Concordia Information Security Research (CISR) Lab


The Concordia Information Security Research (CISR) lab aims at solving real-world cybersecurity problems. Specifically, we analyze security of emerging technologies (e.g., cloud, IoT, 5G), build efficient and practical security solutions, and train next generation security experts.



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Research Areas


IoT Security


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Network Security


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Cloud Security


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Open Positions


Note: To apply, please send an email to us (suryadipta.majumdar (at) concordia.ca) with your CV and transcripts (you will only hear from us if you are shortlisted for the interview). To check admission requirements for MASc students click here, and for PhD students click here please.


  1. One funded PhD student in 5G/Container/Cloud security (starting from Fall 2023 / Winter 2024)
    • With outstanding academic background, strong system skills and research experience.

Latest News


[03/2023] CISR research (in collaboration with Carleton University and Laval University) on IoT security has been selected for the NSERC/FRQNT NOVA program (2023-2026)
[02/2023] Our Master's student, Wasi, has published his thesis work at Security Standardisation Research Conference 2023. Congrats, Wasi!
[01/2023] The paper on proactive non-disruptive attack mitigation for Kubernetes is accepted by ICC'23
[01/2023] CISR welcomed a new member: Mahdieh (MASc)
[12/2022] CISR research on IoT security has been selected for the Gina Cody Research and Innovation Fellowship (2022-2024)
[12/2022] Our PhD student, Ehsan, has published his Master's thesis work (with Dr. Alieraza Shameli-Sendi) at Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing . Congrats, Ehsan!
[10/2022] The paper on functional integrity verification for 5G cloud-native network functions is accepted by CloudCom'22
[09/2022] CISR welcomed a new member: Alireza (MASc)
[05/2022] CISR welcomed a new member: Armin (MASc)
[03/2022] The paper on combining machine learning and formal method for NFV security verification is accepted by ESORICS'22
[03/2022] Dr. Majumdar will be serving as an Associate Editor in the Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications (Springer) - please consider submitting to PPNA
[02/2022] Dr. Majumdar will be serving as a track co-chair (Security) at the 19th Annual International Conference on Privacy, Security, and Trust (PST 2022)
[01/2022] Dr. Majumdar will be serving as a program co-chair at the 4th Workshop on Cloud Security and Privacy (CLOUD S&P 2022), collocated with ACNS 2022
[11/2021] Dr. Majumdar (as a mentor) and Ehsan and Sofya (as mentees) attended the Individualized Cybersecurity Research Mentoring Workshop (iMentor), collocated with ACM CCS 2021
[12/2021] The paper on Proactive Security Policy Enforcement for Containers is accepted by CODASPY'22
[11/2021] The paper on Feature Reduction through Data Preprocessing for IDS is accepted by TPS'21
[09/2021] CISR received DND/NSERC Discovery supplement for three years
[09/2021] CISR welcomed two new members: Ehsan (PhD) and Sofya (MASc)
[08/2021] The paper on Artificial Packet-Pair Dispersion (APPD) is accepted by CNS'21
[08/2021] The paper on Context-Aware IoT Device Functionality Extraction is accepted by CNS'21
[08/2021] The paper on Attention-based Accurate Intrusion Detection is accepted by QSHINE'21
[06/2021] CISR received Mitacs Accelerate with Rheinmetall Inc. for five years (with Dr. Mohsen Ghafouri)
[04/2021] CISR received NSERC Discovery grant
[02/2021] The paper on proactive security auditing for clouds (ProSAS) is accepted by IEEE TDSC
[01/2021] CISR welcomed two new members: Nazmul (PhD) and Shiva (MASc)

