Name of the participant : Alexandra Dmitrienko
Description of the IT-research project: The aim of the project is to investigate and analyze security and privacy “by design” for security-critical mobile applications – based on the characteristics of modern mobile platforms and new extensions for the next generation of (mobile) devices, both in the area of software and hardware. A special focus is dedicated to the development of an innovative application that turns a mobile device into a bunch of keys for the different keys of the user (e.g. house and office keys as well as the car immobilizer). The main area of application of the app will be access control for car sharing. The application offers improved functionality and high flexibility, which cannot be achieved by previous solutions for car access control: simple and remote registration of users for car sharing services and flexible booking of cars.
On the other hand, the application processes security-critical data, such as access rights, which must be protected. Ensuring this protection is a major challenge for many reasons: the still immature nature of the “mobile ecosystem”, the weaknesses of existing security mechanisms on mobile platforms, which have partly been adopted by their desktop counterparts, and contradictions in terms of practical and security requirements, for example legal compatibility with the principle of “security by design”.
Software Campus partners: Fraunhofer-Verbund IuK-Technologie, Robert Bosch GmbH
Implementation period:01.04.2014 – 31.03.2016