we want explicitly focus the workshop on one of the most important issues and currently considered as it is security in Cloud computing. Although there are many benefits to adopting cloud computing, there are also some significant barriers to adoption as is security followed by issues regarding compliance, privacy and legal matters. Security is the main obstacle for many organizations in their move to the cloud, related to risk areas such as external data storage, dependency on the “public” internet, multi-tenancy and integration with internal security. The objective of this new edition is to contribute to the study and analysis of solutions and approaches which help to achieve and facilitate the level of security needed for such distributed environments and that its adoption is not any problem for the society, administration and enterprise.

• Security Engineering for Cloud-Based Systems
• Security Requirements Engineering for Cloud-Based Systems
• Risks and threats in Cloud
• Privacy and Data protection in Cloud
• Cloud Legal Issues
• Trust and policy management in Clouds
• Issues and recent approaches in portability, interoperability and migration
• Secure migration processes to cloud computing
• Security in migration models
• Systems adapted to the cloud
• Storage security
• Cloud Infrastructure Security
• Security Governance in the Cloud
• Risk management and assessment and third-party risk management
• Identity & Access Management in the Cloud
• Security and Virtualization
• Security in SaaS, PaaS and IaaS
• Security in Cloud applications
• Cloud security models
• MDA and MDS applied to cloud computing
• Case studies

• Security in Software development Life Cycle
• Information Security Management System
• Security Management and Assessment
• Analysis and management of risks
• Security Implementation, Secure programming and Security Deployment
• Case studies and experiences of secure software
• Security culture
• IT Governance
• IT Service Continuity
• Language-based Security
• Open Security Standards and Security Certification
• Common practice, legal and regulatory issues
• Security for SOA, Web Services, Grid computing
• Security for Databases and Data Warehouses
• Metadata and Security
• Secure Data Management
• Workflow and Business Process Security
• Security Metrics and Measurement
• Security Ontologies
• Security in Software Product Lines
• Distributed and Network Security
• Security & Trust Models
• Authentication, Authorization and Access Control
• Anonymity and Privacy
• Security for Mobile Computing, sensors networks, multimedia systems
• Security for Electronic Commerce, Electronic Business and e-Services (e-voting, e-banking, e-governement, e-health)
• Security in Social Networks
• Security for embedded systems, smart cards and RFID
• Security Issues in Ubiquitous/Pervasive Computing
• Intellectual Property Protection
• Digital Rights Management (DRM). Mobile DRM
• Personal Data Protection for Information Systems and Digital Identity management
• Access Control and Rights Expression Languages
• Semantic Web Technologies applied to Security
• Security Engineering
• Disaster Recovery and Failure Prevention
• Incident Response and Prevention
• Intrusion Detection and Fraud Detection
• Biometric Security
• Cryptology: Cryptography and Cryptanalysis
• Information hiding: Steganography & Steganalysis
• Digital Forensics
• Cyber terrorism