Ángel Longueira-Romero

Bio

I am a PhD student from Mondragon University in Spain, currently working in the Industrial Cybersecurity Team at IKERLAN in The Basque Country, Spain.

I hold a Master's degree in Automation Engineering and Industrial Informatics, and a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Electronics and Automation Engineering, both from the University of Oviedo.

You can download a copy of my Curriculum vitae.

Research Interests

My research focuses on system security, and more precisely, I am interested in security testing methodologies for Embedded Systems (ES). I would like to measure quantitavely the partial level of security of each asset or component of the ES, and then, compute the overall security value associated to the hole device. The most powerfull means to achieved these goals are security metrics, specially those proposed in the standards, such as the CPE, CWE, CVE, CVSS, or CAPEC.

The most interesting point in my research will be the use of standardised security metrics. Available methodologies do not usually propose metrics to know the level of security reached with all the controls and countermeasures. And when metrics are proposed, they are usually qualitative, or the way to obtain a final value is not clearly explained, nor can be applied to embedded systems. You can take a look to the more than 500 security metrics that were reviewed.

To overcome this, I am analysing the ISA/IEC-62443 standard to propose possible enhancements, and to integrate metrics in its evaluation process. The ISA/IEC-62443 is a series of standards, technical reports, and related information that define procedures and requirements for implementing electronically secure Industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS).

Because of my background, I usually work on my own projects about electronics. I am passionate about designing and building circuits, PCBs, vacuum tubes and solid state amplifiers and anything of this kind.

Contact

python -c "print( 'alon%sira%sikerlan.%s' % ( 'gue', '@', 'es' ) ) "
LinkedIn
ORCID
IKERLAN
Industrial Cybersecurity Team
Paseo José María Arizmendiarrieta, 2
20500 Arrasate/Mondragón, Spain

Personal Projects

Electronics

  • Nixie tubes clocks.
  • Effects pedals.
  • Arduino projects.
  • Raspberry projects.
  • UV PCB Exposure Box from an old scanner.

3D Printing

Music

  • Electric bass player.
  • I also play the guitar and the oboe (yeap, the oboe).
  • Interested in styles like jazz and latin jazz, blues, bossa nova, soul and funk...
  • ... but in reality, I am really eclectic with my music taste.
  • You can check my group of soul in YouTube.

Others

  • Cooking: I really enjoy cooking in my daily life, as it is a way of releasing pressure and relaxing. If you are interested, you can check some of my favourite recipes.
  • CrossFit: Since I discovered sport, it has become an important part of my life.
  • Languages learning: I am passionated about leaning new languages and getting to know new cultures and people.

Publications

  • Ángel Longueira-Romero, Rosa Iglesias, Jose Luis Flores, and Iñaki Garitano
    A Novel Model for Vulnerability Analysis through Enhanced Directed Graphs and Quantitative Metrics
    MDPI Sensors, March 2022
      
    @article{EDG:sensors2022,
   author = {Longueira-Romero, Ángel and Iglesias, Rosa and Flores, Jose Luis and Garitano, Iñaki},
   title = {{A Novel Model for Vulnerability Analysis through Enhanced Directed Graphs and Quantitative Metrics}},
   journal = {{Sensors}},
   year = {2022}
   volume = {22},
   year = {2022},
   number = {6},
   article-number = {2126},
   url = {https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/6/2126},
   PubMedID = {35336299},
   issn = {1424-8220},
   doi = {10.3390/s22062126}
}
  • Ángel Longueira-Romero, Rosa Iglesias, David González, and Iñaki Garitano
    How to Quantify the Security Level of Embedded Systems? A Taxonomy of Security Metrics
    Proceedings of the 2020 18th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN), July 2020
        
    @inproceedings{securityMetrics:indin2020,
   author = {\'Angel Longueira-Romero, Rosa Iglesias, David Gonz\'alez and Iñaki Garitano},
   title = {{How to Quantify the Security Level of Embedded Systems? A Taxonomy of Security Metrics}},
   booktitle = {{Proceedings of the 2020 18th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN)}},
   year = {2020}
}
  • Ana González-Muñiz, Ángel Longueira-Romero
    Traffic Lights Powered with PV Solar Energy
    Workrooms Journal: on Power Electronics, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, July 2015
        
    @inproceedings{trafficLights:wre2015,
   author = {Ana González-Muñiz and Ángel Longueira-Romero},
   title = {{Traffic Lights Powered with PV Solar Energy}},
   booktitle = {{Workrooms Journal: on Power Electronics, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency}},
   year = {2015}
}

Theses

  • Cybersecurity Evaluation Methodology for Industrial Embedded Components
    Dissertation, Mondragon University, Ongoing
  • Designing and Deploying a PKI with HSM and automatic Certificate Renewal for Industrial Embedded Systems (Spanish)
    Master's thesis, University of Oviedo, February 2019
          
    @thesis{PKIdesign:longueira2019,
   title    = {{Diseño e implementación de una infraestructura PKI con HSM y renovación automática
              de certificados para sistemas empotrados industriales}},
   school   = {{Gijón Polytechnic School of Engineering, University of Oviedo}},
   author   = {Longueira, Ángel},
   year     = {2019}
}
  • Design of a Temperature Regulation System for a Stirling Engine Heater (Spanish)
    Undergraduate thesis, University of Oviedo, July 2017
        
    @thesis{stirlingHeater:longueira2017,
   title    = {{Diseño del sistema de regulación de temperatura en el calentador de un motor Stirling}},
   school   = {{Gijón Polytechnic School of Engineering, University of Oviedo}},
   author   = {Longueira, Ángel},
   year     = {2017}
}