Diana Gratiela Berbecaru

• Cybersecurity Attacks and Defenses
• Digital Identity
• Trusted Computing
• X.509 Certificates and Public Key Infrastructures

ERC sectors

SDG

Open badges

• Learning to Teach (L2T)
  Issued by Politecnico di Torino on 16-02-2023

• COMPUTER NETWORKS (2025-), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
• IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORK AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT (2024-), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
• IEEE ACCESS (2021-), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
• ELECTRONICS (2021-), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series

• TrustAICyberSec 2025 - International Workshop on Trusted Computing and Artificial Intelligence applied to Cybersecurity, 2 Luglio 2025, Bologna (Italia), co-located with the 30th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) IEEE ISCC 2025, Chairman of the organizing committee
• International Workshop on Emerging Digital Identities (EDId), co-located with The International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES) 2024, July 30 – August 2, 2024, Vienna (Austria), Program committee
• IMTrustSec 2024 - International Workshop on Incident Management, Trusted Computing, Open Hardware and Advanced Security Attacks, co-located with The International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2024), July 30 - August 2, 2024, Vienna (Austria), Chairman of the organizing committee
• TrustAICyberSec 2024 - International Workshop on Trusted Computing and Artificial Intelligence applied to Cybersecurity, 26 June 2024, Paris (France), co-located with the 29th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) IEEE ISCC 2024, Chairman of the organizing committee
• ICTS4eHealth 2023 (IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ICT SOLUTIONS FOR EHEALTH 2023), 9-12 July, 2023, Tunis (Tunisia) (9/7/2023-12/7/2023), Program committee
• The 14th International Symposium on Intelligent Distributed Computing (IDC 2021) (16/9/2021-18/9/2021), Program committee
• ICTS4eHealth 2021 (IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ICT SOLUTIONS FOR EHEALTH 2021), 5-8 September, 2021, Athens (Greece) (5/9/2021-8/9/2021), Program committee

• Visiting Researcher, presso Inria Center at University of Lorraine (Francia) (26/9/2025-04/10/2025) (2025-2025)

• HORIZON-CL3-2025-02-CS-ECCC-06. 2026
  EUROPEAN COMMISSION - REA - RESEARCH EXECUTIVE AGENCY
• HORIZON-CL3-2025-02-CS-ECCC-05. 2026
  EUROPEAN COMMISSION - REA - RESEARCH EXECUTIVE AGENCY

• Collegio di Ingegneria Informatica, del Cinema e Meccatronica. Componente invitato

PhD

• Security and Privacy for Digital Identity Frameworks. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA E DEI SISTEMI. Main teacher
• Security and Privacy for Digital Identity Frameworks. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA E DEI SISTEMI. Main teacher
• Security and Privacy for Digital Identity Frameworks. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA E DEI SISTEMI. Main teacher
• Security and Privacy for Digital Identity Frameworks. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA E DEI SISTEMI. Main teacher

Master of Science

• Information systems security. A.A. 2026/27, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Titolare del corso
• Information systems security. A.A. 2026/27, CYBERSECURITY ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso
• Information systems security. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Titolare del corso
• Information systems security. A.A. 2025/26, CYBERSECURITY ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso
• Information systems security. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Titolare del corso
• Information systems security. A.A. 2024/25, CYBERSECURITY. Collaboratore del corso
• Information systems security. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Titolare del corso
• Information systems security. A.A. 2023/24, CYBERSECURITY. Collaboratore del corso
• Challenge@PoliTo by Firms - Aruba Academy. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
• Information systems security. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
• Cybersecurity. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
• Challenge@PoliTo by Firms - D. I. Y. - Digital Identity for Yourself. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
• Information systems security. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
• Cybersecurity. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
• Information systems security. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
• Cybersecurity. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
• Computer system security. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
• Sicurezza dei sistemi informatici. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
• Computer system security. A.A. 2018/19, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
• Sicurezza dei sistemi informatici. A.A. 2018/19, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
• Computer system security. A.A. 2017/18, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
• Computer system security. A.A. 2016/17, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
• Servizi ICT innovativi. A.A. 2015/16, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE. Collaboratore del corso
• Computer system security. A.A. 2015/16, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
• Servizi ICT innovativi. A.A. 2014/15, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE. Collaboratore del corso
• Computer system security. A.A. 2014/15, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
• Servizi ICT innovativi. A.A. 2013/14, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE. Collaboratore del corso
• Computer system security. A.A. 2013/14, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
• Innovative IT services. A.A. 2012/13, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
• Computer system security. A.A. 2012/13, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
• Computer system security. A.A. 2011/12, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso

Bachelor of Science

• Progettazione di servizi web e reti di calcolatori. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE. Collaboratore del corso
• Progettazione di servizi web e reti di calcolatori. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE. Collaboratore del corso

• TORSEC - Security Group (DAUIN)

Projects funded by competitive calls

• Q-FENCE - Securing Tomorrow’s Digital Infrastructure with Quantum-Resistant Cryptography, (2025-2028) - Componente gruppo di Ricerca
  UE-funded research - HE - Global Challenges - Civil Security for Society

