IACyC2025

International Applied Cybersecurity Conference

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Conference Programme

DAY 1

11 October 2025
10:00 - 11.30

Registration

Hotel Metropol
11.30 - 12:00

Opening Remarks

Hotel Metropol, Hall - Labino
12:00 - 13:00​

Keynote: Aleksandar Jevremovic - Technological Sovereignty and Cybersecurity

Hotel Metropol, Hall - Labino
13:00 - 15:00

Lunch Break

15:00 - 16:00

Keynote: Guy Gogniat - A comprehensive approach to system-on-chip security

Hotel Metropol, Hall - Labino
16:00 - 16:30

Coffee Break

16:30 - 18.30

Session 1

Congress Center​
Details
Session 1
Saturday, 11 October
16:30 – 18:30
ID Authors Paper
112 Zakire Çukur, Mert İlhan Ecevit, Oğuzhan Ceylan, Hasan Dağ Survey and Benchmarks of Lightweight Cryptographic Algorithms for IoT Communication in Power Distribution Systems
113 Zhivko Atanaskoski, Stefan Mirchevski, Vesna Dimitrova, Aleksandra Popovska-Mitrovikj Ensemble-Based Machine Learning Models for Cybersecurity: Theoretical Guarantees and Empirical Insights
118 Kebal Prasad Bhandari, Ivan Chorbev Behavioral Authentication: Evaluation of Reliability in Contemporary Web Security
124 Mahnoor Jamil , Ivan Chorbev , Hasan Dağ , Vesna Dimitrova Evaluating Multilingual Language Models for Abusive Content Detection: A Comparative Study Across Diverse Social Media Platforms
166 Asem Mousa, Petre Lameski Anonymous CTI Sharing: A Collaborative Model for Privacy-Preserving Threat Intelligence Exchange
167 Isiaq Bolaji Ibrahim Digital Forensics in Cloud Computing: Leveraging Google Cloud Forensics Utils
168 Ikechukwu John Chukwu, Vesna Dimitrova, Tuğçe Ballı Toward a Modular Evaluation Framework for Lightweight AEAD Ciphers
122 Houssem Eddine Merabatte, Reiner Creutzburg, Alexander Iliev, Hasan Dağ Securing Hybrid Identity Systems: Integrating Risk-Adaptive Access Control and Zero Trust Principles in Enterprise Environments

Session 2

Congress Center
Details
Session 2
11.10.2025, Saturday 16:30 - 18:30
IDAuthorsPaper
179Resul Bedii Gümüş, Boban JoksimoskiEvaluation of Privacy-Enhancing Technologies Against Web Tracking
181Pavel Ucman, Ivan Chorbev, Aleksandar StojmenskiCyber-Resilient Architecture for an AI-Driven Educational Platform
189Aysu Maden, Hasan DağClassification of Web-Based Cyberattacks via IoT
191Klesida Gjana, Hristina Mihajloska, Emrullah Fatih YetkinJaVul: a Novel Java Dataset for Code Vulnerability Detection Based on CWE Labeling
192Berfin Ebrar Atabey, Sasho Gramatikov, Mehmet Nafiz AydınAssessing Vulnerabilities in IoT Protocols: A Cross-Layer Approach
193Lenear Mwondi, Allan Onyango, Tajriyan RahmanEnhancing Cloud Security: Best Practices for Deploying Advanced Firewalls in Cloud Architectures
194Aldiyar Ismailov, Panche Ribarski, Mehmet AydinAdaptive Access Control Using Threshold Cryptography and Dynamic Policy Management
174Rim Tafech, Subrahmanya Rajesh Nayak, Vinay Vardhan Reddy Eega, Madhu Praveen Sombathina, Klaus Dieter SchwarzRobust Environmental Sound Classification via CNNs on a Unified, Imbalance-Aware Audio Dataset

 

20:00

Gala Dinner

Hotel Metropol

DAY 2

12 October 2025
09:00 - 10:30

Session 3 (online session)

