International Workshop on Trustworthy Wireless Industrial Sensor Networks (TWISNet 2013)

To be held on September 5, 2013 in conjunction with the 8th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2013 – http://www.ares-conference.eu).

September 2nd – 6th, 2013
University of Regensburg
Regensburg, Germany

The deployment of sensor networks in industrial environments has attracted much attention in several business domains. An increasing number of applications have been developed, ranging from defense, public security, energy management, traffic control to health care. Sensor networks are particularly interesting due to their ability to control and monitor physical environments.

Wireless Sensor Networks provide applications in monitoring and controlling of industrial processes, workers, environmental phenomena, and many more. Because sensors typically communicate over the air, there is always a danger that information can be accessed and modified by unauthorized parties. Several technical (e.g. remote management, deployment) and security (e.g. user’s privacy, data confidentiality and reliability) challenges deter their integration in industrial processes.

Within the EU FP7 project TWISNet (Trustworthy Wireless Industrial Sensor Networks) security issues when applying wireless sensor networks to industrial environments have been addressed. A modular and adaptive security architecture able to address the security concerns raised by the deployment of wireless sensor networks into industrial environments has been developed.

This workshop aims on presenting and discussing the results of the research and development that has been done on WSN security in TWISNet. The focus of the workshop lies on the concrete application of the designed security framework to IPv6 sensor environments, where certain scenarios and threat models are investigated to define requirements on a secure wireless sensor network for industrial application.

Topics of interest comprise:

Registration

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Tentative Schedule

Workshop Date: 05 September 2013

09:00-10:30 Session 1

• Introduction to Wireless Sensor Networks/6LoWPAN
• Discussion on Scenarios and Threats in WSNs

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-12:30 Session 2

• TWISNet Security Framework: Overall View, Mediation Layer and chosen modules;
• Implementation and Hardware Considerations
• Exploitation in practical Scenarios

Workshop Chairs

Markus Wehner
University of Applied Sciences Dresden, Germany This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Alexis Olivereau
Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, France This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Mike Ludwig
Dresden Elektronik Ingenieurtechnik GmbH, Germany This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

David Bateman
Électricité de France S.A., France This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Program Committee

• Axel Schmidt, University of Applied Sciences Dresden, Germany
• Aymen Boudguiga, Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, France
• Basil Hess, SAP, Germany
  
• Dan Dragomir, University Politehnica din Bucuresti, Romania
• Dirk Burggraf, University of Applied Sciences Dresden, Germany
• Elke Göring, Dresden Elektronik Ingenieurtechnik GmbH, Germany
  
• Emil Slusanschi, University Politehnica din Bucuresti, Romania
• Laura Gheorghe, University Politehnica din Bucuresti, Romania
• Nouha Oulha, Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives, France
• Oliver Kasten, SAP, Germany
  
• Olivier Dupont, Cisco Systems International BV, Netherlands
• Sven Zeisberg, University of Applied Sciences Dresden, Germany