PhD – In-Context Exploitability of Vulnerabilities

Bosch Gruppe

Job Description

Do you want beneficial technologies being shaped by your ideas? Whether in the areas of mobility solutions, consumer goods, industrial technology or energy and building technology - with us, you will have the chance to improve quality of life all across the globe. Welcome to Bosch.

The Robert Bosch GmbH is looking forward to your application!


Employment type: Limited
Working hours: Full-Time
Joblocation: Renningen

Cybersecurity takes an ever more important role in development and maintenance of products. To improve vulnerability handling, we want to research and develop novel approaches how to evaluate vulnerabilities. Usually, vulnerabilities are given as a score, such as Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) or Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), without considering how or where the vulnerable software package is incorporated in the product.

  • During your research you will investigate ways, how to automatically find an exploitable path in software or a system based on a given vulnerability location.
  • Based on the exploitable path, you will develop methods how to assess the criticality of the vulnerability in the deployed software or system.

  • Education: Master`s Degree (or equivalent) with excellent grades in IT Security, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field
  • Experience and Knowledge: strong security background with a particular focus on vulnerabilities and exploits, including security models and basic security proof techniques; good software development/programming skills and the motivation to integrate scientific results into proof of concepts; experience in DevSecOps, vulnerability management, incident response, or hacking is beneficial
  • Personality and Working Practice: self-motivated and enthusiastic, independent, reliable, creative, and able to work in an international team with diverse background
  • Languages: business fluent in German and English

  • Work-life balance: Flexible working in terms of time, place and working model.
  • Health & Sport: Wide range of health and sports activities.
  • Childcare: Intermediary service for childcare services.
  • Employee discounts: Discounts for employees.
  • Room for creativity: Space for creative work.
  • In-house social counseling and care services: Social counselling and intermediary service for care services.

The recruitment contact or superior will be happy to provide information about the individual benefit plan.

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