Security Research at the University of Trento

Welcome to the webpage on research and teaching in Security and Cryptography at the University of Trento.

See the members page to see the members of the security group.

We are always looking for interested phd and post-doc (so please send an email to security.positions.disi@unitn.it if you would like to express your interest). Beware that we always formally need to open a position and you'll need to apply.

Our research topics span these directions:

• technological research (biometrics, mobile phone security, testbeds and malware testing, crypto for fintech)
• empirical research (Security economics, empirical risk assessment, vulnerability analysis)
• fundamental research: programming language security and secure compilation, SAT-based cryptanalysis

We participate in a number of research projects. The most recent ones are

• H2020 European Project AssureMOSS on software vulnerability analysis
• Horizon Europe project CrossCon on the O.S. software stack security
• H2020 Marie Curie Project ProSVED on predicting vulnerabilities
• Horizon Europe project Sec4AI4Sec on machine learning and software security

Our teaching programme spans the key subjects in the area ranging from security management to cryptography.

• Academic Program: the Cyber Security track in Trento offered both as Entry and Exit point in the framework of the EIT Digital Master School, Cyber Security track, of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT Digital). These courses can also be taken by the students enrolled in the Computer Science Master and the Master in Mathematics offered by the University of Trento.

• Professional courses: Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) v4.0 is out! and Trento's researchers (Fabio Massacci and Giorgio Di Tizio) are again among the authors. In the past we have organized a CVSS v3.0 Training on the use and interpretation of the latest revision. If you are interested in getting a new version let us know.

• Osservatorio Cybersecurity (In Italian) provide information to companies and SMEs. Find more information here.

We have a local team of students at the department that train and participate to CTF competitions. We participate to Cyberchallenge.IT. If you want to join or know more about it please visit the CTF page.

You can use an email alias security AT disi DOT unitn DOT it.

Nevertheless, the best thing is to send an email directly to one of our members.