Job description
The Computer Science department of the University of Twente has a 3-year PostDoc vacancy for the VISPER project on integrated perimeter security. The research is sponsored by the Dutch national security research program Sentinels (http://www.sentinels.nl/) and five industrial partners.
Research
The organisational security perimeter, which once was simply defined as the fence around the premises of an organisation, is becoming increasingly hard to uphold. We call this process deperimeterisation.
It is visible in the digital domain (where data moves between organisations through networks or is even stored remotely in a cloud), the social domain (where one individual may play different roles in cooperating organisations) and the physical domain (where appliances such as mobile phones and laptops move around).
Deperimeterisation poses many security problems. Proposed solutions include focussing on data-level security, using sticky policies and Hippocratic databases, possibly dropping the organisational security perimeter altogether.
The VISPER project (http://visper.eemcs.utwente.nl) takes a different approach, by trying to integrate security between the social, physical and digital domains. Specifying policies across these domains (for example based on role, location and application) creates a virtual security perimeter around the organization. In the project we will develop such policies, threat models and tools.
Team
The project team consists of researchers from both the Distributed and Embedded Security (DIES) and Information Systems (IS) research groups. In total, six staff contribute to the project, including 2 full-time PhD students. The PostDoc will become part of the DIES research group, which is headed by prof. dr. Pieter Hartel.
Requirements
- University Graduate
- What we ask and what we offer
- Completed a Ph.D. in an area that is relevant to our research, e.g. computer science, electrical engineering or mathematics.
You like working in a team and have intellectual curiosity and knowledge of one or more of the following topics: information systems, distributed systems, security. Your main responsibility will be to carry out research, but there is opportunity to acquire some teaching experience.
To broaden your knowledge, you can join international exchange programs, participate in national and international conferences and workshops, and visit other research institutes and universities worldwide.
The monthly salary of a PostDoc starts at EUR 2802 per year and is negotiable.
Organization
University of Twente Centre for Telematics and Information Technology (CTIT)
Sharing knowledge, working together, research, innovation. It is all part of the only campus university in the Netherlands: the University of Twente (UT). A university with an international character. We have for example many foreign doctoral students, and master programmes are provided in English. Divided over 5 faculties, we provide more than 50 Bachelor and Master programmes, varying from Applied Physics and Public Administration to Applied Communication Science and Biomedical Technology.
In beautiful green surroundings, more than 8000 students and 2700 staff live, work and recreate at the UT. It is also a place where talented people get every opportunity to perform cutting edge research. But as an entrepreneurial university this is not all we do. In Kennispark, for example, we work together with the business community, we support our students in setting up their own businesses and participate in many projects in the area of knowledge development. In brief, a dynamic climate in which to work and study.
The of the University of Twente is one of the largest academic ICT research institutes in the Netherlands with over 475 researchers. IT Security is a top priority research area: currently 40 PhD students, PostDocs and academic staff research IT security from a technical, legal, regulatory and/or societal point of view. Unique in the Netherlands, CTIT possesses the knowledge to cover the entire spectrum of research areas, ranging from mathematics and electronics via computer science to social science and law.
Conditions of employment
- Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2500 - 3000
- Salary scale: 10. Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
- Duration of the contract: 3 years
- Maximum hours per week: 38
Additional conditions of employment:
The monthly salary of a PostDoc starts at EUR 2802 per year and is negotiable.
Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:
prof.dr. Pieter Hartel
E-mail address: pieter.hartelutwente.nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links.
About the organization
About the department
About the function
website DIES
website IS
website program Sentinels
Application
You can apply for this job before 01-06-2008 by sending your application to:
Universiteit Twente
Faculteit EWI
ing. H. van Egmond
postbus 217
7500 AE Enschede, NETHERLANDS
E-mail address: es_jobscs.utwente.nl
When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number AT/08/107.
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