The 5th edition of the BASS (Behavioral Analysis for System Security) workshop also this year took place as part of the ARES conference. The program brought together exciting new research and discussions on how behavioral analysis can strengthen system security.
Session Highlights – Structured and LLM-Augmented Behavioral Analysis for Security
Chaired by Marco Rasori, our session showcased three excellent paper presentations:
- Behavior-Based Anomaly Detection in Access and Usage Control for Smart Home Environments: Loay Alajramy and Paolo Mori demonstrated how smart homes can be safeguarded by detecting behavioral anomalies in access requests, using analysis performed by an LLM.
- Unmasking Model Behavior: How LLMs Reason on Vulnerability Detection: Aleksandar Fontana and Marco Simoni explored the reasoning processes of LLMs in identifying vulnerabilities in code, showing how reinforcement learning can boost their performance.
- Leveraging Knowledge Graphs and LLMs for Structured Generation of Misinformation: Sania Nayab, Marco Simoni, and Giulio Rossolini presented innovative research on combining LLMs with knowledge graphs to generate misinformation, and then using other LLMs to detect it.
Panel Discussion
The session concluded with an engaging panel on Compliance Aspects of IoT Device Behavior in Cyber-physical Environments, led by the BASS chairs.
Thank You
We are grateful to the authors, TPC members, panelists, and participants who made BASS 2025 a success. Your contributions and discussions keep pushing forward the frontiers of behavioral analysis in system security.
