Jaideep Vaidya is a Distinguished Professor of Computer Information Systems at Rutgers University, the Director of the Rutgers Institute for Data Science, Learning, and Applications. He received the B.E. degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai, the M.S. and Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Purdue University. His general area of research is at the intersection of security, privacy, data mining, data management, and artificial intelligence. He has published over 200 technical papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, and has received best paper awards from the premier conferences in data mining, databases, digital government, security, and informatics. He is a Fellow of the AAAS, IAHSI, IEEE, and IFIP as well as an ACM Distinguished Scientist. He served as the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, proposed the IEEE Transactions on Privacy, and is the 2024 Vice President of Publication for IEEE Computer Society. Notably, the team he led won the first prize in the US-UK Privacy Enhancing Technologies Challenge in the Financial Crime Track in 2023.
Dr. Spyros KOKOLAKISis a Professor in the Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering of the University of the Aegean. He holds a B.Sc. (Informatics) and a Ph.D. (Information Systems) from the Athens University of Economics & Business (GR). His research interests include: Information Systems Security Management and Information Privacy and Data Protection. He is an author of several refereed papers in international scientific journals and conferences. EU fundedR&D Projects in the area of Information Systems. He has also provided consulting services to several organizations, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, EKO-ELDA Petroleum S.A., National Insurance Foundation (ΙΚΑ), Ministry of National Economy, Ministry of Finance, Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), Neuropublic S.A. and other. His recent consulting projects focus on GDPR compliance.
Title: «The Weakest Link That Has Just Become Even Weaker»
Abstract: In the rapidly evolving landscape of information security, human decision-making remains the most vulnerable element. This keynote explores the cognitive processes behind security-related decisions, emphasizing the dual systems of thinking and the cognitive biases that influence risk assessment and security behavior. As AI technologies advance, they exacerbate these vulnerabilities, making humans even more susceptible to phishing and social engineering attacks. We will discuss how future developments in AI could render traditional security measures ineffective. This talk underscores the urgent need to remove human decision-making from the security loop, advocating for automated solutions that can mitigate the inherent weaknesses of human cognition.
