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Software Systems Architecture and Security

IT systems have become an integral part of business and life. At the same time, these systems have become extremely complex, often hosting thousands of software applications, databases, operating systems, servers, processes, data, and more. We, the Software Systems Architecture and Security (SSAS) group, do research and education with the purpose of helping organisations with these large complex system-of-systems.

Stock picture representing cyber security

We conduct theoretical as well as applied research combining architecture modeling (e.g. threat modeling and enterprise architecture modeling) of software systems with novel approaches in cyber security analysis and statistical modeling (for instance attack simulations). The results serves as decision support for engineers maintaining and designing software systems.

We also do penetration testing (ethical hacking) of various systems. 

Picture showing that SSAS research was included in the IVA top 100 list

The Team

Pontus Johnson
Pontus Johnson professor
Mathias Ekstedt
Mathias Ekstedt professor
Robert Lagerström
Robert Lagerström
shacks
widel
preetam
zafzal
Emre Süren
Emre Süren researcher
butun
dwvedi
wenjx
Sotirios Katsikeas
Sotirios Katsikeas
Engla Rencelj Ling
Engla Rencelj Ling doctoral student
Fredrik Heiding
Fredrik Heiding fofu-engineer
Viktor Engström
Viktor Engström fofu-engineer
Nikolaos Kakouros
Nikolaos Kakouros doctoral student
Simon Gökstorp
Simon Gökstorp doctoral student