News

  • In the context of the project CRACY I presented a webinar on Software Update Security Protocol Establishment. You can view it here.
  • In the context of the project CRACY I have produced a training about The Update Framework (TUF). You can find it here.
  • I gave an interview at itsecurity pro. You can read then interview here (in Greek).
  • With my company ExcID I have prepared a webinar in Greek about the Cyber Resilience Act. You can view it here.

Publications

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Journal publications

J.27

Interacting with IoT Data Spaces Using LLMs and the Model Context Protocol

Aristea Athanasopoulou, Nikos Fotiou, and Avraam Chatzopoulos

Sensors · vol. 26(4) · article 1193

J.26

Relationship-based Access Control for Data Spaces

Nikos Fotiou, Chalima Dimitra Nassar Kyriakidou, Athanasia Maria Papathanasiou, Vasilios A. Siris, and George C. Polyzos

Data Science and Engineering · vol. 11(2) · pp. 343-359

J.25

Secure smart contract-based Digital Twins for the Internet of Things

Iakovos Pittaras, Nikos Fotiou, Christos Karapapas, Vasilios A. Siris, and George C. Polyzos

Blockchain: Research and Applications · vol. 5(1) · article 100168

J.24

Self-verifiable Content using Decentralized Identifiers

Nikos Fotiou, Yannis Thomas, Vasilios A. Siris, George Xylomenos, and George C. Polyzos

Computer Networks · vol. 230 · article 109799

J.23

Securing SDN-Based IoT Group Communication

Bander Alzahrani, and Nikos Fotiou

Future Internet · vol. 13(8) · article 207

J.22

IoT Group Membership Management Using Decentralized Identifiers and Verifiable Credentials

Nikos Fotiou, Vasilios A. Siris, George Xylomenos, and George C. Polyzos

Future Internet · vol. 14(6) · article 173

J.21

A privacy-preserving statistics marketplace using local differential privacy and blockchain: An application to smart-grid measurements sharing

Nikos Fotiou, Iakovos Pittaras, Vasilios A. Siris, George C. Polyzos, and Priit Anton

Blockchain: Research and Applications · vol. 2(1) · article 100022

J.20

Beacons and blockchains in the mobile gaming ecosystem: A feasibility analysis

Iakovos Pittaras, Nikos Fotiou, Vasilios A. Siris, and George C. Polyzos

Sensors · vol. 21(3) · article 862

J.19

Improving mobile ad hoc networks using hybrid IP-Information Centric Networking

Yiannis Thomas, Nikos Fotiou, Stavros Toumpis, and George C. Polyzos

Computer Communications · vol. 156 · pp. 25–34

J.18

Decentralized authorization in constrained IoT environments exploiting interledger mechanisms

Vasilios A. Siris, Dimitrios Dimopoulos, Nikos Fotiou, Spyros Voulgaris, and George C. Polyzos

Computer Communications · vol. 152 · pp. 243–251

J.17

Enhancing internet of things security using software-defined networking

Bander Alzahrani, and Nikos Fotiou

Journal of Systems Architecture · vol. 110 · article 101779

J.16

Interledger Approaches

Vasilios A. Siris, Pekka Nikander, Spyros Voulgaris, Nikos Fotiou, Dmitrij Lagutin, and George C. Polyzos

IEEE Access · vol. 7 · pp. 89948–89966

J.15

Name-Based Security for Information-Centric Networking Architectures

Nikos Fotiou, and George C. Polyzos

Future Internet · vol. 11(11) · article 232

J.14

Blockchain Technology for Intelligent Environments

Spyros Voulgaris, Nikos Fotiou, Vasilios A. Siris, George C. Polyzos, Mikael Jaatinen, and Yannis Oikonomidis

Future Internet · vol. 11(10) · article 213

J.13

Improving the Privacy of IoT with Decentralised Identifiers (DIDs)

Yki Kortesniemi, Dmitrij Lagutin, Tommi Elo, and Nikos Fotiou

Journal of Computer Networks and Communications · vol. 2019 · pp. 1–10

J.12

Smart Application-aware IoT Data Collection

Vasilios A. Siris, Nikos Fotiou, Alexandros Mertzianis, and George C. Polyzos

Journal of Reliable Intelligent Environments · vol. 5(1) · pp. 17–28

J.11

Rendezvous‐based access control for information‐centric architectures

Nikos Fotiou, and Bander A. Alzahrani

International Journal of Network Management · vol. 28(1) · article e2007

J.10

Network and Protocol Architectures for Future Satellite Systems

Tomaso de Cola, Alberto Ginesi, Giovanni Giambene, George C. Polyzos, Vasilios A. Siris, Nikos Fotiou, and Yiannis Thomas

