DIGILIENCE 2020 Agenda
Colour Legend: Room 11, 2nd floor - Plenary sessions & Track 1; Room 12, 2nd floor - Track 2
30 September 2020 (Day 1)
08.30-09.15 Registration
09.15-11.00 Conference Opening & Plenary session 1
Opening remarks on behalf of the Organisers:
- Prof. Todor Tagarev, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies
- Adm. Boyan Mednikarov, Commandant, Bulgarian Naval Academy
- Col. Dr. Nikolai Stoianov, Deputy Director, Bulgarian Defence Institute
- Dr. George Sharkov, Director, ESI-CEE & CyberRes Lab, SofiaTech Park
- Dr. Peter Lenk, Chief of Service Strategy and Innovation, NATO Communication and Information Agency
Plenary presentations:
- Digital Modernisation in Defence: Communications and Information Systems Challenges, Salvador Llopis, European Defence Agency
- Cyber Security Education and Training in NATO, Dr. Garry Hargreaves, Director, NCI Academy
- Analysis of Cybersecurity Issues in Maritime Industry, Adm. Boyan Mednikarov, Associate Prof. Yulian Tsonev, and Prof. Andon Lazarov
11.00-11.15 Coffee Break
11.15-12.30 Human Systems Integration Approach to Cyber Security
- Aspect Level Sentiment Analysis Methods Applied to Text in Formal Military Reports, Ivana Ilic Mestric, Arvid Kok, Giavid Valiyev, Michael Street, and Peter Lenk
- Enhancing the Organisational Culture related to Cyber Security during the University Digital Transformation, Elitsa Pavlova
- The Influence of Knowledge and Attitude on Intention to Adopt Cybersecure Behaviour, Lisa de Kok, Deborah Oosting and Marcel Spruit
11.15-12.30 Novel Conceptual Approaches and Solutions
- Towards Data-centric Security for NATO Operations, Konrad Wrona
- Possibilities for Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Obtain Sensory Information for Environmental Analysis, Rosen Iliev and Angel Genchev
- Integration of Information Resources to Ensure Collaboration in Crisis Management, Kristina Ignatova and Dimitar Tsonev
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.15 Education and Training for Cyber Resilience
- Leadership Playbook for the Digital Age: Preparing the Western Balkan Leadership for the Digital Transformation, Mitko Bogdanoski and Metodi Hadji Janev
- A Model of ICT Competence Development for Digital Transformation, Velizar Shalamanov, Silvia Matern, Vladimir Monov, Ivaylo Blagoev, Gergana Vassileva, and Ivan Blagoev
- From Classroom to Online Teaching – A Case during COVID19, Harri Ruoslahti
- An Accessibility Heuristic Evaluation of Bulgarian and Polish Academic Web Sites: Visually Impaired Users’ Perspective, Radka Nacheva, Adam Stecyk, and Pavel Petrov
13.30-15.15 Cyber Situational Awareness and Information Exchange
- MonSys: A Scalable Platform for Monitoring Digital Services Availability, Threat Intelligence and Cyber Resilience Situational Awareness, George Sharkov, Yavor Papazov, Christina Todorova, Georgi Koykov, and Georgi Zahariev
- Using the Cyber Situational Awareness Concept for Protection of Agricultural Enterprise Management Information Systems, Valentin Nekhai, Mariia Dorosh and Valentin A. Nekhai
- A Model of a Cyber Defence Awareness System of Campaigns with Malicious Information, Nikolai Stoianov and Maya Bozhilova
15.15-15.30 Coffee Break
15.30-17.15 Education and Training for Cyber Resilience (cont.)
- Distance Learning at the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy Utilising Online Platforms during the COVID-19 Crisis, Yavor Dechev, Borislav Nikolov and Mariyan Rachev
- A Cyber Range for Armed Forces Education, Michal Turčaník
- Comparison between the Cyber Operations majors in the United States Naval Academy and the Bulgarian Naval Academy, Nikoleta Georgieva
- Educational NASA Project: Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity at a Mobile Lunar Base, Evgeni Andreev, Mariya Nikolova and Veselka Radeva
15.30-17.15 Cyber Situational Awareness and Information Exchange (cont.)
