My main research interests are Information Security and Services Computing 


Completed Ph.D. projects

2024, Faith Lekota, A-CSIRF: An Aviation Cybersecurity Incident Response Framework

2024, Christoff Jacobs, Londoloza: A Secure Software Development Framework for Mobile Applications

2023, Brian Greaves, Proximity-Based Access Control for Cyber-Physical Spaces

2019, Peter Nkomo,  A framework for secure microservices development

2019, Ferdinand Damon,  A framework for identity and access assurance

 

Completed Master projects

2022, Stephan Marais, WPA3Fuzz: Analysing the simultaneous authentication of equals authentication process, Cum Laude

2022, Simangele Jogwe,  The compliance of Internet of Things devices with the POPI Act, Cum Laude 

2021,  Pete Mosenohi,  A microservices readiness adoption framework 

2018,  Herman Barnardt,  Optimization of cloud and mobile process augmentation 

2017,  Charl van der Westhuizen,  A framework for the provisioning of restful services on mobile devices, Cum Laude

2017,  Channel Hillebrand,  The design of a configurable reputation service, Cum Laude

2016,  Brian Greaves,  Access control for local personal smart spaces 

2015,  Greg Smith,  Physical layer authentication for passive RFID tags 

2014,  Nicholas Grimm,  A low-cost contactless micro-payment framework 

2014,  Justin Leonard,  PerTrust: Leveraging personality and trust for group recommendations 

2013,  Donovan Isherwood,  TrustCV: Supporting reputation-based trust for collectivist digital business ecosystems, Cum Laude

2013,  Jaco du Toit,  Using virtualization to create a more secure online banking infrastructure, Cum Laude (co-supervisor) 

2010,  Bradley Markides,  Trust in a decentralized mobile social network, Cum Laude

2008,  Frankie Tvrz,  Information security of a Bluetooth-enabled handheld device, Cum Laude


Editorial work


Referee work for international journals


Editor of proceedings

Springer CCIS Proceedings of the 50th Annual Conference of the Southern African Computer Lecturers' Association, SACLA 2021, Editors Wai Sze Leung, Marijke Coetzee, Duncan Coulter, Deon Cotterrell, ISBN 978-3-030-95003-3 

Springer CCIS Proceedings of the ISSA 2020 Conference, Edited by HS Venter, M Coetzee and M Loock, MM Eloff, ISBN 978-3-030-66039-0, published electronically

Springer CCIS Proceedings of the ISSA 2019 Conference, Edited by HS Venter, M Coetzee and M Loock, MM Eloff, ISBN 978-3-030-43276-8, published electronically

Springer CCIS Proceedings of the ISSA 2018 Conference, Edited by HS Venter, M Coetzee and M Loock, MM Eloff, ISBN 978-3-030-11407-7, published electronically

IEEE Proceedings of the ISSA 2017 Conference, Edited by HS Venter, M Coetzee and M Loock, MM Eloff, ISBN 978-1-5386-0545-5, published electronically

ACM Proceedings of SAICSIT '16: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists, Edited by Frans F. Blauw, Marijke Coetzee, Duncan A. Coulter, Elize M. Ehlers, Wai Sze Leung, Carl Marnewick, Dustin T. van der Haar, ISBN 978-1-4503-4805-8

IEEE Proceedings of the ISSA 2016 Conference, Edited by HS Venter, M Coetzee and M Loock, MM Eloff, ISBN 9781479977567, published electronically

IEEE Proceedings of the ISSA 2015 Conference, Edited by HS Venter, M Coetzee and M Loock, MM Eloff, ISBN 9781479977567, published electronically

IEEE Proceedings of the ISSA 2014 Conference, Edited by HS Venter, M Coetzee and M Loock, MM Eloff, ISBN 978-1-4799-3383-9, published electronically

IEEE Proceedings of the ISSA 2013 Conference, Edited by HS Venter, M Coetzee and M Loock, ISBN 978-1-4799-0809-7, published electronically

IEEE Proceedings of the ISSA 2012 Conference, Edited by HS Venter, M Coetzee and M Loock, ISBN 978-1-86854-740-16 – 8, published electronically

IEEE Proceedings of the ISSA 2011 Conference, Edited by HS Venter, M Coetzee and M Loock, ISBN 978-1-4577-1482-5, published electronically

IEEE Proceedings of the ISSA 2010 Conference, Edited by HS Venter, M Coetzee and M Loock, ISBN 978-1-4244-5494-5, published electronically

Proceedings of the ISSA 2009 Conference, Edited by HS Venter, M Coetzee and L Labuschagne, ISBN 978-1-86854-740-16 – 8, published electronically