Foundations and Trends in Networking · vol. 12(1–2) · pp. 1–161

J.9

An Improved Scheme for Protecting Medical Data in Public Clouds

Nikos Fotiou, and George Xylomenos

Communications in Computer and Information Science · vol. 736 · pp. 66–79

J.8

Access control as a service for the Cloud

Nikos Fotiou, Apostolis Machas, George C Polyzos, and George Xylomenos

Journal of Internet Services and Applications · vol. 6(1) · article 11

J.7

Building a reliable Internet of Things using Information-Centric Networking

George C. Polyzos, and Nikos Fotiou

Journal of Reliable Intelligent Environments · vol. 1(1) · pp. 47–58

J.6

Enhancing information lookup privacy through homomorphic encryption

Nikos Fotiou, Dirk Trossen, Giannis F. Marias, Alexandros Kostopoulos, and George C. Polyzos

Security and Communication Networks · vol. 7(12) · pp. 2804–2814

J.5

Analysis of the effect of InfoRanking on content pollution in peer-to-peer systems

Peng Zhang, Nikos Fotiou, Bjarne E. Helvik, Giannis F. Marias, and George C. Polyzos

Security and Communication Networks · vol. 7(4) · pp. 700–713

J.4

Cognitive and Context Aware Assistive Environments Using Future Internet Technologies

Charalampos Doukas, Nikos Fotiou, George C. Polyzos, and Ilias Maglogiannis

Universal Access in the Information Society · vol. 13(1) · pp. 59–72

J.3

Handling Mobility in Future Publish-Subscribe Information-Centric Networks

Nikos Fotiou, Konstantinos Katsaros, George C. Polyzos, Mikko Särelä, Dirk Trossen, and George Xylomenos

Telecommunication Systems · vol. 53(3) · pp. 299–314

J.2

A Survey of Information-Centric Networking Research

George Xylomenos, Christopher N. Ververidis, Vasilios A. Siris, Nikos Fotiou, Christos Tsilopoulos, Xenofon Vasilakos, Konstantinos V. Katsaros, and George C. Polyzos

IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials · vol. 16(2) · pp. 1024–1049

J.1

Illustrating a Publish-Subscribe Internet Architecture

Nikos Fotiou, Dirk Trossen, and George C. Polyzos

Telecommunication Systems · vol. 51(4) · pp. 233–245

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Conference publications

C.65

Enabling Semi-trusted Proxies for Data Spaces

Nikos Fotiou, and George Xylomenos

Proceedings of the 2025 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN) · pp. 1-6

C.64

Securing firmware updates using Transparency and Traceability services

Nikos Fotiou, Lefteris Georgiadis, George C. Polyzos, and Vasilios A. Siris

Proceedings of the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR) · pp. 1127-1132

C.63

Video Quality Monitoring for Remote Autonomous Vehicle Control

Dimitrios Kafetzis, Nikos Fotiou, Savvas Argyropoulos, Jad Nasreddine, and Iordanis Koutsopoulos

Proceedings of the 2025 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking (MeditCom) · pp. 1-7

C.62

did:self-A Registry-Less DID Method

Nikos Fotiou, George C. Polyzos, and Vasilios A. Siris

Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Trends in Digital Identity (TDI 2025) · pp. 39-46

C.61

Identity and access management for the computing continuum

Chalima Dimitra Nassar Kyriakidou, Athanasia Maria Papathanasiou, Vasilios A. Siris, Nikos Fotiou, George C. Polyzos, Eduardo Cánovas Martínez, and Antonio Skarmeta

Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on MetaOS for the Cloud-Edge-IoT Continuum · pp. 33-39

C.60

Access control for data spaces

Nikos Fotiou, Vasilios A. Siris, and George C. Polyzos

Proceedings of the 2025 28th Conference on Innovation in Clouds, Internet and Networks (ICIN) · pp. 54-58

C.59

Secure and Efficient Data Spaces over Named Data Networking

Yannis Thomas, Nikos Fotiou, Iakovos Pittaras, and George Xylomenos

Proceedings of the 2025 IFIP Networking Conference (IFIP Networking 2025)

C.58

Certificate management for cloud-hosted digital twins

Nikos Fotiou, Chalima Dimitra Nassar Kyriakidou, Athanasia Maria Papathanasiou, Iakovos Pittaras, Yannis Thomas, and George Xylomenos

Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) · pp. 1–6

C.57

Data integrity protection for data spaces

Nikos Fotiou, George Xylomenos, and Yannis Thomas

Proceedings of the 17th European Workshop on Systems Security · pp. 44–50

C.56

Access control for interoperable energy management systems using Verifiable Credentials

Nikos Fotiou, Spiros Chadoulos, Iordanis Koutsopoulos, Vasilios A. Siris, and George C. Polyzos

2023 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom) · pp. 1540–1545

C.55

Peer Clustering for the InterPlanetary File System

Yannis Thomas, Nikos Fotiou, Iakovos Pittaras, George Xylomenos, Spyros Voulgaris, and George C. Polyzos

Proceedings of the 2nd ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Future of Internet Routing & Addressing · pp. 8–14

C.54

Authentication, authorization, and selective disclosure for IoT data sharing using verifiable credentials and zero-knowledge proofs

Nikos Fotiou, Iakovos Pittaras, Spiros Chadoulos, Vasilios A. Siris, George C. Polyzos, Nikolaos Ipiotis, and Stratos Keranidis

Lecture Notes in Computer Science · pp. 88–101

C.53

Selective content disclosure using zero-knowledge proofs

Nikos Fotiou, Vasilis Kalos, Yannis Thomas, George Xylomenos, Vasilios A. Siris, and George C. Polyzos

2022 Global Information Infrastructure and Networking Symposium (GIIS) · pp. 52–56

C.52

Secure, mass web of things actuation using smart contracts-based digital twins

Iakovos Pittaras, Nikos Fotiou, Christos Karapapas, Vasilios A. Siris, and George C. Polyzos

2022 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) · pp. 1–6

C.51

Continuous authorization over HTTP using Verifiable Credentials and OAuth 2.0

N. Fotiou, E. Faltaka, V. Kalos, A. Kefala, I. Pittaras, V. A. Siris, and G. C. Polyzos

Open Identity Summit 2022 · pp. 39–50

C.50

Capabilities-based access control for IoT devices using Verifiable Credentials

Nikos Fotiou, Vasilios A. Siris, George C. Polyzos, Yki Kortesniemi, and Dmitrij Lagutin

2022 IEEE Security and Privacy Workshops (SPW) · pp. 222–228

C.49

Capability-based access control for multi-tenant systems using OAuth 2.0 and Verifiable Credentials

Nikos Fotiou, Vasilios A. Siris, and George C. Polyzos

2021 International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN) · pp. 1–9

C.48

Enabling self-verifiable mutable content items in IPFS using Decentralized Identifiers

Nikos Fotiou, Vasilios A. Siris, and George C. Polyzos

2021 IFIP Networking Conference (IFIP Networking) · pp. 1–6

C.47

Securing named data networking routing using decentralized identifiers

Nikos Fotiou, Yannis Thomas, Vasilios A. Siris, George Xylomenos, and George C. Polyzos

2021 IEEE 22nd International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing (HPSR) · pp. 1–6

C.46

Ransomware as a Service using Smart Contracts and IPFS

Christos Karapapas, Iakovos Pittaras, Nikos Fotiou, and George C. Polyzos

2020 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC) · pp. 1–5

C.45

OAuth 2.0 authorization using blockchain-based tokens

Nikos Fotiou, Iakovos Pittaras, Vasilios A. Siris, Spyros Voulgaris, and George C. Polyzos

Proceedings 2020 Workshop on Decentralized IoT Systems and Security

C.44

Hierarchical Blockchain Topologies for Quality Control in Food Supply Chains

Spyros Voulgaris, Nikos Fotiou, Vasilios A. Siris, George C. Polyzos, Artemios Tomaras, and Sotiris Karachontzitis

2020 European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC) · pp. 139–143

C.43

Decentralized Interledger Gateway Architectures in Authorization Scenarios with Multiple Ledgers

Vasilios A. Siris, Michalis Tsenos, Dimitrios Dimopoulos, Nikos Fotiou, and George C. Polyzos

2020 Global Internet of Things Summit (GIoTS) · pp. 1–6

C.42

Exploiting Satellite Broadcast despite HTTPS

Nikos Fotiou, Vasilios A. Siris, Mario Marchese, Franco Davoli, Luca Boero, and George C. Polyzos

2019 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) · pp. 1–6

C.41

IoT Resource Access utilizing Blockchains and Trusted Execution Environments

Vasilios A. Siris, Dimitrios Dimopoulos, Nikos Fotiou, Spyros Voulgaris, and George C. Polyzos

