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Cristina Alcaraz

Cristina Alcaraz

PostDoctoral Researcher (Visiting Researcher at NIST since Nov. 2011)


Edificio de Institutos Universitarios (4.0.8), Parque Tecnologico de Andalucia
C/ Severo Ochoa 4, 29590 - Malaga (Spain)
Phone: +34 952 13 41 86 / +34 952 13 41 85    Fax: +34 952 13 41 84
E-mail: alcaraz@lcc.uma.es

 

 

Domain of interest and research

  • Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP)
    • Security Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems (ATENEA).
    • Security in Smart Grids.
  • This protection includes:
    • Prevention and Detection:
      • Early Warning Systems for Critical Infrastructure Protection.
      • Security in Wireless Sensor Networks and their Application for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CRISIS).
    • Response:

Current research

  • Cristina continues working on topics related to CIIP, and in particular in those areas relative to security and protection of SCADA systems and Smart Grids. Within the protection is important to highlight her interest for prevention topics (such as for example, Early Warning Systems) for the cascading effect control and use of the  Wireless Sensor Network technology for protection.
  • It is also worth standing out that part of her researches are partially supported by SECRET for the security of RTUs and smart meters; PISCIS for the secure interconnection between critical control systems that includes protection and prevention aspects; SACO for the virtualization of threats in critical systems; and ARES for protection and prevention aspects of CIIs.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science with European Doctorate mention, University of Malaga (Spain), September, 2011.
    • Title of PhD thesis: "Interconnected Sensor Networks for Critical Information Infrastructure Protection".
    • Advisor: Prof. Javier Lopez from the University of Malaga and head of NICS Lab.
  • Master in Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, a post graduate program with quality mention from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education, University of Malaga, 2006-2007.
  • M.Sc. in Computer Science, University of Malaga, Malaga, 2003-2006.
  • B.Sc. in Computer Science, University of Malaga, 1997-2003.
     
  • Awards and Honours
    • Fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation under the FPI (Research Staff Training) Research Program, attached to the Spanish Project ―Interconnected Sensor Networks for Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CRISIS, TIN2006-09242), 2007 - 2011.
    • Awarded as one of the top-performing reviewer on Computers & Electrical Engineering (Elsevier) Journal in 2010.

Relevant publications

Attended courses and seminars

  • IPICS, Intensive Program on Information Communication Security, Summer School, Vienna (Austria). 16th July - 7th August 2009.
  • Cyber Security for Process Control Systems Summer School, the Abbey Resort on Lake Geneva Fontana, Wisconsin (United States). 16-20th June 2008.
  • Advanced Software Production Environments for Web Applications. University of Malaga (Spain). May 2008.
  • Formal Techniques for Mobile Code Security. University of Malaga (Spain). May 2007.
  • Statistical Validation of Experiments. University of Malaga (Spain). May 2007.

Scientific Activities

  • Editorial Board Member:
    • Information Security Journal: A Global Perspective, Taylor & Francis, 2012-Present.
  • Guest Editor:
    • N. Sklavos, S. Zeadally, C. Alcaraz, Special Issue on Modern Trends in Applied Security: Architectures, Implementations and Applications, Computers & Electrical Engineering, Elsevier Science Press, 2011.
       
  • Publicity Chair:
    • CRITIS 2012 - 7th International Conference on Critical Information Infrastructures Security, Lillehammer, Norway, September 17-18th, 2012. 
    • ACNS 2011 - 9th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security, Nerja, Malaga, (Spain), June 7-10th, 2011.
       
  • Program Committee Member:
    • 2012:
      • SeCIHD'12 - 2nd IFIP International Workshop on Security and Cognitive Informatics for Homeland Defense, Prague, Czech Republic, August 2012.
      • TPMC 2012 - IADIS International Conference Theory and Practice Modern Computing 2012, Lisbon (Portugal), July 2012.
      • CISIS 2012 - 5th International Workshop on Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems Torremolinos, Ostrava (Czech Republic), September, 2012.
    • 2011:
      • 2nd ATHENA Summer School, Pyrgos (Greece), 3 - 8th July, 2011.
      • DNS EASY 2011 - Workshop on DNS Health and Security, Rome, Italy, 18 - 20th October, 2011.
      • CRITIS 2011 - 6th International Conference on Critical Information Infrastructure Security, Lucerne, Switzerland, 8 - 9th September, 2011.
      • IAS 2011 - 7th International Conference on nformation Assurance and Security, Malacca, Malaysia, 5 - 8th December, 2011.
      • TNS 2011 - IADIS Telecommunications, Networks and Systems 2011, Rome, Italy, 20 - 26th July 2011.
      • CISIS 2011 - 4th International Workshop on Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems Torremolinos, Málaga (Spain), 8-10th June, 2011.
      • ICICS 2011- 13th International Conference on Information and Communications Security, Amman, Jordan, 22- 24th May, 2011.
      • NTMS 2011 - 4th IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security, Paris (France), 7-10th February, 2011.
    • 2010:
      • CISIS 2010 - 3r International Workshop on Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems, Leon (Spain), 11-12th November, 2010.
      • CRITIS 2010 - 5th International Conference on Critical Information Infrastructure Security, University of University of Piraeus, Athens, Greece, 23 - 24th September, 2010.
      • TrustBus 2010 - 7th Conferencia International en Trust, Privacy & Security in Digital Business, University of Deusto, Bilbao (Spain), 30th August - 3th September 2010.
      • TNS 2010 - IADIS Telecommunications, Networks and Systems 2010, Freiburg, Germany, 26 - 28th
        July 2010.
    • 2009:
      • CISIS 2009 - 2nd International Workshop on Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems, Burgos (Spain), 23-26th September, 2009.
         
