Tel. (515) 663 0518
e-mail:  ndubrov@iastate.edu                                                                 

RESEARCH AREAS OF INTEREST

Distributed system security, anomaly & specifications-based  intrusion detection, intrusion response systems, cost-sensitive modeling of intrusion response, computer networking, trust management.

EDUCATION:

Currently:       IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY (USA)

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, expected Summer 2007
  Dissertation: "Fast detection and response for anomalous patterns"
• M.S. in Computer Science, 2004
  Thesis: "Trust management framework for peer-to-peer networks"           

1995-2000:   MOSCOW OPEN SOCIAL UNIVERSITY (Russia)

• B.S. in Law

1996-2000:      MURMANSK COLLEGE OF ECONOMICS, STATISTICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE (Russia)

• B.S in Computer Science

1998-2000:      FINNMARK INSTITUTE (Norway)

• Certified in Norwegian language

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 

 January 2007- May 2007    Co-instructor, ISU, Ames, US.
"Seminar: Security and Privacy Issues in Wireless Networks

January 2006- Present         Research Assistant, ISU, Ames, US.
Responsibilities include: research on specification-guided anomaly-based intrusion detection systems.

 August 2004- December 2005     Teaching Assistant, ISU, Ames, US.
"Introduction to Data Structures using C++"
Responsibilities included: grading assignments, assisting students

May 2004- August 2005      Web designer. Professor E.Wurtele, ISU, Ames, US.
Responsibilities included: design and implementation of web sites.

December 2003- January 2004    Database programmer. CD-DIAL, ISU, Ames, US.
Responsibilities included: design and implementation of Microsoft Access based databases for conducting phone surveys.

June 2003-present   Researcher. Information System Security Laboratory, ISU, Ames, US.
Responsibilities include: research in trust management in overlay networks, anomaly intrusion detection, design and implementation of anomaly intrusion detectors and evaluation of their capabilities.

May 2002-August 2002     Intern. Global Reach Internet Productions, Ames, US.
Responsibilities included: design and implementation of web based business-to-client solutions for company accounts, design and implementation of test plans for educational applications including multimedia teacher's tools for lecture assembling and tools for delivering web based courses, writing technical documentation for software tools.

 

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journal Articles

N. Stakhanova, S. Basu and J. Wong. (2007) A taxonomy of Intrusion Response Systems.  International Journal of Information and Computer Security. Vol. 1. No. 1/2, pp.169-184.  

G. Helmer, J. Wong, M. Slagell, V. Honavar, L. Miller, Y. Wang, X. Wang and N. Stakhanova.(2007) Software fault tree and coloured Petri net–based specification, design and implementation of agent-based intrusion detection systems. International Journal of Information and Computer Security. Vol. 1. No. 1/2, pp.109-142.

Refereed Conference and Workshop Papers

N. Stakhanova, S. Basu, W. Zhang, X.Wang and J. Wong. Specification Synthesis for Monitoring and Analysis of MANET Protocols.
The IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, FINA 2007.  

N. Stakhanova, S. Basu and J. Wong. A Cost-Sensitive Model for Adaptive and Preemptive Intrusion Response.
The IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, AINA 2007, Nokia Best Student Paper Award.  

N. Stakhanova, S. Basu, R. Lutz and J.Wong. Automated caching of behavioral patterns for efficient run-time monitoring. The 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing (DASC'06), Indianapolis, USA, IEEE. pp. 333-340, 2006.

N. Stakhanova, S. Basu, J. Wong and O. Stakhanov. Trust Framework for P2P Networks with Peer-Profile based Anomaly Detection. ICDCSW '05: The 2nd International Workshop on Security in Distributed Computing Systems (SDCS-2005), Columbus , OH, IEEE Computer Society. pp. 203-209, 2005.

N. Stakhanova, S. Ferrero, J. Wong and Y. Cai. A reputation-based trust management in peer-to-peer network systems. 2004 International Workshop on Security in Parallel and Distributed Systems, San Francisco, CA, ISCA. pp. 510-515, 2004.

 

Technical Reports

 N. Stakhanova, S. Basu and J. Wong. A Taxonomy of Intrusion Response Systems. Technical Report 06-05, Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University. (2006)
 
N. Stakhanova, S. Basu, R.Lutz and J. Wong. Automated caching of behavioral patterns for efficient run-time monitoring.Technical Report 06-06, Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University. (2005)

N. Stakhanova and R. Dhingra. A Multilevel Secure Relational Database Model with key-polyinstantiation. Technical Report 06-12, Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University.  (2002)
 
R. Dhingra, N. Stakhanova and M.Hua. The Complete MLSK Model - incorporation of lattice operations and XML implementation. Technical Report 06-13, Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University. (2002)

 

Poster Presentations

 Trust Framework for P2P Networks using Peer Profile-Based Anomaly Technique.
5th Annual Information Security Symposium. CERIAS 2004.

AWARDS:

May 2007       Nokia Best Student Paper Award ("A Cost-Sensitive Model for Adaptive and Preemptive Intrusion Response" paper)
June 2000       Moscow Open Social University, Diploma with excellence
May 2000       A grant from the US Department of State for a graduate study in the US
May 1998       Norwegian Ministry of the Foreign Affairs Fellowship for a study at Finnmark Institute

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Reviewer, Information Sciences—Informatics and Computer Science: An International Journal
Reviewer, Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC)
Reviewer, International Performance Computing and Communications Conference (IPCCC)
Member, IEEE