Prof. Saxena received a $50,000 Google Faculty Research Award for the year 2013 based on his work on “Contextual Security.” Joint project with Prof. N. Asokan from Aalto University, Finland. This is the second Google award for Prof. Saxena following the 2011 award introducing the notion of “Playful Security.”
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Song Gao successfully defends his PhD thesis proposal
Prof. Saxena to Co-Lead CIA-JFR's Information Assurance Pillar
Prof. Saxena will be serving as the co-leader of the Information Assurance/Security Pillar of UAB’s CIA-JFR Center.
UAB research to improve online communication security
A press-release on our new Cisco project to provide end-to-end security over VoIP communications.
UAB research to improve online communication security, Meghan Davis.
Tap-Wave-Rub Malware Defense Covered at Fox (WTVM)
SPECIAL REPORT: When Malware Attacks (includes video interview). Fox 54 (WTVM), July 11, 2013
Prof. Saxena invited to the editorial board of IEEE Trans. on Information Forensics and Security
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security is a flagship journal within the Security community, likely one of the best.
Cisco funds a research project
Prof. Saxena (PI) awarded $150,000 in research funding from Cisco Systems to launch a new project on Voice-over-IP secure communications, specifically “Establishing Peer-to-Peer Secure VoIP Connections.” This is a joint project with Prof. Bangalore (Co-PI) @CCL lab.
Out-Of-Band channels gone wild
News story on our AsiaCCS’13 paper: UAB research finds new channels to trigger mobile malware
We have explored out-of-band channels for years in our secure device pairing project. This is a new twist…
Prof. Saxena invited to the editorial board of Springer's International Journal of Information Security
The Springer’s International Journal of Information Security (IJIS) is a reputed venue publishing strong contributions to security and cryptography research.
Article featuring our usable security work
Spies Like Us: Putting a New Spin on Computer Security, by Matt Windsor (UAB Magazine)