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Vision: (Inter-)Nationaly approved, valued, and effective cyber-security research and education infrastructure

Mission: Guarantee state of the art research, education,  competence and skills improvement environment for the (Inter-)National organisations in the area of cyber security.

Goal: Develop virtual and technological educational platforms and infrastructures for research on cyber security and digital forensics.

Tasks:

  • The development of Defence-oriented Cyber Security Training Platform (DoCSTP) and infrastructure;
  • The development of Attack-oriented Cyber Security Training Platform (AoCSTP) and infrastructure;
  • The development of methodologies and experimental Incident evaluation of process handling in Cyber Security Training Platform (IeCSTP);
  • The development and applications of Digital Forensics tools in Cyber Security Training Platform (DfCSTP);

 

  1. Brilingaitė, Agnė; Bukauskas, Linas; Domarkienė, Ingrida; Rančelis, Tautvydas; Ambrozaitytė, Laima; Pirta, Rūta; Lugo, Ricardo G.; Knox, Benjamin J. Towards projection of the individualised risk assessment for the cybersecurity workforce // Computer standards & interfaces. Amsterdam : Elsevier B.V. ISSN 0920-5489. eISSN 1872-7018. 2025, vol. 93, art. no. 103962, p. [1-15]. DOI: 10.1016/j.csi.2024.103962.
  2. Lugo, Ricardo Gregorio; Juozapavičius, Aušrius; Lapin, Kristina; Ask, Torvald F.; Knox, Benjamin J.; Sütterlin, Stefan. Human-Centric Approach to Cyber Threat Identification : The Role of Cognition, Experience, and Education in Decision-Making // Journal of Cases on Information Technology : IGI Global, 2025. eISBN 9798337311586. ISSN 1548-7717. eISSN 1548-7725. 2025, vol. 27, iss. 1, p. 1-13. DOI: 10.4018/JCIT.368220.
  3. Martijan, Martin; Krinickij, Virgilijus. Sophisticated malware detection through network flow analysis using feature engineering and machine learning // Cyber bazaar: 1st international research conference of the Baltic cybersecurity innovation forum, 5 December 2024 Riga, Latvia : book of abstracts. Riga. 2024, p. 19.
  4. Sofianos, Konstantinos Crysanthos; Stefanidakis, Michael; Kaponis, Alexios; Bukauskas, Linas. Assist of AI in a smart learning environment // Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations: 20th IFIP WG 12.5 international conference, AIAI 2024, Corfu, Greece, June 27–30, 2024 : proceedings. Part IV. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. ISBN 9783031632228. eISBN 9783031632235. p. 263-275. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, ISSN 1868-4238, eISSN 1868-422X ; vol. 714). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-63223-5_20.
  5. Krinickij, Virgilijus; Bukauskas, Linas. Evidence-based network flow modelling and assessment for cyber security // DAMSS: 15th conference on data analysis methods for software systems, Druskininkai, Lithuania, November 28-30, 2024. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2024. eISBN 9786090711125. p. 53-54. (Vilnius University Proceedings, eISSN 2669-0233 ; vol. 52). DOI: 10.15388/DAMSS.15.2024.
  6. Krinickij, Virgilijus; Bukauskas, Linas. Asynchronous record alignment of network flows for incident detection and reconstruction // European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security: Proceedings of the 23rd European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security. Reading : Academic Conferences International Limited. ISSN 2048-8602. eISSN 2048-8610. 2024, vol. 23, no. 1, p. 249-256. DOI: 10.34190/eccws.23.1.2254.
  7. Bauraitė, Austėja; Brilingaitė, Agnė; Bukauskas, Linas. Designing trainee performance assessment system for hands-on exercises // Harnessing opportunities: reshaping ISD in the post-COVID-19 and generative AI era: 32nd international conference on information systems development (ISD2024 Gdańsk, Poland) : proceedings. Gdańsk : University of Gdańsk, 2024. ISBN 9788397263208. ISSN 2938-5202. p. [1-13]. DOI: 10.62036/ISD.2024.34.
  8. Pirta-Dreimane, Rūta; Brilingaitė, Agnė; Roponena, Evita; Parish, Karen; Grabis, Jānis; Lugo, Ricardo Gregorio; Bonders, Mārtiņš. Try to esCAPE from cybersecurity incidents! A technology-enhanced educational approach // Technology, knowledge and learning. Dordrecht : Springer Science and Business Media B.V. ISSN 2211-1662. eISSN 2211-1670. 2024, Early Access, p. [1-30]. DOI: 10.1007/s10758-024-09769-8.