- Information Sharing Models for Early Warning Systems of Cybersecurity Intelligence, Jyri Rajamäki and Vasilis Katos
- Distributed Ledger-Based Trustful Information Exchange on the Tactical Level, Daniel Ota and Okan Topçu
- Model Fooling Attacks Against Medical Imaging: A Short Survey, Tuomo Sipola, Samir Puuska and Tero Kokkonen
1 October 2020 (Day 2)
09.00-11.00 Official VIP address & Plenary session 2
Official addresses:
- HE Mariya Gabriel, EU Commissioner, Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
- HE Karina Angelieva, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education and Science
- HE Atanas Zaprianov, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Defence
- Dr. Velizar Shalamanov, Chair ASB, NATO Communication and Information Organisation
- BG Vassil Sabinski, Director J6, EU Military Staff
- Mr. Krassimir Simonski, Deputy Chair, State e-Government Agency
Plenary presentations:
- Maritime Situational Awareness, Dr. Catherine Warner, CMRE, NATO
- Rising Challenges to Democracy in the Digital Age, Dr. Nad’a Kovalčíková, German Marshall Fund
- The Power of Cyber Deception, Nahim Fazal, Head of Cyber Threat Intelligence at CounterCraft, UK
11.00-11.15 Coffee Break
11.15-12.30 Security Implications and Solutions for IoT Systems
- A Digital Twin for the Logistics System of a Manufacturing Enterprise Using Industrial IoT, Vyacheslav Kharchenko, Olga Morozova, Oleg Illiashenko and Sergii Sokolov
- Tactical Approach to Cyber Defence in IoT Computer Networks, Elisaveta Staneva and Mariyan Rachev
- Information Technology for Big Data Sensor Networks Stability Estimation, Volodymyr Petrivskyi, George Dimitrov, Denis Berestov, Viktor Shevchenko, Magdalena Garvanova, Pavel Petrov, and Oleksii Bychkov
11.15-12.30 Advanced ICT Security Solutions
- Instrumental Equipment for Cyberattack Prevention, Alexander Kolev and Pavlina Nikolova
- Cybersecurity Problems and Solutions in Operating Systems of Mobile Communications Devices, Stoyan Mechev, Elisaveta Staneva, and Mariyan Rachev
- Design of Technical Methods for Analysing Network Security Based on Identification of Network Traffic Anomalies, Ihor Skiter, Ivan Burmaka, and Andriy Sigayov
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.15 Protecting Critical Infrastructures from Cyberattacks
- Towards a European Network of Cybersecurity Competence Centres - The contribution of the ECHO Project, Prof. Wim Mees, Royal Military Academy, Belgium, and Matteo Merialdo, RHEA Group
- A Logical Model for Multi-Sector Cyber Risk Management, Todor Tagarev, Salvatore Marco Pappalardo, and Nikolai Stoianov
- A System for Analysis of Big Data from Social Media, Dmytro Lande, Igor Subach, and Alexander Puchkov
- Neglected Cybersecurity Risks in the Public Internet Hosting Service Providers, Ivan Blagoev
13.30-15.15 Advanced ICT Security Solutions (cont.)
- Observing, Measuring and Collecting HDD Performance Metrics on a Physical Machine During Ransomware Attack, Dimo Dimov and Yuliyan Tsonev
- 3D Facial Reconstruction from 2D Portrait Imagery, Matthew Caruana and Joseph G. Vella
- Alternative On-board Communication Systems Enhancing the Operation Efficiency of Vessel Traffic Services, Georgi Dimitrov and Avgustin Hristov
- K Band Radar Drone Signatures, Nikolay Kolev, Yordan Sivkov and Ekaterinoslav Sirakov
15.15-15.30 Coffee Break
15.30-17.15 Protecting Critical Infrastructures from Cyberattacks (cont.)
