Billy Tsouvalas

PhD Candidate & Research Assistant

Billy Tsouvalas

Stony Brook University — Computer Science Department

Research focus: 
Web Security Deceptive Defenses Malware Analysis Critical Infrastructure Network Security Intrusion Detection

Latest News

Oct 2024
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Jul 2023

🛡️  Publicity Chair for the 2nd Active Defense and Deception (AD&D) Workshop at IEEE EuroS&P

Academic Service
Jan 2023

📝  Best Video Award AUGS/IUGA 2022 — Surgical teaching of the retropubic midurethral sling: a virtual reality training system

Publication
Jul 2022

🛡️  Publicity Chair for the 1st Active Defense and Deception (AD&D) Workshop at IEEE EuroS&P

Academic Service
Jan 2022

Joined PragSec at Stony Brook University as a PhD Candidate under Prof. Nikiforakis

Oct 2020

Research Areas

Web Security

Bot detection, authentication mechanisms, and protection of web applications against modern attack vectors.

Deceptive Defenses

Honeypots, deception-based mechanisms, and active defense strategies to mislead and detect adversaries targeting critical systems.

Malware Analysis

Detection, classification, and behavioral analysis of malicious software using graph-based and machine learning techniques.

Critical Infrastructure

Cybersecurity of cyber-physical systems, SCADA networks, medical devices, and industrial control systems.

Network Security

Network forensics, anomaly-based threat identification, and defense of enterprise and critical network infrastructure.

Intrusion Detection

Design and evaluation of intrusion detection systems, incident response, and forensic analysis of compromised environments.