  9. Ur Rehman, Muaan; Bahsi, Hayretdin; Bukauskas, Linas; Knox, Benjamin. Exploring trainees’ behaviour in hands-on cybersecurity exercises through data mining // European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security: Proceedings of the 23rd European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security. Reading : Academic Conferences International Limited. ISSN 2048-8602. eISSN 2048-8610. 2024, vol. 23, no. 1, p. 585-593. DOI: 10.34190/eccws.23.1.2141.
  10. Lugo, Ricardo G.; Sütterlin, Stefan; Knox, Benjamin James; Bukauskas, Linas; Brilingaitė, Agnė; Maennel, Olaf Manuel. Editorial: The human factor in cyber security education // Frontiers in education. Lausanne : Frontiers Media SA. ISSN 2504-284X. eISSN 2504-284X. 2023, vol. 8, art. no. 1277282, p. [1-2]. DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2023.1277282.
  11. Pirta-Dreimane, Rūta; Brilingaitė, Agnė; Roponena, Evita; Parish, Karen; Grabis, Jānis; Lugo, Ricardo Gregorio; Bonders, Martiņš. CyberEscape approach to advancing hard and soft skills in cybersecurity education // Augmented cognition: 17th International Conference, AC 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23–28, 2023 : proceedings. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023. ISBN 9783031350160. eISBN 9783031350177. p. 441-459. (Lecture notes in computer science, ISSN 0302-9743, eISSN 1611-3349 ; vol. 14019). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-35017-7.
  12. Majore, Ginta; Bukauskas, Linas; Sütterlin, Stefan; Brilingaitė, Agnė. Advancing human performance in cybersecurity, ADVANCES // Proceedings of the research projects exhibition papers presented at the 35th international conference on advanced information systems engineering (CAiSE 2023), Zaragoza, Spain, June 12-16, 2023 / edited by Jaime Font, Lorena Arcega, José-Fabián Reyes-Román, Giovanni Giachetti. Aachen : CEUR-WS. 2023, p. 76-82. (CEUR Workshop Proceedings, ISSN 1613-0073 ; vol. 3413). Prieiga per internetą: <https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3413/paper11.pdf>.
  13. Melnikovas, Aleksandras; Lugo, Ricardo G.; Maennel, Kaie; Brilingaitė, Agnė; Sütterlin, Stefan; Juozapavičius, Aušrius. Teaching pentesting to social sciences students using experiential learning techniques to improve attitudes towards possible cybersecurity careers // European conference on cyber warfare and security: Proceedings of the 22nd European conference on cyber warfare and security. Reading : Academic Conferences International Limited. ISSN 2048-8602. eISSN 2048-8610. 2023, vol. 22, no. 1, p. 294-302. DOI: 10.34190/eccws.22.1.1145.
  14. Felzenbergs, Kristaps; Bukauskas, Linas; Majore, Ginta. Heartbeat driven network health assessment // IEEE 64th International Scientific Conference on Information Technology and Management Science of Riga Technical University (ITMS), 5-6 October, 2023, Riga, Latvia. New York : IEEE, 2023. ISBN 9798350370300. eISBN 9798350370294. ISSN 2771-6953. eISSN 2771-6937. p. [1-6]. DOI: 10.1109/ITMS59786.2023.10317742.
  15. Krinickij, Virgilijus; Bukauskas, Linas. Challenges in cybersecurity group interoperability training // HCI international 2023 posters: 25th international conference on human-computer interaction, HCII 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23–28, 2023 : proceedings. Part III. Cham : Springer Nature, 2023. ISBN 9783031359972. eISBN 9783031359989. p. 273-278. (Communications in computer and information science, ISSN 1865-0929, eISSN 1865-0937 ; vol. 1834). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-35998-9_38.
  16. Ivašauskas, Sahak; Gaubas, Marius; Bukauskas, Linas. In-kernel authentication request analysis for human and bot distinction // HCI international 2023 – late breaking papers: 25th international conference on human-computer interaction, HCII 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23–28, 2023 : proceedings. Part VI / Editors: Helmut Degen, Stavroula Ntoa, Abbas Moallem. Cham : Springer, 2023. ISBN 9783031480560. eISBN 9783031480577. p. 408-417. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, ISSN 0302-9743, eISSN 1611-3349 ; vol. 14059). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-48057-7_25.
