Prof. Dr. Bernhard Tellenbach

Management role

Head of Research/Focus Area, Head of Research Area, Information Security

Position at the ZHAW

I'm a senior lecturer for computer science at ZHAW (since 2010), focusing on information security. I'm heading the information security research area and my main activities are in research and development and in teaching (Bachelor and Master level).

In 2005, I graduated from ETH Zurich as M.Sc. in electrical engineering and information technology, specializing in the areas computer engineering, communication systems and information security. After graduation, I worked as a research assistant at ETH Zurich. In 2012, I completed my dissertation on detection, classification and visualization of anomalies (in network traffic) using generalized entropy metrics. In parallel to this position, I had a teaching assignment at the university of applied sciences in the domain of operating systems and parallel and network programming.

Occasionally, I'm also doing some work as an IT security consultant as a contractor.

https://www.zhaw.ch/de/engineering/institute-zentren/init/

Professional development teaching

CAS Angewandte IT-Sicherheit

CAS Cyber Security

Expertise and research interests

Information security, particularly network security, system security, security assessments, and security training and testing.

Educational background

2012: Doctor of Sciences (Dr. Sc. ETH Zurich)
2011: Certificate of Teaching Ability in Electrical Engineering, ETH Zurich
2005: M. Sc. ETH in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
1999: Matura Typus C at Gymnasium Kirchenfeld

Professional milestones

since 2017: Leiter des Schwerpunkts Information Security
since 2010: Senior Lecturer for Information Security, Zurich University of Applied Sciences
2008 - 2008: Research Intern, Microsoft Research, Cambridge
2006 - 2011: Lecturer, University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil
2005 - 2011: Research Assistant, Communication Systems Group at ETH Zürich
1998 - 2002: Assistent Produktmanagement (Teilzeit, Projektbasis), Ascom Autelca AG

Membership of networks

• Swiss Cyber Storm (Präsident)
• Information Security Society Switzerland (ISSS)
• ACM
• IEEE

• HostDetective - Next Generation Active and Passive Web Server Rating System / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Intelligent Security and PervasIve Trust for 5G and Beyond (INSPIRE-5Gplus) / Team member / Project ongoing
• CNO Software Development 2019 / Project leader / Project completed
• HostDetective / Project leader / Project completed
• Phishing Tool / Project leader / Project completed
• Digital - Aber sicher! / Project leader / Project completed
• Electronic Crew Flight Pad / Project leader / Project completed
• NetSense / Project leader / Project completed

• Jampen, Daniel; Gür, Gürkan ; Sutter, Thomas ; Tellenbach, Bernhard,

  2020.

  Don’t click : towards an effective anti-phishing training. A comparative literature review .

  Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences.

  10(33).

  Available from : https://doi.org/10.1186/s13673-020-00237-7

• Yiğit, Beytüllah; Gür, Gürkan ; Alagöz, Fatih; Tellenbach, Bernhard,

  2019.

  Cost-aware securing of IoT systems using attack graphs .

  Ad Hoc Networks.

  86,

  pp. 23-35.

  Available from : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adhoc.2018.10.024

• Yigit, Beytullah; Gür, Gürkan ; Tellenbach, Bernhard; Alagöz, Fatih,

  2019.

  Secured communication channels in software-defined networks .

  IEEE Communications Magazine.

  57(10),

  pp. 63-69.

  Available from : https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.001.1900060

• Tellenbach, Bernhard; Paganoni, Sergio; Rennhard, Marc ,

  2016.

  Detecting obfuscated JavaScripts from known and unknown obfuscators using machine learning .

  International Journal on Advances in Security.

  9(3/4),

  pp. 196-206.

  Available from : https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1537

• Tellenbach, Bernhard,

  2013.

  Detection, classification and visualization of anomalies using generalized entropy metrics .

  Aachen:

  Shaker.

  Kommunikationstechnik ; 20929.

  ISBN 978-3-8440-2042-7.

  Available from : https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-009795096

• Tellenbach, Bernhard; Rennhard, Marc ; Schweizer, Remo,

  2019.

  Security of data science and data science for security

  .

  In:

  Braschler, Martin; Stadelmann, Thilo; Stockinger, Kurt, eds. ,

  Applied data science : lessons learned for the data-driven business.

  Cham:

  Springer.

  pp. 265-288.

  Available from : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11821-1_15

• Favre, Olivier ; Tellenbach, Bernhard; Asenz, Jan,

  2017.

  Honey-copy : a concept and prototype of a generic honeypot system [ paper ].

  In:

  Borcoci, Eugen; Tellenbach, Bernhard, eds. ,

  ICIMP 2017 : the Twelfth International Conference on Internet Monitoring and Protection.

  ICIMP 2017 the Twelfth International Conference on Internet Monitoring and Protection, Venice, Italy, 25-29 July 2017.

  IARIA.

  pp. 7-11.

  Available from : https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3849

• Aebersold, Simon; Kryszczuk, Krzysztof ; Paganoni, Sergio; Tellenbach, Bernhard; Trowbridge, Timothy,

  2016.

  Detecting obfuscated JavaScripts using machine learning [ paper ].

  In:

  ICIMP 2016 the Eleventh International Conference on Internet Monitoring and Protection : May 22-26, 2016, Valencia, Spain.

  ICIMP 2016 the Eleventh International Conference on Internet Monitoring and Protection, Valencia, Spain, 22-26 May 2016.

  Red Hook:

  Curran Associates.

  pp. 11-17.

  Available from : https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3848

• Sutter, Thomas ; Tellenbach, Bernhard,

  2019.

  Simple spyware : Androids invisible foreground services and how to (ab)use them .

  In:

  Black Hat Europe, London, 2.-5. Dezemeber 2019.

Bernhard Tellenbach, Detection, Classification and Visualization of Anomalies using Generalized Entropy Metrics, Dissertation, Shaker Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8440-2042-7, 2013

Bernhard Tellenbach, Martin Burkhart, Dominik Schatzmann, David Gugelmann, Didier Sornette, Accurate network anomaly classification with generalized entropy metrics.
Computer Networks 01/2011; 55:3485-3502.

Brian Trammell, Bernhard Tellenbach, Dominik Schatzmann, Martin Burkhart, Peeling Away Timing Error in NetFlow Data, Passive and Active Measurement Conference, 2011

Bernhard Tellenbach, Martin Burkhart, Didier Sornette and Thomas Maillart, Beyond Shannon: Characterizing Internet Traffic with Generalized Entropy Metrics, Passive and Active Measurement Conference, Seoul, South-Korea, 2009

Laurent Zimmerli, Bernhard Tellenbach, Arno Wagner and Bernhard Plattner, Rating Autonomous Systems, IEEE International Conference on Internet Monitoring and Protection, Venice, Italy, 2009

Stefan Frei, Bernhard Tellenbach, 0-Day Patch - Exposing Vendors (In)security Performance, BlackHat Europe, Amsterdam, 2008

Bernhard Tellenbach, Daniela Brauckhoff, Martin May, Impact of Traffic Mix and Packet Sampling on Anomaly Visibility, The third International Conference on Internet Monitoring and Protection ICIMP ’08, Bucharest, Romania, 2008

S. Antonatos, D. Brauckhoff, B. Tellenbach, A. Slowinska, The NoAH Project – Poster
TNC 2007, Copenhagen, 2007

Daniela Brauckhoff, Bernhard Tellenbach, Arno Wagner, Anukool Lakhina, Martin May
Impact of Packet Sampling on Anomaly Detection Metrics, ACM Internet Measurement Conference, IMC 2006, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 2006

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