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Privacy-Aware Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) Using Bilinear Group Accumulators in Batch Mode

Conference Proceeding
Buchanan, W., Grierson, S., & Uribe, D. (2024)
Privacy-Aware Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) Using Bilinear Group Accumulators in Batch Mode. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy (226-233). https://doi.org/10.5220/0012454300003648
Biometric data is often highly sensitive, and a leak of this data can lead to serious privacy breaches. Some of the most sensitive of this type of data relates to the usage of...

Design and Evaluation of Memory Efficient Data Structure Scheme for Energy Drainage Attacks in Wireless Sensor Networks

Journal Article
Bhatti, D. S., Saleem, S., Ali, Z., Park, T., Suh, B., Kamran, A., …Kim, K. (2024)
Design and Evaluation of Memory Efficient Data Structure Scheme for Energy Drainage Attacks in Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Access, 12, 41499-41516. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2024.3377144
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) are deployed on a large scale and require protection from malicious energy drainage attacks, particularly those directed at the routing layer. T...

SkipGateNet: A Lightweight CNN-LSTM Hybrid Model with Learnable Skip Connections for Efficient Botnet Attack Detection in IoT

Journal Article
Alshehri, M. S., Ahmad, J., Almakdi, S., Qathrady, M. A., Ghadi, Y. Y., & Buchanan, W. J. (2024)
SkipGateNet: A Lightweight CNN-LSTM Hybrid Model with Learnable Skip Connections for Efficient Botnet Attack Detection in IoT. IEEE Access, 12, https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2024.3371992
The rise of Internet of Things (IoT) has led to increased security risks, particularly from botnet attacks that exploit IoT device vulnerabilities. This situation necessitates...

Stabilized quantum-enhanced SIEM architecture and speed-up through Hoeffding tree algorithms enable quantum cybersecurity analytics in botnet detection

Journal Article
Tehrani, M. G., Sultanow, E., Buchanan, W. J., Amir, M., Jeschke, A., Houmani, M., …Lemoudden, M. (2024)
Stabilized quantum-enhanced SIEM architecture and speed-up through Hoeffding tree algorithms enable quantum cybersecurity analytics in botnet detection. Scientific Reports, 14, Article 1732. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-51941-8
For the first time, we enable the execution of hybrid quantum machine learning (HQML) methods on real quantum computers with 100 data samples and real-device-based simulations...

Enhancing Mac OS Malware Detection through Machine Learning and Mach-O File Analysis

Conference Proceeding
Thaeler, A., Yigit, Y., Maglaras, L. A., Buchanan, B., Moradpoor, N., & Russell, G. (in press)
Enhancing Mac OS Malware Detection through Machine Learning and Mach-O File Analysis. In 2023 IEEE 28th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD)

Start thinking in graphs: using graphs to address critical attack paths in a Microsoft cloud tenant

Journal Article
Elmiger, M., Lemoudden, M., Pitropakis, N., & Buchanan, W. J. (2024)
Start thinking in graphs: using graphs to address critical attack paths in a Microsoft cloud tenant. International Journal of Information Security, 23, 467-485. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10207-023-00751-6
The challenge of securing IT environments has reached a new complexity level as a growing number of organisations adopt cloud solutions. This trend increases the possibility o...

TRUSTEE: Towards the creation of secure, trustworthy and privacy-preserving framework

Conference Proceeding
Sayeed, S., Pitropakis, N., Buchanan, W. J., Markakis, E., Papatsaroucha, D., & Politis, I. (2023)
TRUSTEE: Towards the creation of secure, trustworthy and privacy-preserving framework. In ARES '23: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security. https://doi.org/10.1145/3600160.3604997
Digital transformation is a method where new technologies replace the old to meet essential organisational requirements and enhance the end-user experience. Technological tran...

SRSS: A New Chaos-Based Single-Round Single S-Box Image Encryption Scheme for Highly Auto-Correlated Data

Conference Proceeding
Shahbaz Khan, M., Ahmad, J., Ali, H., Pitropakis, N., Al-Dubai, A., Ghaleb, B., & Buchanan, W. J. (in press)
SRSS: A New Chaos-Based Single-Round Single S-Box Image Encryption Scheme for Highly Auto-Correlated Data.
With the advent of digital communication, securing digital images during transmission and storage has become a critical concern. The traditional s-box substitution methods oft...

