Dr. Gürkan Gür

ZHAW School of Engineering
Forschungsschwerpunkt Information Security
Steinberggasse 13
8400 Winterthur

+41 (0) 58 934 41 13
gurkan.gur@zhaw.ch

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Membership of networks

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3105-4904

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Projects

Security and Privacy for Distributed Learning Techniques in IoT-Driven Health Services / Project leader / ongoing
A Resilient and Efficient Cyber-security Fabric and Evaluation Framework for Future Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Networks / Co-project leader / ongoing
Net-Zero self-adaptive activation of distributed self-resilient augmented services / Co-project leader / ongoing
Intelligent Security and PervasIve Trust for 5G and Beyond / Co-project leader / completed
HostDetective / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

Braeke, A., Deac, D., Nguyen, T. L., Gür, G., Pham, Q.-V., Yapa, C., Vinueza-Naranjo, P. G., Carvajal Mora, H., Moremada, C., & Liyanage, M. (2026). 6G AI Security : from fundamentals to offensive and defensive landscape in 6G. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 28, 4765–4799. https://doi.org/10.1109/comst.2026.3659793
Beljulji, E., & Gür, G. (2026). [SOK] Large language models in security code review and testing. Journal of Systems Research, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.5070/sr3.62177
Benchoubane, N., Yahia, O. B., Ferguson, W., Gür, G., Chakravarty, S., Falco, G., & Kurt, G. K. (2025). Securing heterogeneous network (HetNet) communications for wildfire management : mitigating the effects of adversarial and environmental threats. IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification, 9, 713–726. https://doi.org/10.1109/jrfid.2025.3601843
Soussi, W., Gür, G., & Stiller, B. (2025). Moving target defense (MTD) for 6G edge-to-cloud continuum : a cognitive perspective. IEEE Network, 39(1), 149–156. https://doi.org/10.1109/mnet.2024.3483302
Kalla, A., de Alwis, C., Gochhayat, S. P., Gür, G., Liyanage, M., & Porambage, P. (2024). Emerging directions for blockchainized 6G. IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, 13(2), 42–51. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCE.2022.3164530
Soussi, W., Gür, G., & Stiller, B. (2024). Democratizing container live migration for enhanced future networks : a survey. ACM Computing Surveys, 57(4), 97. https://doi.org/10.1145/3704436
Cantali, G., Deniz, E., Eniser, H. F., Yildirim, O., Gür, G., & Alagoz, F. (2024). Automated PIM detection in wireless networks via smart data-driven techniques. ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies, 5(3), 407–421. https://doi.org/10.52953/kjip1581
Yiğit, B., Gür, G., Tellenbach, B., & Alagöz, F. (2024). Unmasking SDN flow table saturation : fingerprinting, attacks and defenses. International Journal of Information Security, 23(6), 3465–3479. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10207-024-00897-x
Anser, Y., Gaber, C., Wary, J.-P., Bouzefrane, S., Yacoub, M., Kalinagac, O., & Gür, G. (2024). Liability and trust analysis framework for multi-actor dynamic microservices. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, 22(1), 58–71. https://doi.org/10.1109/tnsm.2024.3417934
Mathur, S., Kalla, A., Gür, G., Bohra, M. K., & Liyanage, M. (2023). A survey on role of blockchain for IoT : applications and technical aspects. Computer Networks, 227(109726). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2023.109726
Yiğit, B., Gür, G., Alagöz, F., & Tellenbach, B. (2023). Network fingerprinting via timing attacks and defense in software defined networks. Computer Networks, 232(109850). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2023.109850
Kalinagac, O., Gür, G., & Alagöz, F. (2023). Prioritization based task offloading in UAV-assisted edge networks. Sensors, 23(5), 2375. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23052375