2019 Global IoT Summit (GIoTS) · pp. 1–6

C.40

Trusted D2D-based IoT Resource Access using Smart Contracts

Vasilios A. Siris, Dimitrios Dimopoulos, Nikos Fotiou, Spyros Voulgaris, and George C. Polyzos

2019 IEEE 20th International Symposium on "A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks" (WoWMoM) · pp. 1–9

C.39

Secure IoT access at scale using blockchains and smart contracts

Nikos Fotiou, Iakovos Pittaras, Vasilios A. Siris, Spyros Voulgaris, and George C. Polyzos

2019 IEEE 20th International Symposium on "A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks" (WoWMoM) · pp. 1–6

C.38

OAuth 2.0 meets Blockchain for Authorization in Constrained IoT Environments

Vasilios A. Siris, Dimitrios Dimopoulos, Nikos Fotiou, Spyros Voulgaris, and George C. Polyzos

2019 IEEE 5th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT) · pp. 364–367

C.37

Interledger Smart Contracts for Decentralized Authorization to Constrained Things

Vasilios A. Siris, Dimitrios Dimopoulos, Nikos Fotiou, Spyros Voulgaris, and George C. Polyzos

IEEE INFOCOM 2019 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS) · pp. 336–341

C.36

Bridging the cyber and physical worlds using blockchains and smart contracts

Nikos Fotiou, Vasilios A. Siris, Spyros Voulgaris, George C. Polyzos, and Dmitrij Lagutin

Proceedings 2019 Workshop on Decentralized IoT Systems and Security

C.35

Enabling Decentralised Identifiers and Verifiable Credentials for Constrained Internet-of-Things Devices using OAuth-based Delegation

Dmitrij Lagutin, Yki Kortesniemi, Nikos Fotiou, and Vasilios A. Siris

Proceedings 2019 Workshop on Decentralized IoT Systems and Security

C.34

Interacting with the Internet of Things Using Smart Contracts and Blockchain Technologies

Nikos Fotiou, Vasilios A. Siris, and George C. Polyzos

Lecture Notes in Computer Science · pp. 443–452

C.33

Authentication and Authorization for Interoperable IoT Architectures

Nikos Fotiou, and George C. Polyzos

Lecture Notes in Computer Science · pp. 3–16

C.32

Smart IoT Data Collection

Nikos Fotiou, Vasilios A. Siris, Alexandros Mertzianis, and George C. Polyzos

2018 IEEE 19th International Symposium on "A World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks" (WoWMoM) · pp. 588–599

C.31

Smart contracts for the Internet of Things: opportunities and challenges

Nikos Fotiou, and George C. Polyzos

2018 European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC) · pp. 256–260

C.30

Blockchain-assisted Information Distribution for the Internet of Things

George C. Polyzos, and Nikos Fotiou

2017 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (IRI) · pp. 75–78

C.29

Edge-ICN and its application to the Internet of Things

Nikos Fotiou, Vasilios A. Siris, George Xylomenos, George C. Polyzos, Konstantinos V. Katsaros, and George Petropoulos

2017 IFIP Networking Conference (IFIP Networking) and Workshops · pp. 1–6

C.28

Securing Information-Centric Networking without negating Middleboxes

Nikos Fotiou, George Xylomenos, and George C. Polyzos

2016 8th IFIP International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security (NTMS) · pp. 1–5

C.27

Decentralized name-based security for content distribution using blockchains

Nikos Fotiou, and George C. Polyzos

2016 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS) · pp. 415–420

C.26

Securing Content Sharing over ICN

Nikos Fotiou, and George C. Polyzos

Proceedings of the 3rd ACM Conference on Information-Centric Networking · pp. 176–185

C.25

Access Control for the Internet of Things

Nikos Fotiou, Theodore Kotsonis, Giannis F. Marias, and George C. Polyzos

2016 International Workshop on Secure Internet of Things (SIoT) · pp. 29–38

C.24

Protecting medical data stored in public Clouds

Nikos Fotiou, and George Xylomenos

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health · pp. 127–132

C.23

iP Over ICN - The Better IP?