Towards The Creation Of The Future Fish Farm

Journal Article
Papadopoulos, P., Buchanan, W. J., Sayeed, S., & Pitropakis, N. (2023)
Towards The Creation Of The Future Fish Farm. Journal of Surveillance, Security and Safety, 4, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.20517/jsss.2022.16
Aim: A fish farm is an area where fish raise and bred for food. Fish farm environments support the care and management of seafood within a controlled environment. Over the pas...

Post Quantum Cryptography Analysis of TLS Tunneling on a Constrained Device

Conference Proceeding
Barton, J., Pitropakis, N., Buchanan, W., Sayeed, S., & Abramson, W. (2022)
Post Quantum Cryptography Analysis of TLS Tunneling on a Constrained Device. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - ICISSP (551-561). https://doi.org/10.5220/0010903000003120
Advances in quantum computing make Shor’s algorithm for factorising numbers ever more tractable. This threatens the security of any cryptographic system which often relies on ...

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TruElect

2023 - 2025
This KTP project aims to building a trustworthy infrastructure for the voting process, including using trusted methods of citizen identity, voting sustation, and privacy preserving methods.
Funder: Innovate UK | Value: £202,937

PhD Studentship (Homomorphic Encryption)

2023 - 2026
This PhD studentship will be funded at £10k per year for a period of three years, and focus on homomorphic encryption in 5G / 6G network slices and strategies to foster and enhance federated structure...
Funder: 6G Health Institute GmbH | Value: £35,082

Information Security Conference & Privacy Conference 2024

2023 - 2025
This project is about the 39th International Conference on ICT Systems Security and Privacy Protection (SEC 2024) organisation. The SEC conferences are a series of well-established international confe...
Funder: Edinburgh Napier Funded

TrustShare: Privacy-Preserving And Trusted Threat Intelligence Sharing Using Distributed Ledgers

2023 - 2024
Organisations are facing an increasing number of cyber threats, which is making it evident that relying solely on security tools and technologies may fail to identify emerging threats, malware, and ot...
Funder: Innovate UK | Value: £31,386

TrueDeploy - CyberASAP 2023-2024 - Phase 1

2023 - 2023
The way in which we develop, supply, and secure software is often weak and lacks digital trust. The dominance of open-source software and the interconnectedness of software between organisations has r...
Funder: Innovate UK | Value: £31,818

(SFF.DeepT+) Deep Tech in HEIs and Ecosystems through Entrepreneurial Education+

2023 - 2024
SFF.DeepT+ Project sets the pathway to the future, towards 2030 and beyond, with a new Systemic DeepTech Innovation framework involving (as drivers and key-actors) the relevant stakeholders of an Open...
Funder: EIT Urban Mobility

TruElect

2022 - 2023
Democracy Counts is a market-leading organization that address the needs of global elections. With a deep understanding of international electoral systems, the company already provides international c...
Funder: Innovate UK | Value: £27,225

Smart Contract based Reward Scheme

2022 - 2023
Egg Lighting would like to explore the possibility of linking their company value to Smart Contracts via Blockchain. They would eventually like to give away 1/3 of their business (shares) to the gene...
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £5,000

LastingAsset: Crypto assets custodial solution

2022 - 2023
As the crypto asset market continues to grow, the role of custodians to maintain the safekeeping of crypto assets is becoming ever more important. So far, many institutional investors who manage large...
Funder: Innovate UK | Value: £59,958

TrueDeploy - Scottish Enterprise HGSP Company Creation

2022 - 2024
The way in which we develop, supply, and secure software is often weak and lacks digital trust. The dominance of open-source software and the interconnectedness of software between organisations has r...
Funder: Scottish Enterprise | Value: £198,161

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Enhancing the Security and Privacy of Blockchain-based Healthcare Systems using Multi-Party Computation and Threshold Signatures

2024 - date
. Faneela | Director of Studies: Dr Jawad Ahmad | Second Supervisor: Dr Baraq Ghaleb