• Berbecaru, Diana; Vanella, Alessandro; Lioy, Antonio (In stampa)
  On Evaluating Post-Quantum Transition in eIDAS 2.0 Framework and the EU Digital Identity Wallet. In: 2026 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), Vilamoura, Algarve (POR), 23-26 June 2026
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Berbecaru, Diana; Lioy, Antonio; Anuar Elio, Magliari (2026)
  An Automatic Large-scale Tool for X.509v3 Certificate Collection and Analysis. In: IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC) 2026, Glasgow, Scotland (UK), 24 - 28 May 2026, pp. 1-6. ISBN: 979-8-3195-4209-0
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Berbecaru, Diana Gratiela; De Santo, Marco (2026)
  Detecting TLS Protocol Anomalies Through Network Monitoring and Compliance Tools. In: FUTURE INTERNET, vol. 18. ISSN 1999-5903
  Contributo su Rivista
• Berbecaru, Diana; Sisinni, Silvia; Virga, Francesco; Lioy, Antonio (2026)
  An Experimental Approach for Establishing TLS Trusted Channels with Device Identification in IoT Environments. In: ITASEC & SERICS 2026 Joint National Conference on Cybersecurity 2026, Cagliari (ITA), 9-13 February 2026. ISSN 1613-0073
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Berbecaru, Diana Gratiela; Lioy, Antonio (2026)
  An Approach for Detecting Vulnerable TLS Connections Through Network Monitoring, Intrusion Detection and TLS Testing Tools. In: 50th IEEE Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference, COMPSAC 2026, Madrid (ESP), 07-10 July 2026, pp. 2747-2752. ISBN: 979-8-3315-4497-3
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Berbecaru, Diana (2025)
  TC-NetTrack: an Approach for Creating Digital Evidences for Flows in IP Networks. In: 2025 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), Bologna (ITA), 2-5 July 2025. ISBN: 979-8-3315-2420-3
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Berbecaru, Diana (2025)
  TPValCert: Privacy-Preserving Trusted Proxy for Public Key Certificate Validation. In: 2025 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), Bologna (ITA), 2-5 July 2025. ISBN: 979-8-3315-2420-3
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Berbecaru, Diana Gratiela (2025)
  SAM-PAY: A Location-Based Authentication Method for Mobile Environments. In: ELECTRONICS, vol. 14. ISSN 2079-9292
  Contributo su Rivista
• D'Onghia, Grazia; Berbecaru, Diana Gratiela; Lioy, Antonio (2024)
  Shaping a Quantum-Resistant Future: Strategies for Post-Quantum PKI. In: ISCC-2024: IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, Paris (FRA), June 26-29, 2024, pp. 1-6. ISBN: 979-8-3503-5423-2
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Sisinni, Silvia; Berbecaru, Diana Gratiela; Donnini, Valerio; Lioy, Antonio (2024)
  MATCH-IN: Mutual Attestation for Trusted Collaboration in Heterogeneous IoT Networks. In: ISCC-2024: IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, Paris (FRA), 26 - 29 June 2024, pp. 1-6. ISBN: 979-8-3503-5423-2
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Berbecaru, Diana Gratiela; Giannuzzi, Stefano (2024)
  On Detecting Anomalous TLS Connections with Artificial Intelligence Models. In: ISCC-2024: IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, Paris (FRA), 26-29 June 2024, pp. 1-6. ISBN: 979-8-3503-5423-2
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Berbecaru, Diana Gratiela; Lioy, Antonio (2024)
  Threat-TLS: A Tool for Threat Identification in Weak, Malicious, or Suspicious TLS Connections. In: 19th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2024), Vienna (AT), 30 July - 02 August 2024, pp. 1-9. ISBN: 979-8-4007-1718-5
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Berbecaru, Diana Gratiela; Sisinni, Silvia; Simone, Matteo (2024)
  On the Evaluation of X.509 Certificate Processing in Transport Layer Security Interceptors. In: 2024 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), Paris (FRA), 26 - 29 June 2024, pp. 1-6
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Berbecaru, Diana; Giannuzzi, Stefano (2024)
  Fighting TLS Attacks: an Autoencoder-based Model for Heartbleed Attack Detection. In: The 16th International Symposium on Intelligent Distributed Computing, Hamburg (DEU), 13 - 15 September 2023, pp. 40-54. ISSN 1860-949X. ISBN: 978-3-031-60022-7
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Bravi, Enrico; Lioy, Antonio; Berbecaru, DIANA GRATIELA (2024)
  Integrity Management in Softwarized Networks. In: IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, Seoul (South Korea), June 6-10, 2024. ISBN: 979-8-3503-2793-9
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Bravi, Enrico; Berbecaru, Diana; Lioy, Antonio (2023)