  • Organization Committee Member:
    • ESORICS 2008 - 13th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, Malaga (Spain), 6-8th October, 2008.
    • CRITIS 2007 - 2nd International Workshop on Critical Information Infrastructures Security, Benalmadena-Costa, Malaga (Spain), 3-5th October, 2007.
    • JITEL 2007 - VI Jornadas de Ingeniería Telemática, Málaga (Spain), 17-19 September, 2007.
    • EUROPKI 2007 - 4th European Workshop on Public Key Infrastructures, Mallorca (Balearic Island, Spain), 28-30th June, 2007.
       
  • Invited Reviewer in Journals:
    • International Journal of Information Security. Springer-verlag Publication, heidelberg. ISSN: 1615-5270.
    • International Journal of System of Systems Engineering (IJSSE). InderScience Publishers. ISSN: 1748-068X.
    • Information Systems Security Journal. Information Systems Security Journal The official Journal of (ISC)2, a Taylor & Francis Group Publication. ISSN: 1939-3547.
    • Elsevier: Computers & Electrical Engineering. Elsevier Science Press. ISSN: 0045-7906.
    • Sensors Journal, "Wireless Sensor Network and Its Application in Advanced Computer Science". Section "Physical Sensors". MDPI - Open Access Publishing. ISSN: 1424-8220.
    • Transactions on Computational Science (TCS) Journal. Springer-Verlag, a special issue on Security in Computing. ISSN: 1866-4733 (print version) ISSN: 1866-4741 (electronic version).
    • IEEE Sensors Journal. ISSN: 1530-437X.
    • Mathematical Geosciences Journal. Springer Journal. ISSN: 1874-8953.
    • International Journal of Instrumentation Technology (IJIT). Inderscience Journal. ISSN: 2043-7862.
    • IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. ISSN: 1949-3053.
    • Security and Communication Networks. John Wiley & Sons Inc. ISSN: 1939-0122.
    • IEEE Communications Magazine. Special Issue on "Communications in Ubiquitous Healthcare: Wireless Sensors, Networked Devices, Protocols and Solutions".
    • Embedded Hardware Design, Microprocessors and Microsystems. Elsevier. ISSN: 0141-9331.
    • International Journal of Communication Systems (IJCS). John Wiley & Sons Inc. ISSN: 1074-5351.
    • IEEE Security & Privacy. ISSN: 1540-7993.
  • External Reviewer in Conferences:
    • IEEE WCNC 2012 - Wireless Communications and Networking Conference. Track 3 Mobile & Wireless. Paris, France. 1er-4th April, 2012.
    • MobiCASE 2011 - The 3rd International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services. Los Angeles, CA. October 24-27th, 2011.
    • WISTP 2011 - Information Security Theory and Practice: Security and Privacy of Mobile, 5th IFIP WG 11.2 International Workshop, Springer, LCNS 6633, ISBN 978-3-642-21039-6. Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 2011.
    • ISPEC 2011 - Information Security Practice and Experience: 7th International Conference, Springer, LNCS 6672,ISSN 0302-9743,ISBN 978-3-642-21030-3. Guangzhou, China, May/June 2011.
    • TCS 2010 - Transactions on Computational Science XIII, Journal Subline, Springer, LNCS 6750, ISSN 0302-9743, ISBN 978-3-642-22618-2. Editors-in-Chief Marina L. Gavrilova and C.J. Kenneth Tan.
    • NSS 2010 - 4th International Conference on Network and System Security, Melbourne, Victoria Australia, 1-3th September, 2010.
    • ESORICS 2010 - 15th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, Springer, LNCS 6345, ISSN 0302-9743, ISBN 978-3-642-15496-6. Athens, Greece, September 2010.
    • CMS 2010 - 11th IFIP TC 6/TC 11 International Conference on Communications and Multimedia Security, Linz, Austria, May 31-June 2, 2010.
    • ACNS 2008 - 6th international on conference Applied cryptography and network security, New York, NY, USA, June 3-6, 2008.
    • AFRICACRYPT 2008, First International Conference on Cryptology in Africa, Casablanca, Morocco, June 11-14th June, 2008.
    • ICICS 2008- 10th International Conference on Information and Communications Security, Hyatt Regency, Birmingham, UK, 20th - 22th October, 2008.
    • ConTEL 2007 - 9th International Conference on Telecommunications, Zagreb (Croatia), 13-15th June 2007.

Memberships

  • IEEE member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2007-present.
  • CriptoRed Association (Red Temática Iberoamericana de Criptografía y Seguridad de la Información), 2008-present.
  • Council’s Secretary IEEE Greece GOLD Affinity Group, 2008-present.
  • IFIP Working Group  11.10 on Critical Infrastructure Protection, 2008-present.
  • IntelliCIS member, COST Action IC0806: Intelligent Monitoring, Control and Security of Critical Infrastructure Systems, 2009-2010.
  • ISA member, The Intenational Society of Automation, 2009-2010.
  • Committee Member of AENOR AEN/CTN 196/SC 1, Spain, 2010-present.

 Presentations

  • Secure Remote Control of Substations, Critical Inf. Infr. Protection, ARES 2011, Nerja, Málaga, 2011.
  • Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) , Seminar in Royal Holloway, London, 2011.
  • Acceso Seguro a Redes de Sensores en SCADA a través de Internet, XI Reunión Española sobre Criptología y Seguridad de la Información, 2010.
  • Early Warning System for Cascading Effect Control in Energy Control Systems, 5th International Conference on Critical Information Infrastructures Security 2010.

 



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