Roberta Battagli, Oracle Academy program manager, Italy, recently took part in the 19th edition of the Thesis of Tesi Prize, “Innovation in Information Security,” in association with Clusit. On September 5, 2024, five students were deemed as most distinguished in this category.

The conference supports research and continuous updating of resources in relation to cybersecurity. Every year the event aims to encourage students to research the topics of cybersecurity and IT security issues in a creative manner and with a keen eye on the evolution of new and potential cyber threats.

The event is also an opportunity for exchange of ideas, knowledge and data between the global world of research and science, students and that of working professionals, enabling collaboration between universities and companies for further education and professional growth.

The work was assessed and judged by a commission composed of members of Clusit and other experts in the field. The evaluation criteria for winners were:

•The innovative nature of the subject

•The complexity of the activity

•The level of knowledge demonstrated

•The usability of the results achieved

The first prize, entitled, “AVoiDER – AntiVirus and EDR Evasion Toolkit,” was presented to the winning student, Elia Boninsegna, La Sapienza University, Roma, by Battagli. Other winners are as follows.

2nd Prize: Giacomo Borin, University of Trento, “Cryptographic Group Actions and Digital Signatures.”

3rd Prize: Elisa Braconaro, University of Padova, “LLMs Evaluation for Android Vulnerability Repair.”

4th Prize: Roberta Cimorelli Belfiore, University of Studies of Molise, “Identity Based Matchmaking Encryption: A Generic Construction and Instantiations from Standard Latex Assumptions.”

5th Prize: Gianmarco Lusvardi, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, “Timing Side-Channel Attacks Against USB Smartcards Using eBPF”, and Samuel Doria, University of Padua, “Control Flow Graph-based Path Reconstruction in Android Applications.”

Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to all who submitted innovative projects. Oracle Academy is proud to support this project as an associate member by providing Oracle Academy free curriculum and associated member benefits such as the Oracle Academy Cloud Program and  learning resources to the participating member universities.

View further information and full details on those who were awarded here