Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB Research Interests
Anne Borcherding, M.Sc. studied computer science at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and is a research associate in the research group Industrial Cyber Security. She is working in the domain of IT security of industrial automation components. Her research focuses on fuzzing, penetration testing, and web security.
Fuzzing aims to find vulnerabilities by inputting random/mutated values to the system under test. In order to find vulnerabilities as early as possible and thus reduce the time required for such an investigation, the inputs should be selected as intelligently as possible. Current work by Anne Borcherding is concerned with this research field. In particular, model-based and data-driven methods are considered. With this, the overall model of the system under investigation can be represented and fuzzing can be guided by this model.
Through manual penetration testing of automation components, new vulnerabilities in the components can be found. The knowledge from these vulnerabilities can in turn be incorporated into automated procedures. For this reason, Anne Borcherding performs tool-based and manual penetration testing of automation components. Industrial automation components often include a web server, which facilitates configuration but also can be a potential starting point for an attacker.
For this reason, web security is also an important topic in the domain of industrial automation. The transfer of existing concepts from classical web security to the domain of industrial automation involves some challenges that are part of current research.
Student assistant-positions and theses
Various student assistant-positions und theses are offered in the topics mentioned above. The theses can usually be credited within the KASTEL certificate. If you do not find a suitable position among the advertised positions, but are still interested in the topics, please contact me by mail (see box on the right).
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