Conference Activity/Participation 

Co-chair - TRUSTBUS 2023,  20th International Workshop on Trust, Privacy and Security in the Digital Society

Chair -  SAICSIT 2023, Southern African Institute for Computer Scientist and Information Technologists Annual Conference

Co-chair - SACLA 2021 Southern African Computer Lecturers' Association Conference

Chair -  SAICSIT 2016, Southern African Institute for Computer Scientist and Information Technologists Annual Conference, Centurion, South Africa

Co-Chair - (2009 - 2020) ISSA – Information Security for South Africa conference

Treasurer - (2010 – 2012)  IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Chapter, IEEE South Africa Section

Chair - 2008,  Die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns conference, University of Johannesburg 


Technical programme committee member 

SECRYPT 2023,  the 20th International Conference on Security and Cryptography 

ARES 2023, the 18th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security

EICC 2023 -The European Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Conference

IIAI AAI 2023 - 14th IIAI International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics 

ARES 2022, 16 the International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security

EICC 2022 -The European Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Conference

SAICSIT 2022, Southern African Institute for Computer Scientist and  Information Technologists Annual Conference

EICC 2021 -The European Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Conference

IIAI AAI 2021 - 10th International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics

ARES 2021, 16 the International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security

EICC 2020 -The European Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Conference

ICONIC 2020 - 2020 International Conference on Intelligent and Innovative Computing Applications                                                  

IIAI AAI 2021 - 10th International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics

SAICSIT 2020, Southern African Institute for Computer Scientist and  Information Technologists Annual Conference, Centurion

ARES 2020, 15th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security

IIAI AAI 2019   - 8th International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics

ARES 2019 - The 14th International ARES Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security

ICTAS 2019 - Conference on Information Communications Technology and Society

SAICSIT 2018, Southern African Institute for Computer Scientist and  Information Technologists Annual Conference, Centurion

ICONIC 2018 - 2018 International Conference on Intelligent and Innovative Computing Applications

DIA2018 - International Development Informatics Association Conference

ARES 2018 - The 13th International ARES Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security

IIAI AAI 2018 - 10th International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics

PST2018: Privacy Security Trust

MeSSA 2017 -4th International Workshop on Monitoring and Measurability of  Software Architectures

SAICSIT 2017, Southern African Institute for Computer Scientist and Information Technologists Annual Conference

SHCIS 2017 - Workshop on Security in Highly Connected IT Systems

ARES 2017 - The 12th International ARES Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security

SMGSP 2017 - Smart Micro-Grid Systems Security and Privacy

INTRICATE-SEC 2016, The 4th International Workshop on Security Intricacies in Cyber-Physical Systems & Services, Crans-Montana, Switzerland, in conjunction with AINA-2016 ((The 30th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications)

ARES 2016, 11th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, Salzburg, Austria, August 2016

ES 2016, 4th International Conference on Enterprise Systems, Melbourne, Australia, Nov 2016

SACLA 2016, 45TH annual conference of the Southern African Computing Lecturer's Association, Cullinan, Pretoria, July 2016

PST2015 International Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST), Izmir, Turkey, JULY 21-23

MeSSa 2015, 3rd International Workshop on Measurability of Security in Software Architectures Dubrovnik/Cavtat, Croatia, Sept 7-11, Co-located with ECSA 2015 (The 9th European Conference on Software Architecture)

ARES 2015, 10th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, Toulouse, France August 24th – 28th

ES 2015, Third International Conference on Enterprise Systems, Basel, Switzerland, 14 - 15 October

SHCIS 2015, 2nd Workshop on Security in highly connected IT systems, Vienna, Austria, September 21-25, in conjunction with ESORICS 2015 (20th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security)

ARES 2014, 9th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, Fribourgh, Switzerland, 8 – 12 Sept

SAICSIT 2014, Southern African Institute for Computer Scientist and Information Technologists Annual Conference, Centurion, South Africa, September 29 - October 01

MeSSa 2014, 2nd International Workshop on Measurability of Security in Software Architectures Vienna, Austria, August 25, Co-located with ECSA 2014 (The 8th European Conference on Software Architecture)

IWSP 2014, 6th Workshop on ICT Uses in Warfare and the Safeguarding of Peace, 13-15 August, Sandton, Johannesburg, in conjunction with ISSA 2014

ICAST 2014, 6th International Conference on Adaptive Science and Technology, Ota, Nigeria, 29-31 Oct 2014

ACCC2014, African Cyber Citizenship Conference, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 5-6 November

ICAST 2013, 5th International Conference on Adaptive Science and Technology, Pretoria, South Africa, 25 - 27 November