- Functional Modeling of the Organization's ISC State Monitoring System during Project Implementation, Mariia Dorosh and Mariia Voitsekhovska
- Cybernetic Approach to Developing Resilient Systems: Concept, Models and Application, Vyacheslav Kharchenko, Sergiy Dotsenko, Yuriy Ponochovnyi and Oleg Illiashenko
- Resilience Management Framework for Critical Information Infrastructure: Designing the Level of Trust that Encourages the Exchange of Health Data, Jyri Rajamäki
- A Cost-effective Approach to Securing Systems through Partial Decentralization, Nikita Savchenko, Vitaliy Tsyganok and Oleh Andriichuk
15.30-17.15 Secure Communication and Information Protection
- Public Key Generation Principles Impact Cybersecurity, Nikolai Stoianov and Andrey Ivanov
- A New Steganographic Algorithm for Hiding Messages in Music, Michał Bajor and Marcin Niemiec
- Security Analysis of Diceware Passphrases, Petar Antonov and Nikoleta Georgieva
2 October 2020 (Day 3)
09.00-10.45 ICT Governance and Management for Digital Transformation
- Optimization of the Chief Information Officer Function in Large Organizations, Velizar Shalamanov, Vasil Sabinski and Trayan Georgiev
- A Concept for Establishing a Security Operations and Training Centre at the Bulgarian Naval Academy, Borislav Nikolov
- How to Support Teams to be Remote and Productive: Group Decision-Making for Distance Collaboration Software Tools, Daniela Borissova, Zornitsa Dimitrova and Vasil Dimitrov
- Societal Impact Assessment of a Cyber Security Network Project, Kirsi Aaltola and Harri Ruoslahti
09.00-10.45 Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity
- Data Science as a Service: The Data Range, Peter Lenk, Michael Street, Ivana Ilic Mestric, Arvid Kok, Giavid Valiyev, Philippe Le Cerf, and Barbara Lorincz
- Cybersecurity in Donated Distributed Computing for Evolutionary Algorithms, Petar Tomov, Iliyan Zankinski and Todor Balabanov
- Adopting Machine Learning for Images Transferred with LoRaWAN, Maksym Brazhenenko, Victor Shevchenko, Oleksiy Bychkov, Pepa Petrova, Boyan Jekov, and Eugenia Kovatcheva
- Initial Exploitation of Natural Language Processing Techniques on NATO Strategy and Policies, Giavid Valiyev, Marcello Piraino, Arvid Kok, Michael Street, Ivana Ilic Mestric, and Retzius Birger
10.45-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-12.45 ICT Governance and Management for Digital Transformation (cont.)
- Organizational Learning in the Academic Literature – Systematic Literature Review, Harri Ruoslahti and Amir Trent
- A Governance Model of a Collaborative Networked Organization for Cybersecurity Research, Yantsislav Yanakiev
- A Governance Model for an EU Cyber Security Collaborative Network – ECSCON, Georgi Penchev and Antoniya Shalamanova
- e-Platform to maintain digital competencies for collaborative network organisations, Silvia Matern
11.00-12.45 Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity (cont.)
- Challenges and Opportunities for Network Intrusion Detection in a Big Data Environment, Petya Ivanova and Todor Tagarev
- Cyber Threat Prediction with Machine Learning, Arvid Kok, Ivana Ilic Mestric, Giavid Valiyev, and Michael Street
- Signature-based Intrusion Detection Hardware-Software Complex, Inna V. Stetsenko and Maksym Demydenko
- Modelling a Multi-agent Protection System of an Enterprise Network, Alla Hrebennyk and Elenа Trunova
- One-way Function Based on Modified Cellular Automata in the Diffie-Hellman Algorithm for Big Data Exchange Tasks through Open Space, Volodymyr Shevchenko, Georgi Dimitrov, Denys Berestov, Pepa Petrova, Igor Sinitsyn, Eugenia Kovatcheva, Ivan Garvanov, and Iva Kostadinova
12.45-13.00 Preliminary Summary and Way Ahead
13.0-14.00 Farewell lunch