  17. Maennel, Kaie; Brilingaitė, Agnė; Bukauskas, Linas; Juozapavičius, Aušrius; Knox, Benjamin James; Lugo, Ricardo Gregorio; Maennel, Olaf; Majore, Ginta; Sütterlin, Stefan. A multidimensional cyber defense exercise: emphasis on emotional, social, and cognitive aspects // SAGE Open. Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Publications. ISSN 2158-2440. eISSN 2158-2440. 2023, vol. 13, iss. 1, p. [1-12]. DOI: 10.1177/21582440231156367.
  18. Bukauskas, Linas; Brilingaitė, Agnė; Juozapavičius, Aušrius; Lepaitė, Daiva; Ikamas, Kęstutis; Andrijauskaitė, Rimantė. Remapping cybersecurity competences in a small nation state // Heliyon. Oxford : Elsevier. eISSN 2405-8440. 2023, vol. 9, no. 1, e12808, p. [1-13]. DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e12808.
  19. Pirta-Dreimane, Rūta; Brilingaitė, Agnė; Majore, Ginta; Knox, Benjamin James; Lapin, Kristina; Parish, Karen; Sütterlin, Stefan; Lugo, Ricardo Gregorio. Application of intervention mapping in cybersecurity education design // Frontiers in education. Lausanne : Frontiers Media SA. eISSN 2504-284X. 2022, vol. 7, art. no. 998335, p. [1-12]. DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2022.998335.
  20. Kvietinskaitė, Gabrielė; Bukauskas, Linas; Krinickij, Virgilijus. Cyber security table-top exercise gamification with dynamic scenario for qualification assessment // Communications in computer and information science: vol. 1654: 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2022, Virtual Event, June 26–July 1, 2022, Proceedings, Part I. Cham : Springer Verlag, 2022. ISBN 9783319975702. ISSN 1865-0929. eISSN 1865-0937. 2022, 1654, p. [1-8]. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-19679-9_8.
  21. Mäses, Sten; Maennel Kaie; Brilingaitė, Agnė. Trends and challenges for balanced scoring in cybersecurity exercises: A case study on the example of Locked Shields // Frontiers in Education, ISSN: 2504-284X. 2022, vol. 7: Art. No: 958405. p. 1-13. DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2022.958405.
  22. Pirta-Dreimane, Rūta; Brilingaitė, Agnė; Roponena, Evita; Parish, Karen. Multi-dimensional cybersecurity education design: a case study // The 7th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress (CyberSciTech 2022). September 12-15, 2022, Calabria, Italy. Piscataway, NJ : IEEE, 2022. ISBN 9781665462976. p. [1-8]. DOI: 10.1109/DASC/PiCom/CBDCom/Cy55231.2022.9927931.
  23. Mahmoud E., Hodeish; Bukauskas, Linas; Vikas T., Humbe. A new efficient TKHC-based image sharing scheme over unsecured channel // Journal of King Saud University - Computer and information sciences. Amsterdam : Elsevier. ISSN 1319-1578. eISSN 2213-1248. 2022, vol. 34, no. 4, p. 1246-1262. DOI: 10.1016/j.jksuci.2019.08.004.
  24. Brilingaitė, Agnė; Bukauskas, Linas; Juozapavičius, Aušrius; Kutka, Eduardas. Overcoming information-sharing challenges in cyber defence exercises // Journal of cybersecurity. Oxford : Oxford University Press. ISSN 2057-2085. eISSN 2057-2093. 2022, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 1-9. DOI: 10.1093/cybsec/tyac001 https://doi.org/10.1093/cybsec/tyac001.
  25. Juozapavičius, Aušrius; Brilingaitė, Agnė; Bukauskas, Linas; Lugo, Ricardo Gregorio. Age and gender impact on password hygiene // Applied sciences: Special issue: State-of-the-art of cybersecurity. Basel : MDPI. eISSN 2076-3417. 2022, vol. 12, iss. 2, art. no. 894, p. [1-15]. DOI: 10.3390/app12020894 https://doi.org/10.3390/app12020894.
  26. Domarkienė, Ingrida; Ambrozaitytė, Laima; Bukauskas, Linas; Rančelis, Tautvydas; Sütterlin, Stefan; Knox, Benjamin James; Maennel, Kaie; Maennel, Olaf; Parish, Karen; Lugo, Ricardo Gregorio; Brilingaitė, Agnė. CyberGenomics: application of behavioral genetics in cybersecurity // Behavioral sciences. Basel : MDPI. eISSN 2076-328X. 2021, vol. 11, iss. 11, art. no. 152, p. [1-15]. DOI: 10.3390/bs11110152 https://doi.org/10.3390/bs11110152.
  27. Jurevičienė, Aistė; Brilingaitė, Agnė; Bukauskas, Linas. Digital human in cybersecurity risk assessment // Augmented Cognition: 15th International Conference, AC 2021 Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021 / Schmorrow D.D., Fidopiastis C.M. (eds). Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2021. ISBN 9783030781132. eISBN 9783030781149. p. 418-432. (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science), ISSN 0302-9743, eISSN 1611-3349 ; vol. 12776). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-78114-9_29 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78114-9_29.
