معرفی
Stephen Herwig is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at William & Mary. His research focuses on systems security, particularly protecting applications in untrusted environments such as the cloud. He explores extending operating systems and distributed systems using trusted hardware and applied cryptography. Herwig earned his PhD from the University of Maryland under the guidance of Dave Levin.
Education:
- PhD in Computer Science, University of Maryland (Advisor: Dave Levin)
Research Interests:
- Trusted Execution Environments
- Secure Distributed Systems
- Cloud and IoT Security
- Sandboxing Techniques
- Privacy-Preserving Networks
Key Contributions:
- Developed the secmodel_sandbox kernel module for NetBSD
- Designed Bento for Tor network function virtualization
- Studied the Hajime IoT botnet
Awards:
- Best Presentation Award at EuroSec 2025 for Mazu architecture
Advising & Grants: Actively recruiting self-motivated students interested in secure systems development. Emphasizes low-level software expertise and proactive communication.
Labs/Projects: Maintains the secmodel_sandbox open-source project on GitHub, focusing on dynamic kernel security policies for NetBSD.
