"We participated in the 11th National Conference on Cybersecurity Research, JNIC, held in Barcelona from 6 to 8 May"
The 11th National Conference on Cybersecurity Research, JNIC, was held on the Campus Nord at the Polytechnic-University of Catalunya, organised by INCIBE and the university itself
Every year, this conference brings together the scientific, technological and institutional community that leads cybersecurity research in Spain.
Our participation reinforces TECNALIA's position as a key player in the development of critical technologies for data protection, digital identity and secure communications. INCIBE, as a public entity of reference in cybersecurity, is behind this conference with the aim of gaining the digital trust of citizens and the business community.
Participation in strategic committees
We played a prominent role in the governance bodies at the event.
- Our colleague, Óscar Lage was on the Executive Committee, contributing to the strategic orientation of the conference.
- Furthermore, Ana Ayerbe has served as chair of the Transfer Committee, a key space for bringing scientific results closer to industry and society.
Advances in digital identity and quantum cryptography
Our teams have presented two papers addressing critical challenges in advanced cybersecurity.
Data protection in digital identity ecosystems
Iñaki Seco presented the paper "FHE-based protocol for private data characterisation in SSI ecosystems". The proposal combines self-sovereign digital identity with homomorphic cryptography and threshold decryption schemes.
This approach enables encrypted attributes to be compared without revealing their content and guarantees the integrity of the process against malicious behaviour. Validation in a real distributed environment confirms the robustness of the approach for secure management of sensitive metadata.
Extension of QKD networks to remote environments
Aitor Brazaola presented "Satellite-enabled extension of QKD Networks for operation in remote environments". It describes a hybrid protocol that extends quantum key distribution networks to scenarios without direct optical connectivity via satellite IP links. The solution integrates key derivation, one-time pad encryption and ratcheting mechanisms, with experimental validation in more than 1,500 iterations.