NTNU Department of Information Security and Communication Technology

22/10/2025

Velkommen til FutureTech 30/10-25 12:00-16:30 på NTNU campus Gjøvik.

FutureTech er et samarbeid mellom NTNU, Digital Innlandet og Byen vår Gjøvik.

Program:

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30/10/2024

Karlstad universitet arrangerer NordSec 2024 6-7. november.
Påmelding og program: https://nordsec2024.kau.se/

I forkant, 5. november, arrangerer de pre-workshopen Preparing for the Tsunami of new "Cybersecurity Regulations – Protecting Cybersecurity and Fundamental Rights through Risk Management".
Påmelding og program: https://nordsec2024.kau.se/pre-workshop/

I etterkant, 7-8. november, arrangerer de den første svenske Security Divas.
Påmelding og program: https://sola.kau.se/securitydivassweden/home

SECURITY DIVAS SWEDEN Pioneering cybersecurity for all on November 7-8, 2024, at Karlstad UPDATED REDUCED COST: 500 SEK, supported by Cybercampus Sverige and Sweden’s Innovation Agency (Vinnova) November 7th – 8th marks the first conference in Security Divas Sweden, a network for women in tech a...

18/10/2024

The Gathering er Norges største rusfri dataspillfestival som hver påske samler spill- og teknologientusiaster i alle aldre i Hamar. Arrangementet tilbyr en spennende sosial arena for å møte likesinnede og gir rom for å utforske sin egen kreativitet i både spill, aktiviteter og konkurranser. - ...

03/01/2024

Stronger together: Collaboration in Building Cyber Resilience

Researchers from the Department of Information Security and Communication at the Norwegian University of Technology and Science are working on the ADVANCES project as part of an international and interdisciplinary team that investigates ways to use education to increase cybersecurity competence development.

As a donor state, Norwegian researchers from NTNU, Gjøvik joined project participants from Vilnius University, the General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, Riga Technical University, Vidzemes University of Applied Sciences, Tallinn University of Technology, the University of Liechtenstein, and Østfold University College for a one-day project workshop hosted at Vilnius University on the 6th December 2023. Work was focused on preparation for the end of project conference ´Stronger together: Collaboration in Building Cyber Resilience´.

On the 7th December 2023, Norwegian researchers participated in the end of project conference. Conference participants also included people from various public institutions, private sector, colleagues working in different disciplines, (inter)national students, and gymnasium pupils. The conference included a keynote presentation from Ramūnas Markauskas, who is Head of Business Enablement at Nord Security company and an alumni and partnership Professor of Vilnius University, entitled “The Lifelong Journey of Cyber Resilience: Educating from Playground to Profession”.

Further presentations at the conference included the dissemination of project results by members of the ADVANCES team representing different disciplines, including Genetics, Psychology, Education and Computer Science.

For more information about the project results, check out the ADVANCES website:-

https://cs.vu.lt/projects/ADVANCES

To end the conference, we enjoyed an interdisciplinary panel discussion on the important role of extending education beyond the cybersecurity community. with the following experts in the field:

Moderator - Ricardo G. Lugo, Faculty of Health, Welfare and Organisation, Østfold
R. G. Lugo holds a PhD in psychology from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. His research focus is within behavioural aspects of cyber defense operations, both at the individual and team level. He has expertise in experimentation focused within Human Factors and Cognitive Engineering in cyber defense exercises. He collaborates with national research and educational institutions as well as professional and amateur clubs (in sports psychology).

Participants:
• Rūta Pirta-Dreimane, educator and researcher at Riga Technical University. She teaches information security for master level students and for continuing education students. Former IT auditor. Volunteer at Riga Tech Girls Cybersecurity track and member of Woman4cyber Latvia.
• Aušrius Juozapavičius, professor at the Military Academy of Lithuania. He teaches cybersecurity subjects to cadets, and loves participating in various cyber-related activities such as capture the flag games on the side.
• Aušra Dilijonaitė, CISO, consultant, risk manager, co-author of book Digital Forensics, member of Women4cyber Lithuania. An experienced cyber security and risk professional and leader. She loves sharing knowledge and teaching cybersecurity from kindergarten to university to the boardroom. She brings the accumulated experience and insight from working as a management consultant in a number of industries and SOC analyst to the current role as a CISO and lecturer. She enjoys mentoring people starting in or pivoting to cybersecurity and is a co-author of the book “Digital Forensics”.
• Edvinas Kerza is an experienced executive specialising in national, EU and NATO security, as well as a business resilience expert with expertise in digital, cyber, corporate security and risk management. He is Managing Partner at ScaleWolf that is a leading hybrid approach of grants, acceleration, and capital. He brings experience from previous roles at Lietuvos Geležinkeliai, Ignitis Group, Ministry of National Defence and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania. Former Republic of Lithuania Vice-Minister of National Defense. As Deputy Minister, he was directly responsible for Lithuania's cyber defence.

