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SUMMARY:The Android Platform Security Model (and the security status of ac
 tual devices) - René Mayrhofer (Johannes Kepler University Linz)
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CONTACT:Lorena Qendro
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract:* Android defines not only an operating system / pla
 tform\, but a complete ecosystem with more form factors than just smart ph
 ones. In this talk\, we will look at the Android ecosystem mostly for mobi
 le devices as well as security goals the platform tries to achieve. A spec
 ific example is the upcoming mobile driving license that relies on some of
  the hardware security guarantees modern mobile devices can give. Finally\
 , verifying the security status of actual OEM devices in the lab or in the
  field is challenging\, and we introduce a new project towards crowd-sourc
 ing such data collection in a collaboration between Cambridge University a
 nd Johannes Kepler University Linz.\n\n\n*Bio:* René Mayrhofer is current
 ly heading the Institute of Networks and Security at Johannes Kepler Unive
 rsity Linz (JKU)\, Austria. Between 2017 and 2019\, he was the Director of
  Android Platform Security at Google in Mountain View (US) and helped make
  recent advances in usable\, mobile security research available to the Bil
 lions of Android users. Since his return to Linz\, he continues to be invo
 lved with Android security as a domain expert to foster exchange and colla
 boration between Android teams at Google and academic research groups.\n\n
 Previously\, he held a full professorship for Mobile Computing at Upper Au
 stria University of Applied Sciences\, Campus Hagenberg\, a guest professo
 rship for Mobile Computing at University of Vienna\, and a Marie Curie Fel
 lowship at Lancaster University\, UK. His research interests include compu
 ter security\, mobile devices\, network communication\, and machine learni
 ng\, which he currently brings together in his research on securing mobile
  devices and digital identity. Within the scope of u'smile\, the Josef Res
 sel Center for User-friendly Secure Mobile Environments\, his research gro
 up looked into full-stack security of mobile devices from hardware through
  firmware up to user interaction aspect. One particular outcome was a prot
 otype for a privacy conscious Austrian mobile Driving License (AmDL) on An
 droid smartphones supported by tamper-resistant hardware.
LOCATION:Virtual (see abstract for Zoom link)
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