Network Security & Cryptography (NSC) Lab

Delegation from Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences (THM University), Germany including the president Prof. Dr. Matthias Willems visited our lab on 22/01/2025.

Prof. Rajkumar Buyya from The University of Melbourne visited our lab on 13/01/2025.

A paper titled "Automated IoT Device Identification Based on Full Packet Information Using Real-Time Network Traffic", accepted to present in The 17th International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS - Workshop on Machine Intelligence in Networked Data and Systems (MINDS) (COMSNETS Workshop '25 - MINDS). Authors: Swaroop Dora (IIIT Allahabad), Brijesh Peshvani (IIIT Allahabad), Ashutosh Kumar (IIIT Allahabad), Piyush Tiwari (IIIT Allahabad), S. Venkatesan (IIIT Allahabad), Sandeep Kumar Shukla (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur) and Rahamatullah Khondoker (THM Germany)

Mr. Atul Kumar, Director - Government Initiatives & Global Trade, Data Security Council of India (DSCI) visited our lab.

Dr. Gulshan Rai, Former and First National Cyber Security Coordinator, Government of India and Former Director General, CERT-In (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team) visited our lab and gave directions to our team.

A paper titled "IoT Device Security Audit Tools: A Comprehensive Analysis and a Layered Architecture Approach for Addressing Expanded Security Requirements", accepted to publish in the International Journal of Information Security, Springer. Authors: Ashutosh Kumar (IIIT Allahabad), L. Kavisankar(IIIT Allahabad), S. Venkatesan (IIIT Allahabad), Suneel Yadav (IIIT Allahabad), Manish Kumar (IIIT Allahabad), Sandeep Kumar Shukla (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur) and Rahamatullah Khondoker (THM Germany)

Cyber Security Awareness Day through online mode is celebrated on 26/10/2024.

A paper titled "A Novel Strategy for the Identification of the Operating System of Bluetooth-Enabled Devices for Security Audit" is accepted to publish in the 11th International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IOTSMS 2024), Sweden, Authors: L. Kavishankar, Ajay Vemuri, S Venkatesan, Rahamatullah Khondoker.

Cyber Security Awareness Day was organized through online mode on 19/10/2023

A paper titled "Automated Security Audit Testbed for IP-Based IoT Devices without Physical Access" is accepted to publish in the 10th International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IOTSMS 2023), San Antonio, Texas , USA. Authors: Ashutosh Kumar, Brijesh Peshvani, S Venkatesan, Manish Kumar, Suneel Yadav, Sandeep Kumar Shukla.

A paper titled "Automated Hardware Auditing Testbed for UART and SPI based IoT Devices" is accepted to publish in the 10th International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IOTSMS 2023), San Antonio, Texas , USA. Author(s): Shivam Mishra, Aditya Ray, Manpreet Singh, S Venkatesan, Anshu S. Anand.

A demonstration paper titled "BlockPaaS: Blockchain Platform as a Service" is accepted for the 15th International Conference on COMmunication Systems and NETworkS - COMSNETS 2023 under Demo and Exhibits Category. Authors: Mr. Yuvaraj Rajendra, Venkatesan Subramanian and Sandeep Kumar Shukla.

Cyber Security Awareness Day through online mode is celebrated on 28/10/2022.

A paper titled "Storage Efficient Blockchain Models for Constrained Applications" is accepted to publish in the special issue (Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA2021)) of Cluster Computing, Springer. Authors: Yuvaraj Rajendra, Sachin Sahu, Venkatesan Subramanian and Sandeep Kumar Shukla.

Mr. Yuvaraj Rajendra presented paper titled "TrustSim: A Decentralized Reputation and Trust Model Simulator" in The Fourth International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA 2022) on 6th September 2022 in online mode. Authors: S. Venkatesan, Sandeep Kumar Shukla and Yuvaraj Rajendra.

Dr. S. Venkatesan become the Associate Fellow of C3iHub, IIT Kanpur for the year 2022-23.

A paper titled "TrustSim: A Decentralized Reputation and Trust Model Simulator" is accepted to publish in The Fourth International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA 2022). Authors: S. Venkatesan, Sandeep Kumar Shukla and Yuvaraj Rajendra (all authorhs are equally contributed).

