The StRONG thematic network is a research initiative sponsored by Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo (CYTED) which groups universities of 6 countries in Latin America with researchers working on proposals for the improvement of Security in Next Generation Computer Networks by leveraging emergent technologies. The participant universities and institutions are Universidad de Antioquia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia and Universidad Autónoma Latinoamericana, Aligo S.A.S (Colombia), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), Universidad Galileo (Guatemala), Universidad de Costa Rica (Costa Rica), Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Mexico) and Universidad del País Vasco (Spain).