Bratislava, 29. 07. 2016

In an interview for the summer edition of the Vzajemna journal prof. Borka Jerman Blažič explained how she established the first international internet connection in Slovenia 25 years ago and how the Slovenian .si Internet domain was registered. The interview in Slovene is available here.

The Laboratory members have successfully applied as coordinators for a new LIVE_FOR (Criminal Justice Access to Digital Evidences in the Cloud – LIVE_FORensics) project from the EU Justice Programme. The project is expected to start in November 2016.

We have presented in multiple articles and conferences a novel approach to education in the area of digital forensics based on a multi-platform cloud-computer infrastructure and an innovative computer based tool. The tool is installed and offered over the cloud-based infrastructure of the Dynamic Forensic Education Alliance. Cloud computing provides efficient mechanism for a wide range of services that offer real-life environments for teaching and training cybersecurity and digital forensics, The cloud-based infrastructure, the virtualized environment and the developed educational tool enables construction of dynamic e-learning environment making the training very close to reality and to real-life situations.

Recently, Dr. Melissa Layne, which serves as the AVP for Product Development for the American Public University System was interested in this development for the further research on the article published by Primož Cigoj and Borka Jerman Blažič, “An Advanced Educational Tool for Digital Forensic Engineering” in International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning. (2016).

Members of the Laboratory for Open Systems and Networks, prof. Borka Jerman-Blažič and asst. prof. Tomaž Klobučar, have contributed a chapter to the book »Combatting Cybercrime and Cyberterrorism: Challenges, Trends and Priorities« published by Springer. In their work, they identified the major technical challenges and missing solutions in the field of cybercrime and cyberterrorism. The identified solutions include technologies and techniques for computer fraud prevention, investigation and detection methods and tools, and crime prevention methods that address human elements.

The book is an important contribution in the fight against cybercrime and cyberterrorism and will help in more effective research and development of cybercrime prevention technologies and methods, development of investigation tools and better understanding of teh cybercrime. The main target group of the book are information security researchers, law enforcement agencies and research policy makers.