  28. Ambrozaitytė, Laima; Brilingaitė, Agnė; Bukauskas, Linas; Domarkienė, Ingrida; Rančelis, Tautvydas. Human characteristics and genomic factors as behavioural aspects for cybersecurity // Augmented Cognition: 15th International Conference, AC 2021 Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021 / Schmorrow D.D., Fidopiastis C.M. (eds). Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2021. ISBN 9783030781132. eISBN 9783030781149. p. 333-350. (Lecture Notes in
    Computer Science ; vol 12776). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-78114-9_23 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78114-9_23.
  29. Brilingaitė, Agnė; Bukauskas, Linas; Juozapavičius, Aušrius; Kutka, Eduardas. Information sharing in cyber defence exercises // Proceedings of the 19th European conference on Cyber Warfare and Security ECCWS 2020, 25-26 June 2020 / Edited by Thaddeus Eze, Lee Speakman, Cyril Onwubiko. Reading : Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited, 2020. ISBN 9781912764617. eISBN 9781912764617. ISSN 2048-8602. eISSN 2048-8610. p. 42-49. DOI: 10.34190/EWS.20.034 https://doi.org/10.34190/EWS.20.034.
  30. Brilingaitė, Agnė; Bukauskas, Linas; Juozapavičius, Aušrius. A framework for competence development and assessment in hybrid cybersecurity exercises // Computers & security. Oxford : Elsevier Advanced Technology. ISSN 0167-4048. eISSN 1872-6208. 2020, vol. 88, art. no. 101607, p. [1-13]. DOI: 10.1016/j.cose.2019.101607 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2019.101607.
  31. Brilingaitė, Agnė; Bukauskas, Linas; Kutka, Eduardas. Detection of premeditated security vulnerabilities in mobile applications // Proceedings of the18th European conference on Cyber Warfare and Security ECCWS 2019, University of Coimbra, Portugal, 4-5 July 2019. Reading : Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited, 2019. ISBN 9781912764280. eISBN 9781912764297. ISSN 2048-8602. eISSN 2048-8610. p. 63-71.
  32. Brilingaitė, Agnė; Bukauskas, Linas; Kutka, Eduardas. Time-line alignment of cyber incidents in heterogeneous environments // Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security ECCWS 2018, University of Oslo, Norway, 28-29 June. Reading : Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited, 2018. ISBN 9781911218852. eISBN 9781911218869. ISSN 2048-8602. eISSN 2048-8610. p. 57-65. 
  33. Drublionytė, Birutė. Kibernetinio saugumo teisės aktų modeliavimas ir verifikavimas UML pagalba // Fizinių ir technologijos mokslų tarpdalykiniai tyrimai : 8-oji jaunųjų mokslininkų konferencija, 2018 m. vasario 8 d. : pranešimų santraukos. Vilnius : Lietuvos mokslų akademijos leidykla. 2018, p. 16. Prieiga per internetą: http://www.lma.lt/uploads/2018-02-08_pranesimu_e_santraukos.pdf [žiūrėta 2018-03-05].
  34. Brilingaitė, Agnė; Bukauskas, Linas; Kutka, Eduardas. Development of an educational platform for cyber defence training // Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security ECCWS 2017, University College Dublin, Ireland, 29-30 June 2017. Reading : Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited, 2017. ISBN 9781911218432. p. 73-81.
  35. Brilingaitė, Agnė; Bukauskas, Linas; Krinickij, Virgilijus; Kutka, Eduardas. Environment for cybersecurity tabletop exercises // ECGBL 2017 : proceedings of the 11th European conference on game-based learning, FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Science Graz, Austria, 5 - 6 October 2017 / edited by Maja Pivec, Josef Gründler. Graz : Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited, 2017. ISBN 9781911218562. eISBN 9781911218579. ISSN 2049-0992. eISSN 2049-100X. p. 47-55.
  36. Krinickij, Virgilijus; Bukauskas, Linas; Brilingaitė, Agnė. Table-top exercise gamification with dynamic scenario for cyber security qualification assessment // Data analysis methods for software systems : 8th international workshop on data analysis methods for software systems, Druskininkai, December 1-3, 2016. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2016. ISBN 9789986680611. p. 31-32. Prieiga per internetą: https://www.mii.lt/datamss/files/liks_mii_drusk_2016_abstract_el_v_.pdf [žiūrėta 2016-12-21].
  37. Hodeish, Mahmoud E.; Bukauskas, Linas; Humbe, Vikas T. An optimal (k,n)Visual Secret Sharing scheme for information security // Procedia computer science. Amsterdam : Elsevier B.V. ISSN 1877-0509. 2016, Vol. 93, p. 760-767. DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2016.07.288.