Congress Center
Details
Session 3
Sunday, 12 October
09:00 – 10:30
IDAuthorsPaper
120Houssem Eddine Merabatte, Reiner Creutzburg, Alexander Iliev, Hasan DağSecuring Hybrid Identity Systems: Integrating Risk-Adaptive Access Control and Zero Trust Principles in Enterprise Environments
144Melike Öncü, Şevval Tarakçı, Nazlı İrem TürkmenAutomation For Post-Penetration Validation: Quick
150Minhaz Mahmud, Reiner Creutzburg, Adele Nasti, Md Saiful IslamA Study on Cybersecurity Risks and Protections for Digital Twin Applications
154Nitika Poudel, Klaus Schwarz, Reiner Creutzburg, Oğuzhan CeylanA Study of Zero Trust Security Mechanisms in Microservices Architecture
157Samsoon Nahar Shampa, Saiful Islam, Emrullah Fatih Yetkin, Reiner CreutzburgThe Role of Artificial Intelligence in Predictive Maintenance for Smart Meters Through Anomaly Detection
159Danko Nakić, Reiner Creutzburg, Hasan Dağ, Klaus SchwarzPublic Cybersecurity Awareness in the European Union
160Aigerim Moldakhanova, Reiner Creutzburg, Knut Haufe, Tuğçe BalliResearch on the Automation Method in Cybersecurity Incident Identification
161Shashank Valmik Jadhav, Akash Ananth, Suleiman Abdutalipovich Sultanov, Schwarz KlausOSINT Analysis for Fraud Detection in Financial Transactions
163Daniil Tashkan, Matin Lalehzari Mosala, Klaus Dieter ShwarzUninvited Guests: Investigating Vulnerabilities in Smart Doorbell Surveillance Systems
 
 

 

 

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30

Session 4 (online session)

Congress Center​
Details
Session 4
Sunday, 12 October 11:00 – 12:30
ID Authors Paper
165 Hamroz Gavharov, Reiner Creutzburg, Kendrick Bollens, Rahim Dehkharghani AI-Driven Cyber Threat Hunting Assistant: NL-to-Query Translation
170 Remilekun Adeopatoye, Knut Haufe, Reiner Creutzburg, Izuchukwu Patrick Udechukwu Adapting Cybersecurity Governance Frameworks to Manage Risks in Generative AI Systems
178 Izuchukwu Patrick Udechukwu, Knut Haufe, Reiner Creutzburg, E. Fatih Yetkin, Adeopatoye Remilekun Jacobs AI-driven Risk assessment in GDPR compliance: Real Time NLP and Machine Learning-based Gap Analysis of Data Protecting activities
185 Miracle OWOLABI Red Teaming the AI-Augmented Enterprise: A Field-Tested Offensive Security Playbook for Adversarial Testing of ML Pipelines
186 Miracle OWOLABI Zero-Trust Machine Learning: Enforcing Adaptive Security in AI Pipelines
187 Edra Tabaku, Alexander Iliev, Tuğçe Ballı, Kendrick Bollens AI-Driven Code Obfuscation: Enhancing Software Security using Machine Learning
190 Raja Karthik Chirumamilla, Theerthankar Reddy Bandarla, Sambasiva Reddy Annapureddy, Bharath Bobbili Predicting Clinical Trial Outcomes Using Graph Neural Networks and Publicly Available Biomedical Data
195 Abdaal Khan Khattak Comparative Security and Performance Analysis of Session-Based and JWT-Based Web Session Mechanisms
174 Rim Tafech, Subrahmanya Rajesh Nayak, Vinay Vardhan Reddy Eega, Madhu Praveen Sombathina, Klaus Dieter Schwarz Robust Environmental Sound Classification via CNNs on a Unified, Imbalance-Aware Audio Dataset
11:00- 13:00

MKSafeNet Workshop

Congress Center
13:00 - 18:00

Boat Tour

Graduation ceremony & Lunch will be on the boat
20:00

Closing Remarks & Farewell Dinner

Cuba Libre

Summer School

DAY 1

13 October 2025
8:30 - 14:00

Workshop: Bozidar Spirovski & Wekoslav Stefanovski - Injection inspection: Defending Against Data Manipulation Attacks

Congress Center
14:00 - 15:30

Lunch Break

15:30 - 18:30

Workshop: Sedat Akleylek - Recent Advances in Post-Quantum Cryptography: Standardization and Migration

Congress Center
18:30 - 19:00

Coffee Break

DAY 2

14 October 2025
09:30 - 12:30

Workshop: Mehmet Aydin - Methods that Matter: Rigor and Ethics in Cybersecurity Research

Congress Center
12:30 - 13:00

Coffee Break

13:00 - 14:00

Industry speaker: Ivica Gjorgjevski — Managing Enterprise Security: Challenges in the Modern Era

Congress Center
14:00

Closing remarks

Congress Center

International Applied Cybersecurity

Conference 2025 – IACyC2025

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Account  Details  – For payments in EUR only

Correspondent bank details:                      

  • Bank Name: National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia
  • Bank Address: Blvd. Kuzman Josifovski Pitu 1 1000 Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia 
    • SWIFT BIC: NBRM MK 2X
  • Final beneficiary: IBAN: MK07 1007 0100 0131 993
  • Name: Fakultet za informaticki nauki i kompjutersko inzenerstvo

Details of payment: Contract   I-ACSC2025

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The conference is locally organized by the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering - Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
IACyC2025 is conducted under the administration of the CyberMACS Erasmus-Mundus Masters Programme.
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