The ADVANCES project aims to investigate cybersecurity workforce development and personal improvement from the perspective of information technologies, psychology, and human genomics. The research was approved by the Bioethics committee to gather and analyze data, including genetic data. The complex results of the control group and cybersecurity specialists are being analyzed.

https://cs.vu.lt/projects/ADVANCES

https://www.ntnu.edu/iik/advances

The "Advancing Human Performance in Cybersecurity", ADVANCES, benefits from nearly €1 million grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants. Project contract with the Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT) No is S-BMT-21-6 (LT08-2-LMT-K-01-051).

The world is experiencing a high demand for high-quality cybersecurity specialists due to an increasing number of cyber attacks and their technological advancement. In the Baltic countries, the geopolitical situation sets cybersecurity as a top priority.  All economic sectors depend on the protecti...

24/11/2023

Kuna nii Norra kui ka Eesti on mõlemad väga digitaliseeritud ühiskonnad ning küberturvalisus on mõlema riigi jaoks oluline, siis oli CR14 külastus loogiline osa programmist. Cyber Range kutsutakse küberharjutusväljade multiversumiks. CR14 on Kaitseministeeriumi asutatud sihtasutus, kus saab oma küberteadmisi testida ja õppuseid korraldada. Oleme uhked, et ka Norra toetusega ja koostöös Norra teadus- ja tehnikaülikooliga NTNU on arendatud avatud küberharjutusväli Open Cyber Range.

Since Norway and Estonia are both very digital societies and cyber security is important to us, the Prime Minister's visit to Cyber Range CR14 was a logical part of the program. CR14 is called a multiverse of cyber ranges. We are proud that an Open Cyber Range was developed with the support of EEA and Norway Grants and in cooperation with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU.
EEA and Norway Grants Estonia
EEA and Norway Grants
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20/11/2023

The third and last post in the ADVANCES dissemination series:

CyberEscape: A Technology-Enhanced Educational Approach for
Advancing Participants Performance and Engagement

Researchers from the Department of Information Security and Communication at the Norwegian University of Technology and Science are working on the ADVANCES project as part of an international and interdisciplinary team that investigates ways to use education to increase cybersecurity competence development. From the 8th-9th February 2023 NTNU researchers joined project participants from all partner institutions for a two-day working meeting at the General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania in Vilnius.
The focus here was to development of a cyber escape room for a higher education institution in Latvia with the aim to provide an engaging way to develop students’ cybersecurity competence. The aim was not only on teaching people technical skills, but also the soft skills that are also essential to ensure good communication, responsibility distribution, and efficient work in problem-solving during incident management processes.
As a vital part of cybersecurity, incident management was the focus for the cyber escape room. Incident management processes might involve several roles, such as incident commander, incident responders, forensics investigators, communication leads and legal counsels. Technical expertise, communication, analytical, problem-solving, and collaboration skills are also essential in incident response. Behavioural aspects also play a significant role in incident management as the nature of incident response duties can be stressful and emotionally challenging. Self-regulation and the ability to stay calm and focused can enhance the performance of cybersecurity specialists.



The ADVANCES project aims to investigate cybersecurity workforce development and personal improvement from the perspective of information technologies, psychology, and human genomics. The research was approved by the Bioethics committee to gather and analyse data, including genetic data. The complex results of the control group and cybersecurity specialists are being analysed.

https://cs.vu.lt/projects/adv/projects-advances/compiled/home.html

https://www.ntnu.edu/iik/advances



The "Advancing Human Performance in Cybersecurity", ADVANCES, benefits from nearly €1 million grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants. The aim of the project is to advance the performance of cybersecurity specialists by personalizing the competence development path and risk assessment. Project contract with the Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT) No is SBMT-21-6 (LT08-2-LMT-K-01-051).

The world is experiencing a high demand for high-quality cybersecurity specialists due to an increasing number of cyber attacks and their technological advancement. In the Baltic countries, the geopolitical situation sets cybersecurity as a top priority.  All economic sectors depend on the protecti...

16/11/2023

The second dissemination in the series related to ADVANCES follows below:

CS-relevant features from the human genome, behaviour and technology areas.

