Professional Activities

Steering Committee Memberships:

• since 2017 (till 2020): Elected Member of EURASIP Special Area Team (SAT) on Biometrics, Data Forensics, and Security (BForSec)
• since 2015: Europol EC3: Criminal Use of Information Hiding (CUIng) Initiative 
• 2013-2015: EU NIS Public-Private Platform Working Group 3 on Secure ICT research and innovation; Leading the AoI (Area of Interest) on Trustworthy (Hyperconnected) Infrastructures
• 2014-2016: Arbeitskreis kritische Informations- und Kommunikationsinfrastrukturen (AK KRITIS) of the German Informatics Society (GI) SIG Management für Informationssicherheit, SECMGT

Other Memberships:

• Stegano.net (a project focusing on network steganography and anomaly detection initiated by the network steganography group at the Warsaw University of Technology)
• IFIP TC 11 Working Group 12 - Human Aspects of Information Security and Assurance 
• IFIP Working Group 13.10 on Human-Centred  Technology for Sustainability
• German Informatics Society (Gesellschaft für Informatik), since 2008
• IEEE
• Gesellschaft der Freunde der FernUniversität e.V.

 Awards/Scholarships:

• My funded Research Projects (Grants)
• Featured Reviewer (ACM Computing Reviews), October 2018.
• Youngest German professor at a University of Applied Sciences (of all professors registered at hlb), September 2018.
• DAAD Scholarship for Academic Talks
• Murdoch University, Perth, Australia, February 2016.
• Best Paper Award at the International Workshop on Cyber Crime (IWCC 2015) for the paper:
• J. Kaur, S. Wendzel, M. Meier: Countermeasures for Covert Channel-internal Control Protocols, IEEE, 2015.
• Best Paper Award at the The Seventh International Conference on Internet Monitoring and Protection (ICIMP'12), Stuttgart, 2012 for the paper:
• S. Wendzel, J. Keller: Design and Implementation of an Active Warden Addressing Protocol Switching Covert Channels, 2012.
• Oscar-Karl-Forster Bücherstipendium, 2006.

Research Abroad:

• 02/2016: Visiting colleagues at the Murdoch University, Perth, AU
• 10/2013: Visiting colleagues at the Warsaw University of Technology, PL
• 12/2011-01/2012: guest researcher at the University of Waikato, NZ for the 2nd time for six weeks via project IT4SE
• 12/2010-01/2011: guest researcher at the University of Waikato, NZ for six weeks via project IT4SE

Reviews for books:

• WILEY-IEEE Scientific book proposal review, 2013
• Galileo Press book review: Arnold Willemer: Linux-Server einrichten und administrieren mit Debian 6 GNU/Linux, 2011
• Galileo Press book review: Dirk Becker: OpenVPN. Das Praxisbuch, 2008.
• Galileo Press book review: Thomas Theis: Einstieg in PHP5, 2006
• Galileo Press book review: Sascha Kersken: Handbuch für Fachinformatiker; reviewed chapter on IT security, 2005

Advisory Board/Editorial Board Memberships

• Member of Editorial Board of the Journal of Universal Computer Science (JUCS)
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Cyber Security and Mobility (JCSM)
• Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Int. Journal on Advances in Security

Conference/Workshop/Session/Journal Special Issue Organization:

• Leading guest editor of the Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems (FGCS) special issue on Emerging Topics in Defending Networked Systems, 2019/2020 (Impact factor: 4.64!)
• Leading guest editor of the Journal of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS) special issue on Information Security Methodology, Replication Studies and Information Security Education, 2020 (Impact factor: 1.066).
• Chair of the International Workshop on Information Security Methodology and Replication Studies (IWSMR 2019), held in conjunction with ARES'19 in Canterbury, UK.
• Guest editor of the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII) special section on Cyber-Physical Security in Industrial Environments, 2019 (Impact factor: 5.43!).
• Guest editor of the IEEE Security & Privacy special issue on Digital Forensics, part B, together with W. Mazurczyk, L. Caviglione and S. Garfinkel, 2019 (Impact factor: 1.24).
• Organizer of the session High Performance Mission Critical System Development at HiPMiC 2019 in Dublin.
• Guest editor of the Security and Communication Networks (SCN) special issue Emerging and Unconventional: New Attacks and Innovative Detection Techniques, 2018 (Impact factor: 0.94).
• Guest editor of the IEEE S&P Magazine special issue on Digital Forensics, part A, together with W. Mazurczyk, L. Caviglione and S. Garfinkel, 2017 (Impact factor: 1.24).
• Organizer of the session "Emerging threats of Criminal Use of Information Hiding: Usage Scenarios and Detection Approaches" at 16th International Workshop on Digital Forensics and Watermarking (IWDW2017), Magdeburg, 2017.
• Guest editor of the Journal of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS) special issue on Security, Privacy and Reliability of Smart Buildings, together with J. Keller, 2016.
• Chair of the International Workshop on Security, Privacy and Reliability of Smart Buildings (SmartBuildingSec'16), Bonn, 2016.
• Program co-Chair of GI Sicherheit 2016, Bonn, 2016.
• Organizer of industry workshop "Sicherheit in Smart Buildings", Duisburg, November, 2015.
• Organizer of the session "Human Aspects of Information Security, Privacy, and Trust for Smart Buildings" as well as member of the program board of Human Aspects of Information Security, Privacy and Trust (HAS) Conference @HCII 2015, Los Angeles, 2015
• Organizer of the 3rd, 4th and 5th Building Automation Reliable Infrastructure (BARNI) Workshop at Fraunhofer FKIE, 2015.
• Organizer of the 1st and 2nd Building Automation Reliable Infrastructure (BARNI) Workshop at Fraunhofer FKIE, 2014.
• Co-Organizer of SPRING 8 graduate workshop on reactive security of the GI SIG SIDAR, Munich University of Applied Sciences, 2013
• Co-Organizer of the 5th and 6th IT4SE workshop at the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, 2012
• Co-Organizer of the 3rd IT4SE workshop at the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, 2011
• Co-Organizer of the 1st IT4SE workshop at the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, 2010