Kalla, A., de Alwis, C., Porambage, P., Gür, G., & Liyanage, M. (2022). A survey on the use of blockchain for future 6G : technical aspects, use cases, challenges and research directions. Journal of Industrial Information Integration, 30(100404). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jii.2022.100404
Gür, G., Kalla, A., de Alwis, C., Pham, Q.-V., Ngo, K.-H., Liyanage, M., & Porambage, P. (2022). Integration of ICN and MEC in 5G and beyond networks : mutual benefits, use cases, challenges, standardization, and future research. IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 3, 1382–1412. https://doi.org/10.1109/OJCOMS.2022.3195125
Soussi, W., Christopoulou, M., Xilouris, G., & Gür, G. (2021). Moving target defense as a proactive defense element for beyond 5G. IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, 5(3), 72–79. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOMSTD.211.2000087
Porambage, P., Gür, G., Moya Osorio, D. P., Liyanage, M., Gurtov, A., & Ylianttila, M. (2021). The roadmap to 6G security and privacy. IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, 2, 1094–1122. https://doi.org/10.1109/OJCOMS.2021.3078081
Kafiloglu, S. S., Gür, G., & Alagoz, F. (2020). Connectivity mode management for user devices in heterogeneous D2D networks. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, 10(1), 194–198. https://doi.org/10.1109/LWC.2020.3031222
Kafıloğlu, S. S., Gür, G., & Alagöz, F. (2020). Cooperative caching and video characteristics in D2D edge networks. IEEE Communications Letters, 24(11), 2647–2651. https://doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2020.3009279
Gür, G. (2020). Expansive networks : exploiting spectrum sharing for capacity boost and 6G vision. Journal of Communications and Networks, 22(6), 444–454. https://doi.org/10.23919/JCN.2020.000037
Gür, G., Porambage, P., & Liyanage, M. (2020). Convergence of ICN and MEC for 5G : opportunities and challenges. IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, 4(4), 64–71. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOMSTD.011.1900045
Siriwardhana, Y., Gür, G., Ylianttila, M., & Liyanage, M. (2020). The role of 5G for digital healthcare against COVID-19 pandemic : opportunities and challenges. ICT Express, 7(2), 244–252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icte.2020.10.002
Siriwardhana, Y., De Alwis, C., Gür, G., Ylianttila, M., & Liyanage, M. (2020). The fight against the COVID-19 pandemic with 5G technologies. IEEE Engineering Management Review, 48(3), 72–84. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMR.2020.3017451
Jampen, D., Gür, G., Sutter, T., & Tellenbach, B. (2020). Don’t click : towards an effective anti-phishing training. A comparative literature review. Human-Centric Computing and Information Sciences, 10(33). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13673-020-00237-7
Sinem Kafıloğlu, S., Gür, G., & Alagöz, F. (2020). A Markovian model for satellite integrated cognitive and D2D HetNets. Computer Networks, 169(107083). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2019.107083
Yiğit, B., Gür, G., Alagöz, F., & Tellenbach, B. (2019). Cost-aware securing of IoT systems using attack graphs. Ad Hoc Networks, 86, 23–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adhoc.2018.10.024
Yigit, B., Gür, G., Tellenbach, B., & Alagöz, F. (2019). Secured communication channels in software-defined networks. IEEE Communications Magazine, 57(10), 63–69. https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.001.1900060
Gür, G. (2019). Spectrum sharing and content-centric operation for 5G hybrid satellite networks : prospects and challenges for space-terrestrial system integration. IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine. https://doi.org/10.1109/MVT.2019.2936608
Kalkan, K., Altay, L., Gür, G., & Alagöz, F. (2018). JESS : joint entropy-based DDoS defense scheme in SDN. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 36(10), 2358–2372. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSAC.2018.2869997