Researchers from the Department of Information Security and Communication at the Norwegian University of Technology and Science are working on the ADVANCES project as part of an international and interdisciplinary team that investigates the mapping of genetic predisposition data and self-reported traits that contribute to self-regulation processes, to better understand the intersection of human factors that may influence a cybersecurity operator. As a donar state, Norwegian researchers from NTNU, Gjøvik joined project participants from Vilnius University, General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania, and Østfold University College for a two-day project workshop at Østfold University College from the 20-21st June 2022. Work was focussed on the preparation of an article that connects cyber security relevant features from the human genome, behaviour and technology areas.

Within the cybersecurity domain most skills and abilities are technically oriented, however, the roles also include soft skills that require behaviour regulation. For example, planners and leaders should be able to apply critical thinking, and cyber crime investigators should be aware of physical and physiological behaviours that may indicate suspicious or abnormal activity. The ability of a person to alter their behaviour to fit the needs of a new difficult and unstable environment, referred to as adaptable performance, must also be considered. For adaptable situational decision-making and problem-solving processes, it is necessary to be aware of how to regulate and modify emotions and behaviour (Gross, 1998). Self-regulation is an interaction between personal, behavioural and environmental processes that enables a person to attain a particular goal/s. It has been argued that self-regulation involves the following three processes: behavioural self-regulation involving observing and adjusting one´s own learning, environmental self-regulation which involves observing and adjusting environmental conditions or outcomes, and covert self-regulation which involves monitoring and adjusting cognitive and affective states (Zimmerman, 2000, page 15).
By mapping genetic predisposition data which allows us to better understand a person´s traits, and self-reported traits that contribute to self-regulations processes, we have the potential to better understand the intersection of human factors that may influence a cybersecurity operator. Interventions can be focused on behavioural (i.e. goal setting, impulse control), cognitive (i.e. decision-making, perspective-taking), or emotional skills (i.e. coping strategies, emotion-regulation; Murray et al., 2019). This knowledge has the possibility to be applied to the context of professional development as training programmes can be adapted to improve the efficacy of the operators.

https://cs.vu.lt/projects/adv/projects-advances/compiled/home.html

https://www.ntnu.edu/iik/advances

The "Advancing Human Performance in Cybersecurity", ADVANCES, benefits from nearly €1 million grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants. The aim of the project is to advance the performance of cybersecurity specialists by personalizing the competence development path and risk assessment. Project contract with the Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT) No is SBMT-21-6 (LT08-2-LMT-K-01-051).

The world is experiencing a high demand for high-quality cybersecurity specialists due to an increasing number of cyber attacks and their technological advancement. In the Baltic countries, the geopolitical situation sets cybersecurity as a top priority.  All economic sectors depend on the protecti...

14/11/2023

Over the upcoming week, a series of disseminations from our research related to the ADVANCES project will be posted here at this page - first up following below. Tag along!

Cyber security competence mapping – an interdisciplinary approach

Researchers from the Department of Information Security and Communication at the Norwegian University of Technology and Science are working on the ADVANCES project as part of an international and interdisciplinary team that has developed an education framework that incorporates roles, tasks, competencies, and desired behaviours within the domain of cyber. On the 7th-8th February 2022, a partially face-to-face, partially remote meeting of project stakeholders was held. During this meeting we worked together on an integrated competence approach that provides the foundations to an approach for an education framework for cybersecurity capabilities development. To develop such an education ecosystem, the NTNU researchers proposed a six-step Intervention Mapping approach. Intervention Mapping uses a six-step process for planning the educational program (Bartholomew Eldridge et al., 2016):

1. Needs assessment based on the PRECEDE-PROCEED model (see Bartholomew Eldridge et al. (2016)).
2. The identification and definition of performance and change objectives based upon scientific analyses of problems and their causes.
3. The use of theory-based intervention methods and practical applications to change (determinants of) behaviour.
4. The production of program components, design, and production.
5. The anticipation of program adoption, implementation, and sustainability.
6. The anticipation of process and effect evaluation.

For further information please see; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2022.998335/full



https://cs.vu.lt/projects/adv/projects-advances/compiled/home.html

https://www.ntnu.edu/iik/advances

The "Advancing Human Performance in Cybersecurity", ADVANCES, benefits from nearly €1 million grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Grants. The aim of the project is to advance the performance of cybersecurity specialists by personalizing the competence development path and risk assessment. Project contract with the Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT) No is SBMT-21-6 (LT08-2-LMT-K-01-051).

The world is experiencing a high demand for high-quality cybersecurity specialists due to an increasing number of cyber attacks and their technological advancement. In the Baltic countries, the geopolitical situation sets cybersecurity as a top priority.  All economic sectors depend on the protecti...

26/05/2023

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07/02/2023

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