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In addition to your passport and driving licence, a phone application that enables you to prove your identity quickly and securely and also offers even more privacy options could soon be possible. As part of the Dutch Blockchain Coalition, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft, The Netherlands) has joined forces with the Netherlands Identity Data Agency (RvIG), a division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Kingdom Relations (BZK), IDEMIA (the current manufacturer of Dutch passports) and law firm CMS, in developing an initial prototype for a digital stamp that could fulfil this purpose in the future. This digital identity is based on TU Delft’s innovative blockchain technology, known as Trustchain. The prototype was demonstrated at a BZK event held on 7 June. After the summer, a consumer trial of this technology will be launched in two Dutch municipalities.

On April 10, Stjepan Picek gave a lecture on the basics of Machine Learning for the School of Architecture of NXP’s Business Unit Security & Connectivity. In his lecture he discussed artificial intelligence and machine learning and more in-depth about applications to security domain. The audience were senior technical engineers from almost all parts of the world with in total 27 participants from US, India, China, Brazil, Austria, Romania, France, The Netherlands and Germany.

The paper of Samaneh Tajalizadehkhoob et al. titled ‘Herding Vulnerable Cats: A Statistical Approach to Disentangle Joint Responsibility for Web Security in Shared Hosting’ was shortlisted for Dutch Cyber Security Research best Paper Award competition 2018.

Mobiel bankieren bij de ING bank is kwetsbaar voor fraude. Een extra optie met een bevestigingscode maakt dat ING-klanten makkelijker kunnen worden misleid door oplichters. Dat constateert Michel van Eeten, hoogleraar Internetveiligheid aan de TU Delft in de uitzending van Kassa van 10 februari.

Internet providers can function as control points for cyber security, says Dr Samaneh Tajalizadehkhoob. She discovered that most of the cyber crime originates from large and cheap providers offering shared hosting.

Assistant professor Tobias Fiebig from the ESS department recently published a research paper in which a new procedural way to reduce the risks of Domain-Validated Certificates is presented. The paper called ‘Cloud Strife: Mitigating the Security Risks of Domain-Validated Certificates’ was co-written with scientists from amongst others University of California.