Research at the Naval Systems Cyber Defense Chair
The École Navale, Naval Group, THALES, IMT Atlantique, and ENSTA Bretagne have a twenty-year tradition of scientific exchanges and collaborations in the fields of naval systems, information systems, and telecommunications.
Our scientific topics focus on:
the protection of sensitive onboard information,
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the analysis of the reliability and integrity of information collected by sensors and then used by ship information systems.
13
PhD graduates
5
PhD students
15
research professors
10
engineers and experts
1 600
thesis pages written
Ongoing researches
Obfuscation of Human Activities in Encrypted Communications: Application to Maritime Industrial Networks
Objective: Develop advanced network obfuscation methods to enhance communication protection and the security of critical system-of-systems.
Hybrid Artificial Intelligence for Root Cause Analysis of Maritime Cyberattacks
The objective is to develop a tool whose application will study naval cyberattacks and contribute to improving the understanding of protection measures.
Security of Embedded AI in Network Intrusion Detection Systems
The objective is to secure AI models in network intrusion detection systems against adversarial attacks.
The Supervisory Team
The Chair is primarily a team of PhD students, research professors, and industrial experts working together.
Latest scientific publications
Unsupervised Linking of Unstructured Data Entities to a Knowledge Graph
ClassHeatVis: Interpretable Probabilistic Classification via Heatmap Visualization for AIS Radio Frequency Fingerprinting
A survey on versatile embedded Machine Learning hardware acceleration
News and events
The Next Frontline: Resilience of Critical Infrastructures in the Age of AI and Global Tensions
The Naval Cyber and Cyber CNI chairs are joining forces once again to offer a joint session on Thursday, 20 November 2025 during European Cyber Week in Rennes.
Unlock Your Brain features maritime topics and much more !
The Chair is supporting the westernmost cybersecurity event for its 10th edition, on November 7 & 8 in Brest.
Portrait of a graduate PhD #8: Douraid Naouar
New portrait in the series presenting our graduates with Douraid Naouar.