Sentinels

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Sentinels

• A Security Research Program

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Security is important

• DOS attack?
• 100 authorised users
• 3 Billion hits

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Mini-SWOT

• Weaknesses
• Coherency
• System level engineering
• System management
• Threats
• SW made in USA
• Hackers

• Strengths
• Cryptography
• Protocol verification
• Smart cards
• Watermarking
• Opportunities
• Ambient Intelligence
• Fair content use
• FP6 cooperation
• Talent interest
• Building a security expertise center

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Security is Multi-disciplinary

• Multi-disciplinary
• Technical.
• Legal.
• Regulatory.
• Societal.

Interaction
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Sentinels Aim

• SENTINELS aims to contribute to the development
  of an emerging field
• Secure Systems Engineering

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Objectives

• Stimulate scientific research in security.
• Liaise with other disciplines.
• Boost to security expertise in the Netherlands.
• Disseminate the results into government and
  industry.
• Build expertise center(s).

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Modalities

• Start 2003/2004.
• Four year program, Sentinels II broader.
• Annual workshops with other disciplines.
• Strong PC, with members from academia, industry
  and government.

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Successful Proposals

• Contribute to the SENTINELS objectives.
• Good research (accounts for 50).
• Good utilisation (also 50).
• Satisfy all other IOP/PROGRESS criteria.
• Start discussing ideas with potential users in
  government and industry today.

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Related programs

• Freeband
• MultimediaN
• BRICS
• ESI
• IOP GenCom
• Jacquard
• Progress II

• IST FP6
• Action Concertée Incitative Sécurité Informatique
• Sicherheit in der informations- und
  Kommunikations-technik

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Program Committee