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

Cantali, G., Gür, G., & Stiller, B. (2025, December 31). FedSynthesis : a flower-based framework for carbon-reduced federated learning. Proceedings of the 18th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing. https://doi.org/10.1145/3773274.3774265
Meier Azhari, M., Soussi, W., & Gür, G. (2025, November 10). CubeMig : MTD live migration in Kubernetes with LLM-augmented post-incident analysis. 2025 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (NFV-SDN). https://doi.org/10.1109/nfv-sdn66355.2025.11349649
Gaber, C., Dejon, N., Ndiaye, N. G., Waedt, K., Lefebvre, V., Gür, G., Rennhard, M., Marinakis, A., Gizelis, C. A., Wary, J.-P., & Loiseaux, C. (2025). A continuous certification readiness framework for cloudification of IT/OT platforms [Conference paper]. 2025 IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E), 42–46. https://doi.org/10.1109/ic2e65552.2025.00011
Gür, G., & Yavuz, A. A. (2025, September 30). Getting ready for the future (or now) : towards a cybersecurity fabric for future integrated satellite-terrestrial networks. 2025 IEEE 101st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2025-Spring). https://doi.org/10.1109/vtc2025-spring65109.2025.11174377
Kolodziejczyk, R., Mamaril, A., Soussi, W., & Gür, G. (2025, September 26). Containers on the move : an experimental analysis of container migration in Kubernetes. ICC 2025 - IEEE International Conference on Communications. https://doi.org/10.1109/icc52391.2025.11161983
Ndiaye, N. G., Waedt, K., Dejon, N., Gaber, C., Marinakis, A., Gizelis, C. A., Gür, G., Rennhard, M., Zeddini, O., Wary, J.-P., Orlando, D., Loiseaux, C., Photiou, V., Koulierakis, N., & Danilatou, V. (2025). Safety and cybersecurity under emerging EU legislation for industry : a use-case driven perspective [Conference paper]. In B. Coppens, B. Volckaert, V. Naessens, & B. De Sutter (Eds.), Availability, reliability and security (pp. 304–321). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-00630-1_17
Stauffer, N., & Gür, G. (2025). Referencing your privileges – a data-only exploit technique for the Windows kernel [Conference poster]. In M. Egele, V. Moonsamy, D. Gruss, & M. Carminati (Eds.), Detection of intrusions and malware, and vulnerability assessment (pp. 243–249). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-97623-0_15
Osswald, M., Schönenberger, T., Cantali, G., Soussi, W., & Gür, G. (2025). Anomaly detection in microservices architecture using graph neural networks [Conference paper]. 2025 33rd Euromicro International Conference on Parallel, Distributed, and Network-Based Processing (PDP), 560–567. https://doi.org/10.1109/pdp66500.2025.00085
Falco, G., Boschetti, N., Viswanathan, A., Bailey, B., Maple, C., Kurt, G. K., Willbold, J., Slay, J., Birrane, E., Logsdon, D., Bennett, S., Ferguson, W., Curbo, J., Oakley, J., Schloegel, M., Hagen, S., Sigholm, J., Mehlman, C., Thummala, R., et al. (2024). Minimum requirements for space system cybersecurity : ensuring cyber access to space [Conference paper]. 2024 IEEE 10th International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology (SMC-IT), 78–88. https://doi.org/10.1109/smc-it61443.2024.00016
Ben Yahia, O., Ferguson, W., Chakravarty, S., Benchoubane, N., Kurt, G. K., Gür, G., & Falco, G. (2024). Securing satellite link segment : a secure-by-component design [Conference paper]. 2024 IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE), 177–182. https://doi.org/10.1109/wisee61249.2024.10850060
Birtane, S., Al-Naday, M., Paolucci, F., Bakar, R. A., Lefebvre, V., Passas, V., Kalafatidis, S., Lalas, A., Drosou, A., de Oca, E. M., Cavalli, A. R., Vörös, P., Alshawki, M., Stiller, B., Soussi, W., Cantali, G., & Gür, G. (2024). Footprint-optimized orchestration and management of secure complex services over 6G continuum [Conference paper]. 2024 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN), 383–388. https://doi.org/10.1109/cscn63874.2024.10849715
Gür, G., Namuduri, K., Savazzi, S., Al-Rubaye, S., Ashok, A., Bilén, S. G., Petrunin, I., Hernandez, M., Nicoll, S., & Dalloul, B. (2024). V2V UAS communications and use cases for advanced air mobility [Conference paper]. 2024 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN), 103–107. https://doi.org/10.1109/cscn63874.2024.10849749
Mayone, N., Kunz, P., Yigit, B., Soussi, W., Stiller, B., & Gür, G. (2024). IPv6 connection shuffling for moving target defense (MTD) in SDN [Conference paper]. 2024 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR), 373–378. https://doi.org/10.1109/csr61664.2024.10679400
