SECDES - Security by Design Collective Research Project

SECDES Consortium

The SECDES project is a collaboration of the DistriNet Research Group and Sirris, funded by the VLAIO Collective Research & Development and Collective Knowledge Dissemination / Transfer (COOCK) program. COOCK projects focus on a group of companies, with the aim of valorising (basic) research results by accelerating the introduction of technology and/or knowledge.

DistriNet is a KU Leuven research group embedded in the Department of Computer Science, and is part of the imec-KU Leuven Security and Privacy Center. The scope of DistriNet’s research is twofold: ICT security with an emphasis on secure software, secure systems, and software engineering for security, and distributed systems. DistriNet’s knowledge and expertise in these domains resulted in a strong international position in the domains of secure software, systems and services, and in security & privacy engineering.

Sirris is the collective knowledge centre of the Belgian technology industry that has more than 2,500 member companies and employs 140 experts. The implementation of this project will be done by the Sirris Software Engineering Lab, which supports companies in building secure software solutions. The lab has already been active for several years in the field of security and privacy and has a proven track record of industrial valorisation of research results and support of innovations/implementations of innovative solutions in companies.

The Agency for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (VLAIO) is a governmental organisation of the Flemish government for all entrepreneurs in FLanders. The mission of VLAIO is to stimulate and support innovation and entrepeneurship and to contribute to a favorable business-climate in Flanders.