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Seminars are organized and conducted by: Virgilijus Krinickij

1. Cyber Security Laboratory, Cyber Security Seminar, 2024 April 29th.

Seminar Program:

  1. 18:00 – 18:30 ,, Cyber Security Exercise: Group Interoperability and Challenges‘‘, Virgilijus Krinickij, Junior Assistant, PhD student, Cybersecurity Researcher, Member of the Cybersecurity Laboratory, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius University.
  2. 18:30 – 19:00 „Unboxing“ EDR/XDR - What's in it and Who Needs it?, Andrius Januta, Cybersecurity Technical Manager, Nord Security.
  3. 19:00 – 19:30 At the Crossroads of Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security, Gintaras Pelenis, Cloud Security Evangelist and Territory Sales Manager, Check Point.

Links:

Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics

 

2. Cyber Security Laboratory Together With OWASP Lithuania, Cyber Security Seminar, 2023 November 16th.

Seminar Program:

  1. 18:00 – 18:30 Regulatory Perspectives on AI in Cyber Security, Dr. Neringa Gaubienė, Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University, member of a research group.
  2. 18:30 – 19:00 Top 10 Mobile Devices: News and Experiences for 2023, Kajus Šeštokas, Application Security, Flo.
  3. 19:00 – 19:30 Initial Security Tests For Web Applications, Kęstutis Parchutikas, Penetration Tester. Visma Lithuania.

Links:

OWASP Lithuania
Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics

 

3. Cyber Security Laboratory together with OWASP Lithuania, cyber security seminar, 2023. March 30th.

Seminar Program:

1. Activities, projects, cooperation opportunities of the cyber security laboratory. Linas Bukauskas, Head of the Cybersecurity Laboratory, VU MIF.
2. Trends in Automotive Cyber Security. Agnė Marija Bučyte, Vehicle Cybersecurity Analyst, Block Harbor Cybersecurity.
3. A Day in The Life of a Security Engineer. Ulad Pyanou, Application Security Engineer, EPAM Systems.

Links:

Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
OWASP Lithuania

4. Cyber security laboratory, cyber security seminar, 2022 December 15th.

Seminar Program:

1. Private Detective Activity in Lithuania. Olegas Rimanas, responsible partner of Vilnius private detective group "Rimanas and partners", private detective, UAB Rimanos office director.
2. Analysis of a Specific Attack. Prof. Aušrius Juozapavičius, General Jonas Žemaitis Lithuanian Military Academy.
3. Cybersecurity Trends 2023. Virgilijus Krinickij, Cybersecurity researcher, lecturer, member of Vilnius University Cybersecurity Laboratory.

 

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