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A scientific team from Southern Technical University participated in the Third International Conference on Cryptography and Network Security with Machine Learning (ICCNSML-25), which was held from 20 to 22 December 2025. The conference was organized by Allenhouse Institute of Technology under the supervision of several prestigious scientific and research bodies, including DRDO, CRSI, and ISTE, and witnessed wide participation from researchers representing various countries around the world.

The university was represented at this international scientific event by Assistant Professor Dr. Mahmoud Aref Al-Sharida from the Technological Technical Institute, who presented three peer-reviewed research papers addressing cutting-edge topics in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) security, location-based authentication, and trust and security protocols in shared airspaces. The presented papers included:

• FlightFence: Lightweight Geofencing-Aware Credential Rotation for Secure Drone Operations

• SkyLinkAuth: Adaptive Trust Negotiation Using Predictive Location and Ephemeral Identity in UAV Swarms

• GCAP: Geo-Contextual Authentication for Enhancing Drone Security with Location-Aware Access Control

This participation comes as part of Southern Technical University’s ongoing efforts to strengthen its international scientific presence, support high-quality academic research, and contribute to the development of advanced security solutions serving UAV applications and intelligent systems.