Mamaril, A., Kolodziejczyk, R., Soussi, W., & Gür, G. (2024, June 24). Exploring live payload migrations for MTD in microservices architecture. 2024 IEEE 99th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2024-Spring). https://doi.org/10.1109/vtc2024-spring62846.2024.10683429
Enz, S., Nigg, S., Kalinagac, O., Ermis, O., & Gür, G. (2024). ML driven root cause analysis (RCA) in telco microservices continuum [Conference paper]. 2024 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops), 371–377. https://doi.org/10.1109/iccworkshops59551.2024.10615702
Gür, G., Porambage, P., Osorio, D. M., Yavuz, A. A., & Liyanage, M. (2024, May 13). 6G security vision : a concise update. 2023 IEEE Future Networks World Forum (FNWF). https://doi.org/10.1109/FNWF58287.2023.10520627
Deniz, E., Cantali, G., Ozay, O., Yildirim, O., Gür, G., & Alagoz, F. (2024). Towards data analytics based PIM detection in wireless networks [Conference paper]. 2023 IEEE 28th International Workshop on Computer Aided Modeling and Design of Communication Links and Networks (CAMAD), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1109/CAMAD59638.2023.10478405
De Riggi, V., Vogt, R., Kalinagac, O., & Gür, G. (2023). Towards practical dynamic trust monitoring of containerized services in NFV infrastructure [Conference paper]. ICC 2023 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, 5227–5233. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICC45041.2023.10279302
Hernandez, M., Gür, G., & Namuduri, K. (2023). Security strategies for unmanned aircraft systems networks [Conference paper]. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops), 996–1001. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCWorkshops57953.2023.10283520
Cantali, G., Deniz, E., Ozay, O., Yildirim, O., Gür, G., & Alagoz, F. (2023). PIM detection in wireless networks as an anomaly detection problem. 2023 International Balkan Conference on Communications and Networking (BalkanCom). https://doi.org/10.1109/BalkanCom58402.2023.10167980
Anser, Y., Gaber, C., Cajeat, R., Wary, J.-P., Bouzefrane, S., Yacoub, M., Kalinagac, O., & Gür, G. (2023). Demonstrating liability and trust metrics for multi-actor, dynamic edge and cloud microservices. Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking. https://doi.org/10.1145/3570361.3614086
Kalinagac, O., Soussi, W., Anser, Y., Gaber, C., & Gür, G. (2023). Root cause and liability analysis in the microservices architecture for edge IoT services [Conference paper]. ICC 2023 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, 3277–3283. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICC45041.2023.10279721
Soussi, W., Christopoulou, M., Gür, G., & Stiller, B. (2023). MERLINS : moving target defense enhanced with deep-RL for NFV in-depth security [Conference paper]. 2023 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (NFV-SDN), 65–71. https://doi.org/10.1109/NFV-SDN59219.2023.10329594
Heeb, Z., Kalinagac, O., Soussi, W., & Gür, G. (2023). IoMiRCA : root cause analysis in IoT-extended 5G microservice environments [Conference poster]. SAC ’23: Proceedings of the 38th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing, 106–108. https://doi.org/10.1145/3555776.3577840
Soussi, W., Christopoulou, M., Anagnostopoulos, T., Gür, G., & Stiller, B. (2023, May). TopoFuzzer : a network topology fuzzer for moving target defense in the telco cloud. NOMS 2023-2023 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium. https://doi.org/10.1109/NOMS56928.2023.10154367
Soussi, W., Christopoulou, M., Xilouris, G., Oca, E. M. d., Lefebvre, V., Gür, G., & Stiller, B. (2023, May). Demo: closed-loop security orchestration in the telco cloud for moving target defense. NOMS 2023-2023 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium. https://doi.org/10.1109/NOMS56928.2023.10154420
Chollon, G., Ayed, D., Garriga, R. A., Zarca, A. M., Skarmeta, A., Christopoulou, M., Soussi, W., Gür, G., & Herzog, U. (2022). ETSI ZSM driven security management in future networks [Conference paper]. 2022 IEEE Future Networks World Forum (FNWF), 334–339. https://doi.org/10.1109/FNWF55208.2022.00065
Heeb, Z., Kalinagac, O., Soussi, W., & Gür, G. (2022). The impact of Manufacturer Usage Description (MUD) on IoT security. Proceedings of the 2022 1st International Conference on 6G Networking (6GNet). https://doi.org/10.1109/6GNet54646.2022.9830354
Kalinagac, O., Soussi, W., & Gür, G. (2022). Graph based liability analysis for the microservice architecture [Conference paper]. 2022 18th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM), 364–366. https://doi.org/10.23919/CNSM55787.2022.9964681
Kalinagac, O., Gür, G., & Alagöz, F. (2022). Priority-driven task processing in UAV-assisted software-defined edge networks [Conference paper]. 2022 Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium (GIIS), 78–84. https://doi.org/10.1109/GIIS56506.2022.9936953
