The products of the automotive industry are facing one of the biggest changes: becoming
digital smart devices on wheels. Driven by the rising amount of vehicle functions, electronic …

Most modern software systems can be configured to fulfill specific customer requirements,
adapting their behavior as required. However, such adaptations also increase the need to …

Abstract Enterprise-resource-planning (ERP) systems are highly complex, incorporating
critical data and configuration options that can easily cause security threats or risks. While …

The increasing number of attacks exploiting system vulnerabilities in recent years underpins
the growing importance of security; especially for software comprising configuration options …

Safety-critical systems are becoming increasingly configurable. However, as the number of
features and configurations grows, the systems' complexity also increases, making cyber …

The growing configurability of smart-manufacturing software systems (SMSS) introduces a
variety of security concerns. Although there is an ever-increasing risk for exploiting …

Modern cars are becoming increasingly software-driven and interconnected, including new
innovative functions, such as over-the-air updates. Such functions are typically based on …

An increasing amount of Industry 4.0 data storages is highly configurable. As each variant
includes individual features and interactions, ensuring data security becomes increasingly …

In the past years, a growing number of highly-automated systems has build on Artificial-
Intelligence (AI) capabilities, for example, self-driving vehicles or predictive health-state …

Conversational agents in healthcare are gaining popularity, for example, in the context of
eliciting medical histories. Furthermore, due to the growing diversity of use cases and …