Ramon Barakat

Education & Career

Ramon Barakat graduated with a master’s degree in computer science from the Technical University of Berlin and has worked at the Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS since graduating. His work in industry and research projects includes software quality assurance, model-based testing, and security and penetration testing. His current focus is on security testing with fuzzing, particularly on Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST), which integrates different testing methods such as static analysis and dynamic testing, to improve their efficiency and to deliver quantifiable results through statistical measures.

Projects

Research projects

• SecAssured (HE) – Security Assurance-Driven AI-Based Security Services for Trustworthy Security Engineering from Left-to-Right
• DOSS (HE) – Design and Operation of Secure IoT Supply Chain
• IoTAC (H2020) – Security by Design IoT Development and Certificate Framework with Frontend Access Control
• Angriffsbasierte Automatisierung von Security Testing für IoT-Anwendungen (ZIM)
• IntelliSecTest (FHG Prepare) – Intelligent unterstützendes Security Testing
• Kyklos (H2020) – Advanced Circular Manufacturing Ecosystem
• FORTIKA (H2020) – Cybersecurity für KMUs (Firewall/IDS/IPS)
• EMYNOS (H2020) – NG112 VoIP Emergency Communication und IoT Integration

Industry projects

• Certification Guidelines for Software Developers using Scrum (BSI)
• Penetration tests for a webapplication
• Model checking for firewall implementation in telecom infrastructure
• Testing of a key component in telecom infrastructure

ETSI projects

Collaboration in various STFs/TTFs, including the development of comprehensive test suites and validation with/without system under test (SUT).

• TTCN-3 Maintenance and Conformance (TTF 003, TTF 014, TTF 032, TTF040)
• Emergency Network Interoperability Test Description (TTF 010, TTF 044)