Journal Reviews for:

• IEEE Communications Magazine
• IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS)
• IEEE Spectrum magazine (Spectrum)
• IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine
• IEEE Internet of Things Journal
• IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
• IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
• IEEE Transactions on Education
• IEEE IT Professional Journal
• ACM Computing Reviews
• Journal of Universal Computer Science (JUCS) 
• Elsevier Computers & Security
• Elsevier Applied Soft Computing
• Springer Annals of Telecommunications - Annales des Télécommunications (ANTE)
• Springer Multimedia Systems Journal (MMSJ)
• Wiley Security and Communication Networks (SCN)
• Journal of Cyber Security and Mobility (JCSM) 
• Int. Journal on Advances in Security
• MDPI Sensors
• MDPI Applied Sciences Journal
• IET Information Security
• International Journal of Computer Systems Science and Engineering
• Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
• Informatica Journal (Slovenian Society Informatika)
• Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science

(Technical) Program Committee Memberships:

This list excludes at least 20 special issue PC memberships, e.g. for the Journal of Universal Computer Science (J.UCS).

• PC member of the Fist International Workshop on Information Security Methodology and Replication Studies (IWSMR 2019) at ARES, Canterbury, UK, 2019.
• PC member at the 31st IFIP SEC, Lisbon, PT, 2019.
• TPC member at the 27th EUSIPCO (European Signal Processing Conference), A Coruha, ES, 2019.
• PC member at the IEEE S&P International Workshop on Traffic Measurements for Cybersecurity (WTMC 2019)
• PC member at the 8th International Workshop on Cyber Crime (IWCC 2019) at ARES, Canterbury, UK, 2019.
• PC member at the Third International Workshop on Criminal Use of Information Hiding (CUING 2019) at ARES, Canterbury, UK, 2019.
• PC member at the IoT-SECFOR 2019 workshop at ARES, Canterbury, UK, 2019.
• PC member at the  16th Int. Conf. on Advanced and Trusted Computing (ATC'19), Leicester, UK, 2019.
• TPC member at the session on High Performance Mission Critical System Development at HiPMiC 2019, Dublin, IR, 2019.
• PC member at the 12th International Conference on Network and System Security (NSS'18), Hong Kong, CN, 2018.
• TPC member at the 17th IWDW 2018, Jeju, KR, 2018.
• PC member at the GI Sicherheit 2018, Konstanz, DE, 2018.
• PC member at the Central European Cybersecurity Conference (CECC'18), Ljubljana, SI, 2018.
• Reviewer for the 44th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), Washington D.C., 2018.
• TPC member at the Criminal Use of Information Hiding Workshop (CUING'18), Hamburg, DE, 2018.
• TPC member at Int. Workshop on Cyber Crime (IWCC'18), Hamburg, DE, 2018.
• PC member at 2018 International Conference on Cyber Physical Systems and IoT (CPSIOT 2018), Stockholm, SE, 2018.
• PC member at Workshop on Traffic Measurements for Cybersecurity (WTMC'18), Budapest, HU, 2018.
• PC member at BioSTAR'18, San Francisco, US, 2018.
• PC member at the Data Analytics for Cyber Security Workshop (part of 14th Int. Wireless Comm. and Mobile Comp. Conf.), Limassol, Cyprus, GR, 2018.
• PC member at D-A-CH Security 2018, Gelsenkirchen, DE, 2018.
• PC member at the 32nd Int. Conf. ICT Systems Security and Privacy Protection (IFIP Sec), Rome, IT, 2017.
• TPC member of the 11th International Conference on Network and System Security (NSS-2017), Helsinki, FI, 2017.
• PC member at the First International Workshop on Criminal Use of Information Hiding (CUING), Reggio Calabria, IT, 2017.
• TPC member at International Workshop on Cyber Crime (IWCC'17), Reggio Calabria, IT, 2017. 