6G/Homomorphic Encryption for Health Care Data

2023 - date
Callum Turino | Director of Studies: Prof Bill Buchanan | Second Supervisor: Dr Huynh Nguyen

Blockchain-based Privacy-preserving Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing

2023 - date
Dimitrios Kasimatis | Director of Studies: Prof Bill Buchanan | Second Supervisor: Dr Nick Pitropakis

Blockchain-based Privacy-preserving Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing

2022 - date
Director of Studies: Prof Bill Buchanan | Second Supervisor: Dr Jawad Ahmad

Privacy-preserving systems around trust and identity within smart phones

2021 - date
Sam Grierson | Director of Studies: Prof Bill Buchanan | Second Supervisor: Dr Craig Thomson

Inter-Planetary File System using Distributed Ledges

2021 - date
Hisham Ali | Director of Studies: Dr Jawad Ahmad | Second Supervisor: Prof Bill Buchanan

Ransomware detection techniques using file-based analysis

2020 - date
Simon Davies | Director of Studies: Rich Macfarlane | Second Supervisor: Prof Bill Buchanan

A Systems Dynamic Exploration of The Influence of Multi-level End-Users' Emergent Actions and Managerial Intentionality on Information Systems Strategy Alignment in a Service Organisation using a Coevolutionary Perspective– A Critical Realist Case Study

2020 - date
Thoko Kachale | Director of Studies: Dr Wegene Demeke | Second Supervisor: Dr Christos Chrysoulas

Privacy-preserving systems around security, trust and identity

2019 - 2022
Dr Pavlos Papadopoulos | Director of Studies: Dr Nick Pitropakis | Second Supervisor: Prof Bill Buchanan

Electromagnetic side-channel resilience against lightweight cryptography

2018 - date
Dr Nilupulee Gunathilake | Director of Studies: Prof Ahmed Al-Dubai | Second Supervisor: Prof Bill Buchanan
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Promising cyber security project supported by new Scottish Enterprise funding

20 September 2022
TrueDeploy, an exciting project from the School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment (SCEBE) at Edinburgh Napier University (ENU), has secured £199,952 in additional support from Scottish...

Double funding success for School of Computing

21 March 2022
Two projects from Edinburgh Napier’s acclaimed School of Computing have won funding from a programme which develops innovative cyber security ideas for the commercial market. TrueDeploy and Trustd ar...

How working together delivered the key to unlocking the value of health data to European citizens

2 December 2019
Symphonic integrated into the EU Shield project, and which aims to share health care information across Europe, in a trusted way. Symphonic integrated a consent module which allows patient consent dat...

University Spin-out - Cyan Forensics - Wins at GovTech Summit 2019

18 November 2019
The third Cybersecurity spin-out from The Cyber Academy at Edinburgh Napier University was the winner at PitchGovTech as part of the GovTech Summit 2019.

University Spin-out Partners with National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

14 August 2019
Cyan Forensics - the third Cybersecurity spin-out from The Cyber Academy at Edinburgh Napier University - is partnering with America’s National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)

Edinburgh Napier University has the greatest representation at the prestigious Scottish Cyber Awards

10 October 2018
Edinburgh Napier University has once more a great presence in the Scottish Cyber Awards, with six (direct and indirect finalists) in five categories.

Professor Opens Up on His Love of Edinburgh, Cryptography and Innovation

22 August 2017
In an interview with Inspired Edinburgh in The Victorian Townhouse, Professor Bill Buchanan outlined his career and his university, along with his love of his home city, cryptography and innovation. T...

Professor Gives Evidence on Cyber Security and Health Care at Scottish Parliament

19 June 2017
Professor Bill Buchanan was invited to present evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee at the Scottish Parliament on Cyber Security risks within Health Care in Scotland.

Judy Murray among Scots on honours list

15 June 2017
Prof Bill Buchanan, head of Edinburgh Napier University's Cyber Academy, is made an OBE. He was recognised for his services to cyber security and innovation.

Distinguished Fellow To Talk on Real-Time Human Action Recognition

31 May 2017
ICSA DVF Professor Nasser Kehtarnavaz will be speaking about “Real-Time Human Action Recognition via Simultaneous Utilization of Depth Images and Inertial Signals” on Monday 19 June at 10am at Edinbur...