Information Security
The research focus of Security is broadly described by the elements of Telematics system and discipline dimensions. The research focus of the various faculty members that constitutes Security is described as follows:
Information Security (Quantitative Quality of Service) Svein J. Knapskog
Modelling, design, analysis and evaluation of information security for ICT systems, services and protocols have in the past most frequently been performed by using qualitative principles, methods and measures. However, in the present transition into an end user environment dominated by ubiquitous computing power and service realization, the information security research needs to be focused on the quantitative aspects of description and negotiation of perceived QoS. This research is performed at the Q2S Centre of Excellence. (See http://www.q2s.ntnu.no/)
Information Security Stig F. Mjølsnes
Focus is on two issues 1) Crypto-protocols and 2) Digital tracks. Cryptographic Protocols can be considered as distributed algorithms that employ cryptographic functions for securing distributed computerized communication systems. Their computational multiparty goals are to restrict, establish and preserve information (security properties) robust against intentional modifications to the protocol rules. A specific long-standing inquiry in the field of crypto-protocols is that of defining and constructing information privacy, for instance in digital cash and e-voting schemes. Our research activity Digital Tracks have applications to both privacy and forensic concerns. For further information about research projects related to both research issues see extended overview.
