Introduction

SecureLab is the laboratory established by CSP and Politecnico di Torino dedicated
to IT and telecommunications security.
 

What it does

The laboratory carries out the following activities:

• Analysis and study of technological scenarios
• Applied research projects regarding innovative technologies
• Development of technological demos
• Presentation of results nationally and internationally
• Transfer of technology to the local area, with particular reference to the world of
• business.

Research Themes

• Watermarking techniques and their applications. SecureLab, in collaboration with the universities of Turin and Florence, studies and applies watermarking techniques in two different applications:
  
  • Triggering: using weak watermarks within a DVB flow to enable events to be synchronized
  • Copyright: using strong watermarks to protect intellectual property rights on photographs and audio materials.
  • Theory: studying the mathematical theories behind watermarking algorithms
  • Implementation: learning how to use specific libraries to implement algorithms ad hoc
  • Applications: identifying new applications for watermarking technology.

• Digital Identity and federations SecureLab, in collaboration with CSI Piemonte, is involved in the ICAR project, which regards using federated authentication systems on applications common to various regional administrations:
  • Studying standard protocols for federated identities and Single Sign On (SAML 2.0)
  • Developing a prototype to enable the Regione Piemonte authentication system
    (IRIDE) to support the SAML 2.0 standard.
• Analysis of Digital Right Management systems. SecureLab follows the evolution of the Digital Media Project (DMP) which aims to produce an interoperable DRM infrastructure. The project is based on the specifications of the MPEG-21 standard. Tests have been carried out using a reference implementation in Java, with the official name of CHILLOUT.