Gaber, C., Arfaoui, G., Carlinet, Y., Perrot, N., Valleyre, L., Lacoste, M., Wary, J.-P., Anser, Y., Artych, R., Podlasek, A., Montesdeoca, E., Hoa La, V., Lefebvre, V., & Gür, G. (2022). The owner, the provider and the subcontractors : how to handle accountability and liability management for 5G end to end service [Conference paper]. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, 68. https://doi.org/10.1145/3538969.3544465
Porambage, P., Gür, G., Moya Osorio, D. P., Livanage, M., & Ylianttila, M. (2021). 6G security challenges and potential solutions [Conference paper]. 2021 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications & 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit), 622–627. https://doi.org/10.1109/EuCNC/6GSummit51104.2021.9482609
Christopoulou, M., Soussi, W., Xilouris, G., Gür, G., Montes de Oca, E., Koumaras, H., & Stiller, B. (2021, June). AI-enabled slice protection exploiting moving target defense in 6G networks. 2021 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications & 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit), Online, 8-11 June 2021. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-22969
Guner, S., Gür, G., & Alagöz, F. (2020). Proactive controller assignment schemes in SDN for fast recovery [Conference paper]. 2020 International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN), 136–141. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOIN48656.2020.9016544
Ortiz, J., Sanchez-Iborra, R., Bernabe, J. B., Skarmeta, A., Benzaid, C., Taleb, T., Alemany, P., Muñoz, R., Vilalta, R., Gaber, C., Wary, J.-P., Ayed, D., Bisson, P., Christopoulou, M., Xilouris, G., de Oca, E. M., Gür, G., Santinelli, G., Lefebvre, V., et al. (2020). INSPIRE-5Gplus : intelligent security and pervasive trust for 5G and beyond networks [Conference paper]. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2020), 105. https://doi.org/10.1145/3407023.3409219
Hewa, T., Gür, G., Kalla, A., Ylianttila, M., Bracken, A., & Liyanage, M. (2020). The role of blockchain in 6G : challenges, opportunities and research directions. 2020 2nd 6G Wireless Summit (6G SUMMIT). https://doi.org/10.1109/6GSUMMIT49458.2020.9083784
Taçyıldız, Y. B., Ermiş, O., Gür, G., & Alagöz, F. (2020). Dynamic group key agreement for resource-constrained devices using blockchains [Conference paper]. In J. Zhou (Ed.), Applied Cryptography and Network Security Workshops (pp. 58–76). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61638-0_4
Gaber, C., Vilchez, J. S., Gür, G., Chopin, M., Perrot, N., Grimault, J.-L., & Wary, J.-P. (2020). Liability-aware security management for 5G [Conference paper]. 2020 IEEE 3rd 5G World Forum (5GWF), 133–138. https://doi.org/10.1109/5GWF49715.2020.9221407
Kafıloğlu, S. S., Gür, G., & Alagöz, F. (2019). Multidimensional content modeling and caching in D2D edge networks. Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC). https://doi.org/10.1109/PIMRC.2019.8904216
Kalinagac, O., Kafiloglu, S. S., Alagöz, F., & Gür, G. (2019). Caching and D2D sharing for content delivery in software-defined UAV networks. Proceedings of the IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/VTCFall.2019.8891497
Acan, F., Gür, G., & Alagöz, F. (2019). Reactive controller assignment for failure resilience in software defined networks. Proceedings of the IEEE. https://doi.org/10.23919/APNOMS.2019.8892940
Bayhan, S., Gür, G., & Zubow, A. (2019). PoMeS : profit-maximizing sensor selection for crowd-sensed spectrum discovery [Conference paper]. Cognitive Radio-Oriented Wireless Networks, 3–16. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25748-4_1
Sertbaş, N., Aytaç, S., Ermiş, O., Alagöz, F., & Gür, G. (2018, August). Attribute based content security and caching in information centric IoT. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2018). https://doi.org/10.1145/3230833.3233273

Other publications

Hernandez, M., Gür, G., Tangade, S., & Namuduri, K. (2023). Security for vehicle-to-vehicle communications for unmanned aircraft systems. IEEE. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10085744
Kafıloğlu, S. S., Gür, G., & Alagöz, F. (2021). Energy prioritized caching for cellular D2D networks. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.10006

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Gür, G. (2020, October 29). What happens next? : beyond security with liability in future networks. The 6th International Conference on Mobile, Secure and Programmable Networking (MSPN 2020), Paris (France), Virtual, 28-29 October 2020.

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