Mr. Yuvaraj Rajendra demonstrated "go-Ethereum with Smart Contract" in the Hetergeneous Data Analytics Applications with Special Reference to Deep Learning Models and Blockchain Technologies for Applications in Digital Mobility jointly organized by IIIT Allahabad and Hof University of Applied Sciences. Venue: Hof University of Applied Sciences, Hof, Germany, 04th to 07th July 2022. (Demonstrated in online mode).

Dr. S. Venkatesan delivered talk on "Introduction to Blockchain", "IOTA", "Decentralized Authentication Scheme Using Blockchain Technology", "Storage Constraint Free Blockchain", "Security Risk in Machine Learning" in the Hetergeneous Data Analytics Applications with Special Reference to Deep Learning Models and Blockchain Technologies for Applications in Digital Mobility jointly organized by IIIT Allahabad and Hof University of Applied Sciences. Venue: Hof University of Applied Sciences, Hof, Germany, 04th to 07th July 2022.

Workshop on Advancement in Blockchain Technolgy is organized by C3I Center, IIT Kanpur and NSC Lab, IIIT Allahabad along with National Blockchain Project from 4th to 6th March 2022. For more information visit here.

Workshop on Cyber Security: Basics and Trends is organized by NSC Lab from 11th to 15th Decemeber 2021. For more information visit here.

A paper titled "A Storage Efficient Blockchain Model for Constrained Applications" is accepted in The Third IEEE International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA2021), Tartu, Estonia [Online]. Authors: Yuvaraj Rajendra, Sachin Sahu, Venkatesan Subramanian and Sandeep Kumar Shukla.

A paper titled "Insider Attack Mitigation in a Smart Metering Infrastructure using Reputation Score and Blockchain Technology" is accepted to publish in International Journal of Information Security, Springer. Authors: Jaya Singh, Ayush Sinha, Priyanka Goli, Venkatesan Subramanian, Sandeep Kumar Shukla and Om Prakash Vyas

Mr. Yuvaraj Rajendra received 3rd Prize for the work "A conceptual Model for Constant Storage Blockchain" in the Research Abstract category in the International Scientific Conference (ISC'21) Organized by British Blockchain Association (BBA) on 15/03/2021 [Link: here] Authors: Yuvaraj Rajendra, Sachin Sahu, S Venkatesan and Sandeep Kumar Shukla

Cyber Security Awareness programme was organized through online mode on 28/10/2020

A paper titled "Decentralized Device Authentication Model Using the Trust Score and Blockchain Technology for Dynamic Networks" is accepted to publish in the 2020 3rd IEEE Blockchain Conference, Greece. [Online] Authors: Venkatesan Subramanian, Yuvaraj Rajendra, Shubham Sahai and Sandeep Kumar Shukla

A paper titled "A Lightweight Authentication and Key Establishment Scheme for Smart Metering Infrastructure" is accepted to publish in the International conference on Cyber Security in Emerging Digital Era (ICCEDE2020). Authors: Jaya Singh, Yuvaraj Rajendra, Venkatesan Subramanian and Om Prakash Vyas

A book chapter titled "Secure and Decentralized Management of Health Records" is accepted to publish in the Edited Book entitled "Applications of Blockchain in Healthcare". This Edited Book will be published in the book series of Springer entitled "Studies in Big Data, 2020. Authors: Venkatesan Subramanian, Shubham Sahai, Sandeep Kumar Shukla and Jaya Singh

Workshop on Blockchain and Its Applications. For more information click here

Workshop on Machine Learning and Data Analytics is scheduled during 20th to 26th June 2018.

Project titled "Development of Secure IoT communication using the Blockchain Technology" recommended under DST ICPS programme.

One time seed money granted for project titled Electronic Medical Record Management System using Blockchain Technology.

Workshop on Machine Learning and Data Analytics is scheduled during 13th to 18th July 2017.

Prof. Ponnurangam Kumaraguru (PK) , Associate Professor from IIIT-Delhi is visiting IIIT-Allahabad on 11th April 2017 for invited talk on Data Science for Security & Privacy
Schedule
11.00 am to 1.00 pm Invited talk @ admin auditorium
3.30 pm to 5.00 pm Interaction with students working on Social Media, Security and Privacy.