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Enck’s Research Focuses on Smartphone Security
Dr. William Enck, assistant professor of computer science at NC State University, has been awarded $49,726 by the US Army Research Office to support his research proposal entitled “Refining Security for Smartphone Applications.”The award will run from August 15, 2014 to May 14, 2015.
Abstract – Smartphones running Android and iOS have penetrated all areas of the public and private sectors. These platforms mark an important milestone in operating system security: they enforce security policies on applications, not users. Both platforms use least privilege security goals for user-applications downloaded from application markets. However, whereas Android largely enforces security goals with OS policy, iOS depends highly on a review process. Unfortunately, review alone can be circumvented, as demonstrated by multiple recent works. This proposal seeks to deepen our understanding of least privilege policy for user-applications by designing formal frameworks and algorithms for modeling, extracting, and enforcing policy. Successful execution of the proposed tasks enhances end-user security and privacy in Android and iOS devices.
For more information on Dr. Enck, click here.
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