8th International Workshop on Cyber-Security in Software-defined and Virtualized Infrastructures (SecSoft)

3 July 2026 - Berlin, Germany

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Program

Friday, July 3rd, 2026
The time shown in this schedule is the time in Berlin (UTC+2)


8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Registration / SETUP


9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
Opening and Project Introduction
Session Chair: Daniele Bringhenti, Politecnico di Torino, Italy


9:20 a.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Keynote speech

Session Chair: Fulvio Valenza, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Keynote Title: TBD
Jaehoon (Paul) Jeong, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Coffee Break


11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Technical Session 1 – Security Automation for Virtual Networks

Session Chair: TBD

Improving Web Protection in Virtual Networks with Automatic WAF Configuration
Daniele Bringhenti, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Francesco Pizzato, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Fulvio Valenza, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

A Staged Control Method for Router Configuration and Explicit Path Enforcement Using PCE and Flex-Algo
Martinez Sanchez, University of Murcia, Spain
Antonio Skarmeta Gomez, University of Murcia, Spain

Environment-Grounded Multi-Agent Workflow for Autonomous Penetration Testing
Michael Somma, Johanneum Research & TU Graz, Austria
Markus Großpointner, Johanneum Research & TU Graz, Austria
Paul Zabalegui, Alias Robotics, Spain
Eppu Heilimo, JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Branka Stojanovic, Johanneum Research, Austria


12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch Break & Project Poster Session
Involved Projects: MIRANDA, CASTOR, INTACT, CyberNEMO, ResilMesh, EMPYREAN, 6G-CLOUD, CRI 4.0, EDIT4MCC


1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Technical Session 2 – Security Architectures for Smart Environments

Session Chair: TBD

A Layered Secure and Post-Quantum Ready Communication Architecture for Microservice Platforms
Luis Felix Gonzalez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Mattin Antartiko Elorza Forcada, Telefónica Innovación Digital, Spain
Ivan Vidal, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Francisco Valera, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Antonio Pastor, Telefónica Innovación Digital, Spain

Cybersecurity in IoT-to-cloud applications using Service-oriented Digital Twin approach and toolbox
Sonika Krishna Gogineni, Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology, Germany
Ilinca-Laura Burdulea, Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology, Germany
Wissam Mallouli, Montimage, France
Bruno Vidalenc, Thales & Communications Security, France
Alexandros Valantasis, Ubitech Limited, Cyprus
Pascal Lünnemann, Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology, Germany

In-Network Security for Smart Buildings BACnet Communications
Lorenzo Rinieri, Università di Bologna, Italy
Antonio Iacobelli, Università di Bologna, Italy
Andrea Melis, Università di Bologna, Italy
Roberto Girau, Università di Bologna, Italy
Franco Callegati, Università di Bologna, Italy
Marco Prandini, Università di Bologna, Italy


3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Coffee Break


3:30 p.m. – 4:55 p.m.
Technical Session 3 – AI-Driven Network Security

Session Chair: TBD

Adaptive Mitigation of Amplification-Based DDoS Attacks in Programmable Data Planes
Simone Sampognaro, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Marios Avgeris, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Anestis Dalgkitsis, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Paola Grosso, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

POLAR: Permutation-Oriented DeepSets Learning for Adaptive Beamforming in 6G AI-Native Networks
Haya Al Kassir, Four Dot Infinity, Greece
Anastasios E. Giannopoulos, Four Dot Infinity, Greece
Sotirios Spantideas, Four Dot Infinity, Greece
Maria Lamprini Bartsioka, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Panagiotis Trakadas, Four Dot Infinity, Greece
Tao Chen, VTT Technical Research Center of Finland, Finland

Intelligence Augmentation in a Platform for Cyber Situational Awareness
Lukáš Sadlek, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Milan Boháček, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Jan Rolínek, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Martin Husák, Masaryk University, Czech Republic


4:55 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Closing
Session Chair: Fulvio Valenza, Politecnico di Torino