Publications


Journal & Conference Articles

2023 “On Reducing Underutilization of Security Standards by Deriving Actionable Rules: An Application to IoT”, Md Wasiuddin Pathan Shuvo, Md Nazmul Hoq, Suryadipta Majumdar, Paria Shirani, Proc. the 8th Security Standardisation Research Conference, Lyon, France, April 22-23, 2023
“Warping the Defence Timeline: Non-disruptive Proactive Attack Mitigation for Kubernetes Clusters”, Sima Bagheri, Hugo Kermabon-Bobinnec, Suryadipta Majumdar, Yosr Jarraya, Lingyu Wang, Makan Pourzandi, Proc. the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2023), Rome, Italy, 28 May – 01 June, 2023
“A Tenant-based Two-stage Approach to Auditing the Integrity of Virtual Network Function Chains Hosted on Third-Party Clouds”, Momen Oqaily, Suryadipta Majumdar, Lingyu Wang, Mohammad Ekramul Kabir, Yosr Jarraya, A S M Asadujjaman, Makan Pourzandi, Mourad Debbabi, Proc. the 13th ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY), Charlotte, NC, USA, April 24-26, 2023
2022 “5GFIVer: Functional Integrity Verification for 5G Cloud-Native Network Functions”, A S M Asadujjaman, Mohammad Ekramul Kabir, Hinddeep Purohit, Suryadipta Majumdar, Lingyu Wang, Yosr Jarraya, Makan Pourzandi, Proc. The 13th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom), Bangkok, Thailand, December 13-16 2022
“MLFM: Machine Learning Meets Formal Method for Efficient Security Verification in Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)”, Alaa Oqaily, Yosr Jarraya, Lingyu Wang, Makan Pourzandi, Suryadipta Majumdar, Proc. the 27th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS), Copenhagen, Denmark, 26-30 September 2022
“ProSPEC: Proactive Security Policy Enforcement for Containers”, Hugo Kermabon-Bobinnec, Mahmood Gholipourchoubeh, Sima Bagheri, Suryadipta Majumdar, Yosr Jarraya, Makan Pourzandi and Lingyu Wang, Proc. the 12th ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY), Baltimore-Washington DC Area, USA, April 24-26, 2022
2021 “Feature Reduction through Data Preprocessing for Intrusion Detection in IoT Networks”, Tania Tahmina Jui, Md. Nazmul Hoq, Suryadipta Majumdar, Md. Shohrab Hossain, Proc. The Third IEEE International Conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in Intelligent Systems, and Applications December 13 - 15, 2021
“Towards an Attention-based Accurate Intrusion Detection Approach”, Arunavo Dey, Md. Shohrab Hossain, Md. Nazmul Hoq, and Suryadipta Majumdar, Proc. the 17th EAI International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness (QSHINE), Virtual, November 29-30, 2021
“Context-Aware IoT Device Functionality Extraction from Specifications for Ensuring Consumer Security”, Upakar Paudel, Andy Dolan, Suryadipta Majumdar and Indrakshi Ray, Proc. the 9th IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS 2021), Online, October 4 - 6, 2021 (Acceptance ratio 32/113≈28%)
“Artificial Packet-Pair Dispersion (APPD): A Blackbox Approach to Verifying the Integrity of NFV Service Chains”, A S M Asadujjaman, Momen Oqaily, Yosr Jarraya, Suryadipta Majumdar, Makan Pourzandi, Lingyu Wang and Mourad Debbabi, Proc. the 9th IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS 2021), Online, October 4 - 6, 2021 (Acceptance ratio 32/113≈28%)
“ProSAS: Proactive Security Auditing System for Clouds”, Suryadipta Majumdar, Gagandeep Singh Chawla, Amir Alimohammadifar, Taous Madi, Yosr Jarraya, Makan Pourzandi, Lingyu Wang and Mourad Debbabi, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC), Accepted “An Invisible Warfare with the Internet of Battlefield Things (IoBT): A Literature Review”, Lin Zhu, Suryadipta Majumdar and Chinwe Ekenna, Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, Vol. 3, No. 2, April 2021, pages 255-260
“An Invisible Warfare with the Internet of Battlefield Things (IoBT): A Literature Review”, Lin Zhu, Suryadipta Majumdar and Chinwe Ekenna, Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, Vol. 3, No. 2, April 2021, pages 255-260
“Security Auditing of Internet of Things Devices in a Smart Home”, Suryadipta Majumdar, Daniel Bastos and Anoop Singhal, Proc. the 17th IFIP WG 11.9 International Conference on Digital Forensics, Virtual, February 1 - 2, 2021

Current Members


Suryadipta Majumdar

Assistant Professor

Cloud Computing Security, IoT Security, SDN Security

Sofya Smolyakova

M.Sc. Student

IoT Security, Data Leakage Channels of Speech Information

Shiva Sunar

M.Sc. Student

IoT Security, Network Security, Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing

Md. Nazmul Hoq

Ph.D. Student

IoT Security, Information Retrieval, Natural Language Processing

Ehsan Khodayarseresht

Ph.D. Student

IoT Security, Cloud Computing, Green Computing

Md. Wasiuddin Pathan Shuvo

M.Sc. Student

IoT Security, Network Security, Computer Vision

Armin mansouri

M.Sc. Student

IoT security, Cyber-security, Embedded Systems

Alireza Toghyiani

M.Sc. Student
co-supervised by
Dr. Shirani

IoT security, Anomaly Detection

Jia Wei Yao

M.Sc. Student
co-supervised by
Dr. Lingyu Wang

5G Network Security

Mahdieh Ghorbanian

M.Sc. Student

IoT Security, Cyber Security

Collaborators


Dr. Indrakshi Ray

Colorado State University

Dr. Md. Shohrab Hossain

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

Dr. Mohsen Ghafouri

Concordia University

NSERC/Ericsson IRC

Members of NSERC/Ericsson IRC in SDN/NFV Security

Dr. Anoop Singhal

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Dr. Paria Shirani

University of Ottawa

Lianying Zhao

Carleton University

Nadia Tawbi

Laval University

Funding