ES 2013, 1st International Conference on Enterprise Systems, Cape Town, South Africa, 7-8 November

INTRICATE-SEC 2013, 2nd International Invited Workshop on the Theories and Intricacies of Information Security Problems, August 14 -16, Collocated with ISSA 2013, Johannesburg, South Africa

ARES 2013 8th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, University of Regensburg, Germany, September 2nd - 6th

IWSP 2012, 4th Workshop on ICT Uses in Warfare and the Safeguarding of Peace, Sandton, Johannesburg, 16 August 2012

AFRICONN 2011, 10th IEEE Region 8 Africon 2011 Conference, Livingstone, Zambia, 13 to 15 September 

MeSSa 2010, 1st International Workshop on Measurability of Security in Software Architectures, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 23,          Co-located with ECSA 2010

SAICSIT 2010, Southern African Institute for Computer Scientist and Information Technologists Annual Conference, Bela-Bela, 11 - 13 October

SACLA 2010, 40th annual conference of the Southern African Computer Lecturers' Association, Pretoria, 7 - 9 June

SACLA 2009, 39th annual conference of the Southern African Computer Lecturers' Association, Johannesburg, 28-29 June

SEC2008, 23rd IFIP TC-11 International Information Security Conference,    8 – 10 Sept 2008, Milan, Italy, co-located with IFIP World Computer Congress

ISSA 2008, 7th Annual Information Security for South Africa Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, 7 – 9 July

ACSAC 2007, 23rd Annual Computer Security, Applications Conference, December 10-14, 2007, Miami, Beach, Florida

ESORICS 2007, 12th European Symposium On Research In Computer Security Dresden, Germany September 24-26

SEC2007, 22nd IFIP TC-11 International Information Security Conference, 14 – 16 May 2007, Sandton, South Africa

ISSA 2006, 5th Annual Information Security for South Africa Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, 5 – 7 July

SATNAC 2005, South African Telecommunication Network Applications conference, Central Drakensberg, 11-14 September

ISSA 2005. 4th Annual Information Security for South Africa Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, 29 June - 1 July

SATNAC 2004, South African Telecommunication Network Applications conference, Stellenbosch, 6-8 September

ISSA 2004, 3rd Annual Information Security for South Africa Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, 29 June - 1 July

ISSA 2002, 2nd  Annual Information Security for South Africa Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, 10 – 12 July


Collaborative projects with other institutions/industry

 

SASUF Project 2018 - 2020

Member of the User-centric Identity Management project, jointly conducted by the South Africa-Sweden University Forum (SASUF), partners Karlstad University, Uppsala University, Pretoria University, and UNISA. I was affiliated with the University of Pretoria as a research associate.

 

SAP Research 2011 - 2014

SAP Research Pretoria in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research of the South African Government. Completed post graduate studies as part of this project. 

 

BIC project 2011 - 2013

(Building International Cooperation for Trustworthy ICT: security, privacy, and trust in global networks & services). This project started on 1st January 2011 and ran until 31st December 2013, and was funded within the project portfolio of European Commission's DG CONNECT, Unit H.4, Trust and Security. I was a member of WG1. Human-oriented /citizen trust, privacy and security. The project aimed to enhance collaboration between EU researchers and programme management with peers in new ICT high-growth countries, specifically Brazil, India, and South Africa. I attended workshops in Brussels, Lisbon, and Malaga with researchers from Europe, Brazil, and India.   


Invited presentations

2014,  Access control for Software-as-a-Service applications, Cloud Computing Security and Identity Workshop, National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park, United Kingdom, 3-4 April

2013,  A review on argumentation for trust reasoning in e-societies, 2nd International Invited Workshop on the Theories and Intricacies of Information Security Problems, Intricate-sec workshop, Sandton, Johannesburg, August 2013 

2012,  Trust for mobile computing,  workshop held by the EU supported Coordination Action BIC project - Building International Cooperation for Trustworthy ICT: Security, Privacy and Trust in Global Networks & Services, 27 Nov 2012, Lisbon, Portugal

2012,  Declarative security and trust, Africa-EU Cooperation Forum on ICT Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), November 28-29 2012, Lisbon, Portugal

2012,  Social Computing, workshop held by the EU supported Coordination Action BIC project - Building International Cooperation for Trustworthy ICT: Security, Privacy and Trust in Global Networks & Services, Brussels, Belgium, 20-22 June

2011,  Technologies for Emerging Economies: Security? For a workshop held by the EU supported Coordination Action BIC project (Building International Cooperation for Trustworthy ICT: Security, Privacy and Trust in Global Networks & Services