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Security in Social Wireless Networks

This research delves into secure identification in social wireless networks, focusing on authentication, privacy, and Android security. Explore current trends, future growth potential, and security challenges in the mobile social network sphere.

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Security in Social Wireless Networks

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  1. Security in Social Wireless Networks Omer Nawaz

  2. Introduction • Studies • Masters in Computer Science from IIU Islamabad, Pakistan • Masters in EE (Internet Systems) from BTH Karlskrona, Sweden (2009-2011) • PhD (ongoing BTH) • Working Experience • Software developer at AIS Technologies, STP Islamabad for about 2 years • Lecturer at University of the Punjab, Lahore Pakistan (involved with courses related to Network Programming) • Research at Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS)

  3. Social Wireless Networks Secure Identification (SWiN) • Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS) in Collaboration with Sony Ericsson and Ericsson AB • Three Target Areas: • Authentication • Privacy in Social Networks • Android security

  4. Mobile Social Networks Potential • Growth at an astounding rate • According to a survey conducted in US in 2011 about internet access [1], 72% of the total share is wireless from just 17% three years ago • WHY • Nominal subscribing charges especially in North America • Mid range smart phones • Ease of personalization i.e. change of language, themes, settings etc. • Exclusive applications (camera) and gaming designed for users on the go • Future Trends • Demand for professional business networking • Decentralization of social networks • Offline Synchronization

  5. Security Challenges • Secure Registration and Authentication • Strong authentication procedures eradicating both active and passive threats • Authorized client should register new members in offline mode • Support for online, gateway and offline mode • Confidentiality and Integrity on non-trusted media and collaboration with open compromised network • Profiles • Unlike traditional online networks, profile support with ease of setup • Support for explicit security settings for high flexibility

  6. Secure Design Basics • Online Mode • Authentication (AuthCert), Signing(SignCert) and Social (SocialCert) certificates • User Profile Management • Offline Mode (Users of different social groups) • Secure Device Pairing • Sharing of Signing Certificate and Authentication Vector • Offline Mode (Users of same social groups) • Sharing of Signing and Social Certificates • Data encryption using shared public key

  7. Current and future work • Performance evaluation of virtualized networks • Safe Virtualization

  8. Q&A

  9. References [1] GIGaom, http://gigaom.com/2011/04/12/mary-meeker-mobile-internet-will-soon-overtake-fixed-internet/ [2] Social Media Trends, http://takemetoyourleader.com/2010/04/07/social-media-2012-11-trends-you-should-watch/

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