  A Flexible Trust Manager for Remote Attestation in Heterogeneous Critical Infrastructures. In: IEEE CloudCom2023: 14th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science‍, Naples (ITA), 4-6 December 2023, pp. 91-98. ISBN: 979-8-3503-3982-6
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Berbecaru, Diana Gratiela; Pintaldi, Lorenzo (2023)
  Exploiting Emercoin Blockchain and Trusted Computing for IoT Scenarios: A Practical Approach. In: 28th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (IEEE ISCC 2023), Gammarth (TUN), 9-12 July 2023, pp. 771-776. ISBN: 979-8-3503-0048-2
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Berbecaru, Diana Gratiela; Giannuzzi, Stefano; Canavese, Daniele (2023)
  Autoencoder-SAD: An Autoencoder-based Model for Security Attacks Detection. In: 28th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (IEEE ISCC 2023), Gammarth (TUN), 9-12 July 2023, pp. 758-763. ISBN: 979-8-3503-0048-2
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Berbecaru, Diana Gratiela; Lioy, Antonio (2023)
  An Evaluation of X.509 Certificate Revocation and Related Privacy Issues in the Web PKI Ecosystem. In: IEEE ACCESS, vol. 11, pp. 79156-79175. ISSN 2169-3536
  Contributo su Rivista
• Berbecaru, DIANA GRATIELA; Sisinni, Silvia; Lioy, Antonio; Rat, Benoit; Margaria, ... (2023)
  Mitigating Software Integrity Attacks with Trusted Computing in a Time Distribution Network. In: IEEE ACCESS, vol. 11, pp. 50510-50527. ISSN 2169-3536
  Contributo su Rivista
• Berbecaru, Diana Gratiela; Petraglia, Giuseppe (2023)
  TLS-Monitor: A Monitor for TLS Attacks. In: 2023 IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (2023), Las Vegas (USA), 8 - 11 January 2023, pp. 1-6. ISBN: 978-1-6654-9734-3
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Berbecaru, DIANA GRATIELA; Sisinni, Silvia (2022)
  Counteracting software integrity attacks on IoT devices with remote attestation: a prototype. In: 2022 26th International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing (ICSTCC), Sinaia (Romania), 19 - 21 October, 2022, pp. 380-385. ISSN 2372-1618. ISBN: 978-1-6654-6746-9
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Berbecaru, Diana Gratiela; Lioy, Antonio (2022)
  Attack Strategies and Countermeasures in Transport-Based Time Synchronization Solutions. In: 2021 International Symposium on Intelligent and Distributed Computing (IDC 2021), 16 - 18 September 2021, pp. 203-213. ISSN 1860-949X. ISBN: 978-3-030-96626-3
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Berbecaru, Diana Gratiela; Lioy, Antonio; Cameroni, Cesare (2021)
  On enabling additional natural person and domain-specific attributes in the eIDAS network. In: IEEE ACCESS, vol. 9, pp. 134096-134121. ISSN 2169-3536
  Contributo su Rivista
• Pini, Marco; Minetto, Alex; Vesco, Andrea; Berbecaru, DIANA GRATIELA; Miguel Contreras ... (2021)
  Satellite-derived Time for Enhanced Telecom Networks Synchronization: the ROOT Project. In: 2021 IEEE 8th International Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace (MetroAeroSpace 2021), Naples (Italy), June 23 - 25, 2021, pp. 288-293. ISBN: 978-1-7281-7556-0
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Berbecaru, D. (2021)
  Verification of X.509 Attribute Certificates for Attribute-based Authorization: A Practical Approach. In: 25th International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing, ICSTCC 2021, Iași (Romania), October 20 – 23, 2021, pp. 346-351. ISBN: 978-1-6654-1496-8
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Berbecaru, Diana; Cameroni, Cesare (2020)
  ATEMA: An attribute enablement module for attribute retrieval and transfer through the eIDAS Network. In: 2020 24th International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing (ICSTCC), Sinaia, Romania, 8-10 October 2020, pp. 532-539. ISBN: 978-1-7281-9809-5
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Berbecaru, D.; Lioy, A.; Cameroni, C. (2020)
  Supporting authorize-then-authenticate for wi-fi access based on an electronic identity infrastructure. In: JOURNAL OF WIRELESS MOBILE NETWORKS, UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING AND DEPENDABLE APPLICATIONS, vol. 11, pp. 34-54. ISSN 2093-5374
  Contributo su Rivista
• Berbecaru, Diana Gratiela; Lioy, Antonio; Cameroni, Cesare (2020)
  Providing Login and Wi-Fi Access Services With the eIDAS Network: A Practical Approach. In: IEEE ACCESS, vol. 8, pp. 126186-126200. ISSN 2169-3536
  Contributo su Rivista
• Berbecaru, Diana; Lioy, Antonio; Cameroni, Cesare (2020)
  Authorize-then-Authenticate: Supporting Authorization Decisions Prior to Authentication in an Electronic Identity Infrastructure. In: International Symposium on Intelligent and Distributed Computing (IDC 2019), Saint-Petersburg (RUS), 7- 9 Oct. 2019, pp. 313-322. ISSN 1860-949X. ISBN: 978-3-030-32257-1
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)