We study Trusted Computing technologies, and ways to apply them to active trusted infrastructure: particularly in grid and cloud scenarios, and in service-oriented architectures.

The best way to understand this perspective is to look at the publications below. Much has been written about Trusted Computing at the lower levels of the hardware-software stack, but the most interesting applications arise in complex distributed systems. These also give rise to the greatest security challenges: and those which presently have no alternate evident solutions.

We also run a course on trusted computing infrastructure within the MSc in Software and Systems Security.

Prospective Students

Applications are welcome. Unfortunately, no funded studentships are available at the moment

Events

These are some events we have hosted here, or participated in elsewhere.

Hosted in Oxford

• First European Trusted Infrastructure Summer School, September 2006
• Third European Trusted Infrastructure Summer School, September 2008
• Trust 2009, April 2009

Elsewhere

• Second European Trusted Infrastructure Summer School,Bochum, Germany, October 2007
• Fourth European Trusted Infrastructure Summer School, Graz, Austria, September 2009
• Asia-Pacific Trusted Infrastructure Summer School, Shah Alam, Malaysia, 2008
• Asia-Pacific Trusted Infrastructure Summer School,Zhu Hai, China, 2007
• Trusted Infrastructure Workshop, CMU, Pittsburgh, USA, 2009

Other links

• The University is a Liaison Member of the Trusted Computing Group.

Selected Publications

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• Exploring the use of Intel SGX for Secure Many−Party Applications

  K.A. Küçük‚ A. Paverd‚ A. Martin‚ N. Asokan‚ A. Simpson and R. Ankele

  In Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on System Software for Trusted Execution (SysTEX '16). New York‚ NY‚ USA. 2016. ACM.

  Open Access (PDF) Author's Manuscript Available in Oxford University Research Archive

  Details about Exploring the use of Intel SGX for Secure Many−Party Applications | BibTeX data for Exploring the use of Intel SGX for Secure Many−Party Applications | DOI (10.1145/3007788.3007793)

• Security and Privacy in Smart Grid Demand Response Systems

  Andrew J Paverd‚ Andrew P Martin and Ian Brown

  In Jorge Cuellar, editor, Smart Grid Security. Pages 1−15. Springer International Publishing. 2014.

  Details about Security and Privacy in Smart Grid Demand Response Systems | BibTeX data for Security and Privacy in Smart Grid Demand Response Systems | Download  (pdf) of Security and Privacy in Smart Grid Demand Response Systems | DOI (10.1007/978-3-319-10329-7_1) | Link to Security and Privacy in Smart Grid Demand Response Systems

• Privacy−Enhanced Bi−Directional Communication in the Smart Grid using Trusted Computing

  Andrew J Paverd‚ Andrew P Martin and Ian Brown

  In Fifth IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm 2014). 2014.

  Details about Privacy−Enhanced Bi−Directional Communication in the Smart Grid using Trusted Computing | BibTeX data for Privacy−Enhanced Bi−Directional Communication in the Smart Grid using Trusted Computing | Download Paverd-SmartGridComm-2014.pdf of Privacy−Enhanced Bi−Directional Communication in the Smart Grid using Trusted Computing | Download Paverd-SmartGridComm-2014-slides.pdf of Privacy−Enhanced Bi−Directional Communication in the Smart Grid using Trusted Computing | DOI (10.1109/SmartGridComm.2014.7007758) | Link to Privacy−Enhanced Bi−Directional Communication in the Smart Grid using Trusted Computing