Dirk Trossen, Martin J. Reed, Janne Riihijarvi, Michael Georgiades, Nikos Fotiou, and George Xylomenos

2015 European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC) · pp. 413–417

C.22

I-CAN: Information-Centric Access Networking – Architecture and Experiments

V. A. Siris, N. Fotiou, D. Dimopoulos, and G. C. Polyzos

2015 European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC) · pp. 418–422

C.21

Enabling NAME-based security and trust

Nikos Fotiou, and George C. Polyzos

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology · pp. 47–59

C.20

Security Requirements and Solutions for Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Information-Centric Networks

Nikos Fotiou, Yiannis Thomas, Vasilios A. Siris, and George C. Polyzos

2014 7th Advanced Satellite Multimedia Systems Conference and the 13th Signal Processing for Space Communications Workshop (ASMS/SPSC) · pp. 106–113

C.19

Fighting packet storms in mobile networks with information-centrism

Vaggelis G. Douros, Nikos Fotiou, and George C. Polyzos

10th International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness · pp. 195–196

C.18

Realizing the Internet of Things using Information-Centric Networking

Nikos Fotiou, and George C. Polyzos

10th International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness · pp. 193–194

C.17

A framework for privacy analysis of ICN architectures

Nikos Fotiou, Somaya Arianfar, Mikko Särelä, and George C. Polyzos

Lecture Notes in Computer Science · pp. 117–132

C.16

Access control delegation for the Cloud

Nikos Fotiou, Apostolis Machas, George C. Polyzos, and George Xylomenos

2014 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS) · pp. 13–18

C.15

Towards Secure and Context-Aware Information Lookup for the Internet of Things

M. Giannikos, K. Kokoli, N. Fotiou, G. Marias, and G.C. Polyzos

2013 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC) · pp. 632–636

C.14

Access Control Enforcement Delegation for Information-Centric Networking Architectures

Nikos Fotiou, Giannis F. Marias, and George C. Polyzos

ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review · pp. 497–502

C.13

Efficient information lookup for the Internet of Things

G.F. Marias, N. Fotiou, and G.C. Polyzos

2012 IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM) · pp. 1–6

C.12

Fighting phishing the information-centric way

Nikos Fotiou, Giannis F. Marias, and George C. Polyzos

2012 5th International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security (NTMS) · pp. 1–5

C.11

On Inter-domain Name Resolution for Information-Centric Networks

Konstantinos V. Katsaros, Nikos Fotiou, Xenofon Vasilakos, Christopher N. Ververidis, Christos Tsilopoulos, George Xylomenos, and George C. Polyzos

Lecture Notes in Computer Science · pp. 13–26

C.10

Towards Adaptable Security for Energy Efficiency in Wireless Sensor Networks

N. Fotiou, G.F. Marias, G.C. Polyzos, P. Szalachowsk, Z. Kotulski, M. Niedermeier, X. He, and H. de Meer

28th Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF) Meeting

C.9

Context-Aware Delivery of Information in Assistive Environments utilizing Future Internet Technologies

Charalampos Doukas, Nikos Fotiou, George C. Polyzos, and Ilias Maglogiannis

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments · pp. 1–6

C.8

Developing Information Networking Further: From PSIRP to PURSUIT

Nikos Fotiou, Pekka Nikander, Dirk Trossen, and George C. Polyzos

Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering · pp. 1–13

C.7

Security Aspects of a Clean Slate Information Oriented Internet Architecture

N. Fotiou, G.F. Marias, and G.C. Polyzos

21st International Tyrrhenian Workshop on Digital Communications

C.6

Towards a Secure Rendezvous Network for Future Publish/Subscribe Architectures

Nikos Fotiou, Giannis F. Marias, and George C. Polyzos

Lecture Notes in Computer Science · pp. 49–56

C.5

Fighting Spam in Publish/Subscribe Networks Using Information Ranking

Nikos Fotiou, Giannis F. Marias, and George C. Polyzos

6th EURO-NGI Conference on Next Generation Internet · pp. 1–6

C.4

Information Ranking in Content-Centric Networks

N. Fotiou, G.F. Marias, and G.C. Polyzos

Future Network and Mobile Summit 2010

C.3

Overlay Multicast Assisted Mobility for Future Publish/Subscribe Networks

K. Katsaros, N. Fotiou, G.C. Polyzos, and G. Xylomenos

ICT Mobile Summit 2009

C.2

Supporting Mobile Streaming Services in Future Publish/Subscribe Networks

K. Katsaros, N. Fotiou, G.C. Polyzos, and G. Xylomenos

2009 Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS) · pp. 1–7

C.1

Illustrating a Publish-Subscribe Internet Architecture

N. Fotiou, G.C. Polyzos, and D. Trossen

2nd Euro-NF Workshop on Future Internet Architectures: New Trends in Service Architectures