Prof. Evangelos Markatos (markatos@ics.forth.gr) received his diploma in Computer Engineering from the University of Patras in 1988, and the M.S and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Rochester, NY in 1990 and 1993 respectively. Since 1992 he has collaborated with the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (ICS-FORTH) where he is currently the founder and head of the Distributed Computing Systems Laboratory. He conducts research in several areas including distributed and parallel systems, the World-Wide Web, Internet Systems and Technologies, as well as Computer and Communication Systems Security. He is currently the project manager of the LOBSTER and NoAH projects, both funded in part by the European Union and focusing on developing novel approaches to network monitoring and network security. Since 1992, he has also been affiliated with the Computer Science Department of the University of Crete, where he is currently a full Professor.
Since 2001 Professor Markatos has been the head of the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) Office in Greece, one of only 17 such offices around the world. Since 2005, he has served as a member of the Permanent Stakeholders Group of ENISA, the European Network and Information Security Agency.
Prof. Markatos, has co-authored more than 80 conference/journal papers and book chapters, has served as a reviewer in for several prestigious Journals, Conferences, and IT projects, and has headed several projects funded by the European Commission, by the Greek Government, and by private Organizations.
Webpage: http://www.ics.forth.gr/~markatos
Emerging Risks in Network and Information Systems Security
Abstract:Network and Information Systems Security is becoming increasingly important as our society depends more and more on the seamless operation of our cyber-infrastructure. New security risks are emerging, and our society must anticipate them if it is to face future successfully. In this process we need to (i) identify sources of current and emerging vulnerabilities, and (ii) identify sources of emerging risks.
In this talk, we outline sources of the above information and provide examples of emerging risks. We survey earlier work which has been done in the area, and we show several different sources of information. We then present a list of current, emerging, and future risks, commenting on the likelihood of their eventual appearance. To put these emerging risks in their appropriate context, we also present some possible usage scenarios, as well as a methodology on systematically creating such security-related scenarios. We finally summarize our findings and provide an outlook for the future.
