Information and Physical Security

Research Interest

This research unit conducts research on one-step-ahead information and physical security techniques, developing and implementing cutting-edge malware countermeasures, cryptography, software and hardware technologies, system technologies, security economics, etc.

Unit Members

Principal Investigator: Professor Tsutomu Matsumoto; Distinguished YNU Professor Christopher Kruegel (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA); IAS Visiting Professor Koji Nakao

Collaborating Investigator: Associate Professor Katsunari Yoshioka; Professor Junji Shikata; Professor Haoyuan Xu; Lecturer Toshiya Shimura; IAS Assistant Professor Akira Fujita

Adjunct Investigator: IAS Adjunct Professor Engin Kirda (Northeastern University, USA); IAS Adjunct Professor Michel van Eeten (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands); IAS Adjunct Assistant Professor William Robertson (Northeastern University, USA); IAS Visiting Assistant Professor Daisuke Fujimoto (Nara Institute of Science and Technology); IAS Visiting Researcher Makoto Iwamura (NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION); IAS Visiting Researcher Takeo Hariu (NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION); IAS Visiting Researcher Takeshi Yagi (NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION); IAS Visiting Researcher Mitsuaki Akiyama (NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION); IAS Visiting Researcher Shigeyoshi Shima (NEC Corporation); IAS Visiting Researcher Masafumi Watanabe (NEC Corporation); IAS Visiting Researcher Takahiro Kakumaru (NEC Corporation); IAS Visiting Researcher Masato Terada (Hitachi, Ltd.); IAS Visiting Researcher Tatsuaki Takebe (KPMG Consulting); IAS Visiting Researcher Masaru Kawakita (NEC Corporation); IAS Visiting Researcher Dai Yamamoto (Fujitsu Laboratories, Ltd.); IAS Visiting Researcher Yuusuke Takahashi (NEC Corporation); IAS Visiting Researcher Daisuke Makita (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Cybersecurity Research Institute)

Visitor etc.: IAS Visiting Associate Professor Christian Rossow (Saarland University, Germany); IAS Visiting Assistant Professor Stevens Le Blond (Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, Germany)