Ph.D. in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi , 37th cycle (2021-2024)
Ph.D. obtained in 2025
Dissertation:
Zero-Trust Security of Network Nodes
Tutors:
Antonio Lioy
Research presentation:
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Research topic
Zero-Trust Security: trust in a node is never granted implicitly but must be continuously evaluated.
Research interests
Biography
Zero-Trust Security (ZTS) is a new cybersecurity paradigm proposed for the protection of modern ICT infrastructures, which are characterized by the dissolution of traditional boundaries and for which traditional perimeter-based security solutions are no longer applicable. ZTS starts from the premise that trust in a computational node is never granted implicitly but must be continuously evaluated during its life time.
During my PhD I worked in several EU-funded projects, each of them has aspects related to ZTS: designing and implementing a hardware-software architecture for the creation of a strong node identity and native support for integrity verification (SPIRS), monitoring the integrity status of an ICT infrastructure as part of the SECaaS approach (PALANTIR), protecting the entire supply chain of an IT service (FISHY), protecting the GNSS-time distribution network based in a 5G infrastructure (ROOT), realizing the post-quantum cryptography transition for computational node integrity verification capabilities (QUBIP). As part of the SPIRS project, I am task leader for the work on “Remote and Direct Anonymous Attestation procedures” and “Attestation Mechanisms”.
In the year 2024/25, I am the teaching assistant for the "Advanced Information System Security" course of the Master Degree in Cybersecurity, held by prof. Antonio Lioy.
Teaching
Teachings
Master of Science
- Advanced Information systems security. A.A. 2024/25, CYBERSECURITY. Collaboratore del corso
- Cybersecurity. A.A. 2023/24, QUANTUM ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso
Research
Research groups
Research projects
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
Publications
Works published during the Ph.D. View all publications in Porto@Iris
- Bravi, Enrico; Sisinni, Silvia; Ferro, Lorenzo; Donnini, Valerio; Lioy, Antonio (2025)
Implementation of the TCG DICE Specification into the Keystone TEE Framework. In: IEEE ACCESS, vol. 13, pp. 142284-142303. ISSN 2169-3536
Contributo su Rivista - Ferro, Lorenzo; Bravi, Enrico; Sisinni, Silvia; Lioy, Antonio (2024)
SAFEHIVE: Secure Attestation Framework for Embedded and Heterogeneous IoT Devices in Variable Environments. In: SaT-CPS '24: 2024 ACM Workshop on Secure and Trustworthy Cyber-Physical Systems, Porto (Portugal), 21 June 2024, pp. 41-50. ISBN: 979-8-4007-0555-7
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) - 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) - Bravi, Enrico; Sisinni, Silvia; Lioy, Antonio (2023)
Exploiting the DICE specification to ensure strong identity and integrity of IoT devices. In: SpliTech-2023: 8th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies, Split-Bol (Croatia), 20-23 June 2023, pp. 1-6. ISBN: 978-953-290-128-3
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - 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 - Sisinni, Silvia; Margaria, Davide; Pedone, Ignazio; Lioy, Antonio; Vesco, ANDREA GUIDO ... (2022)
Integrity Verification of Distributed Nodes in Critical Infrastructures. In: SENSORS, vol. 22. ISSN 1424-8220
Contributo su Rivista - Lioy, Antonio; Pedone, Ignazio; Sisinni, Silvia (2022)
Using MACsec to protect a Network Functions Virtualisation Infrastructure. In: 27th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, Rhodes (Greece), 30/6-3/7/2022, pp. 1-3
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Compastié, Maxime; Sisinni, Silvia; Gurung, Supreshna; Fernández, Carolina; Jacquin, ... (2022)
PALANTIR: Zero-trust architecture for Managed Security Service Provider. In: C&ESAR’22: Computer & Electronics Security Application Rendezvous, Rennes (France), 15-16/11/2022, pp. 83-98. ISSN 1613-0073
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)