• TPC member at BioSTAR'17, San José, US, 2017.
• Program board member at 5th Human Aspects of Information Security, Privacy and Trust (HAS) Conference @HCII 2017, Vancouver, CA, 2017.
• TPC member at 31st IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA-2017), Tamkang University, Taipei, 2017.
• PC member at D-A-CH Security, Munich, DE, 2017.
• PC member at International Workshop on Traffic Measurements for Cybersecurity (WTMC 2017), San Jose, US, 2017.
• TPC member at the Third IEEE International Workshop on Pervasive Energy Services (PerEnergy), Hawaii, US, 2017.
• FedCSIS'17 Workshop on Big Data Analytics for Information Security (BigDAISy'17), Prague, CZ, 2017.
• Central European Cybersecurity Conference (CECC'17), Ljubljana, SI, 2017.
• TPC member at Workshop on Chaos-based Data Protection; Data Security and Hiding in Multimedia Communications (CDP-DSHMC 2017), Cambridge, UK, 2017.
• PC member at 31th IFIP SEC, Gent, BE, 2016.
• Program board member at 4th Human Aspects of Information Security, Privacy and Trust (HAS) Conference @HCII 2016, Toronto, CA, 2016.
• PC member at GI Sicherheit 2016, Bonn, DE, 2016.
• PC member at International Workshop on Security, Privacy and Reliability of Smart Buildings (SmartBuildingSec'16), Bonn, DE, 2016.
• PC member at D-A-CH Security 2016, Klagenfurt, AT, 2016.
• TPC member at the International Workshop on Traffic Measurements for Cybersecurity (WTMC'16), Xi'an, CN, 2016.
• TPC member at the Workshop on Bio-inspired Security, Trust, Assurance and Resilience (BioStar'2016),  San Jose, US, 2016.
• TPC member at 5th International Workshop on Cyber Crime (IWCC'16), Salzburg, AT, 2016.
• PC member at Second IEEE Workshop on Pervasive Energy Services (PerEnergy), Sydney, AU, 2016.
• PC member of the Special Session on Trusted Ubiquitous Networks & Multimedia Contents Protection (TUN-MM 2016) of HPCS 2016, Innsbruck, AT, 2016.
• TPC member of the IEEE Industrial Electronics and Applications Conference, IEACon, Kota Kinabalu, MY, 2016.
• PC member at 30th IFIP Sec, Hamburg, DE, 2015.
• TPC member at IEEE GLOBECOM'15, San Diego, USA, 2015.
• TPC member at 4th International Workshop on Cyber Crime (IWCC'15), Toulouse, FR, 2015.
• Program board member at 3rd Human Aspects of Information Security, Privacy and Trust (HAS) Conference @HCII 2015, Los Angeles, US, 2015.
• TPC member at Workshop on Bio-inspired Cyber Security & Networking (BCSN 2015), Ghent, BE, 2015.
• TPC member at Chaos-Information Hiding and Security (C-IHS-2015), London, UK, 2015.
• Invited reviewer for 12th Conference on Detection of Intrusions and Malware+Vulnerability Assessment (DIMVA), Milano, IT, 2015.
• Invited reviewer for 7th International Conference on Cyber Conflict (CyCon), Tallinn, EE, 2015.
• TPC member at First IEEE Workshop on Pervasive Energy Services (PerEnergy), St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 2015.
• TPC member at 3rd Int. Symp. on Women in Computing and Informatics (WCI-2015), Kochi, IN, 2015. 
• PC member at  FHWS Information Security Day, Würzburg, DE, 2015.
• PC Member at International Workshop on Cyber Crime (IWCC 2014) at IEEE S&P, San Jose, USA, 2014.
• PC Member at GI Sicherheit 2014, Vienna, AT, 2014..
• Invited Reviewer for IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Sydney, AU, 2014.
• TPC Member at 3rd Techniques and Applications for Mobile Commerce (TAMoCo'14), Warsaw, PL, 2014.
• TPC member at Chaos-Information Hiding and Security (C-IHS-2014), London, UK, 2014.
• TPC Member at 3rd International Workshop on Information Security, Theory and Practice (ISTP 2013), London, UK, 2013.
• TPC Member at 8th Int. Conference on Internet Monitoring and Protection (ICIMP 2013), Rome, IT, 2013.