The Cyber Security Research Group (CSRG), housed within the School of Computing and Mathematics, conducts innovative, relevant and ground-breaking research across a wide spectrum of cyber security areas, including Computer Network Security, Security of Wireless and Body Sensor Networks, Data Protection in Social Networks, Privacy Preserving Data Sharing, Vulnerability Assessment, Malware Analysis, Security Threats in Cloud Computing, Security of Internet of Things (IoT), and Digital Forensics.
The CSRG contributes to Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy and is one of the research participants in the Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre (CSCRC) and leads the “Privacy Preserving Data Sharing in a Hyperconnected World” research theme. The members of the CSRG also contribute to the NSW Cyber Security Innovation Node which is part of the Australian Cyber Security Growth Network (AustCyber) and the NSW Government.
The CSRG vision is to produce high quality and impactful research output and make a significant contribution to Australia’s readiness and response to Cyber Security threats.
The CSRG mission is to perform innovative, relevant and useful research that solves the Cyber security problems that arise as a result of the advancements in ICT by utilising latest research methods and technologies.
The CSRG goals include:
| Name | Title/Position | Research Interests | Location | Picture |
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Head of School and Associate Professor | Wagga Wagga |
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Associate Professor in Information Technology | Cross device tracking and security of databases in mobile apps | Wagga Wagga |
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Adjunct Professor in Computing | Security, privacy, and trust in the Internet of Things; Mobile communication and wireless networks security; Cyber risk management and cyber security policy; Access control and authentication | Wagga Wagga |
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Professor in Information Systems and Senior Research Fellow | Ethics; human factors | Wagga Wagga |
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Professor in Computer Science | Bathurst |
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Professor in Computer Science | Privacy Preserving Data Mining, Privacy Preserving Data Publishing, Privacy Preserving Data Sharing, Application of Machine Learning for Cyber Security | Bathurst |
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Associate Professor in Computer Science | Artificial intelligence, Network security, Wireless sensor network, and Internet of Things | Wagga Wagga |
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Associate Professor in Mathematics and Statistics | Wagga Wagga |
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Senior Lecturer in Computing | Wagga Wagga |
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Senior Lecturer in Computing | Cyber Security in Next Generation Wireless Networks | Wagga Wagga |
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Associate Professor in Computing | Cybersecurity with a specific focus on malware analysis and classification, authentication, security in the cloud, social media, Internet of Things (IoT) and the Dark web security. | Albury |
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Senior Lecturer in Computing | Wagga Wagga |
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Senior Lecturer in Information Technology | Artificial Intelligence (AI) for robust and resilient cybersecurity systems; Electronic Fraud (eFraud) & Threats; Cybersecurity Management & Governance; Human Dimensions of Cybersecurity | Albury |
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Adjunct Lecturer | Digital identity management, federated identity, zero-trust operations in networks, cloud environments and federation, enterprise risk management in a cloud environment | Bathurst |
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Adjunct Lecturer in Information Technology | Human Factors, Machine Learning, Fake News and False Information, Ethics, Multidisciplinary Cyber Security Responses and Responsibilities. | Wagga Wagga |
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Senior Lecturer in Computing | Internet of Things (IoT) Security, Vehicular communication security, Physical layer security | Wagga Wagga |
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Senior Lecturer in Computer Science | User-centric Privacy, Blockchain, Context-aware Access Control | Bathurst | 
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Lecturer in Computing | Computer/mobile malware, ransomware, malware analysis, modelling, malware epidemic and attack mining | Port Macquarie | 
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Lecturer in Computing | Privacy preserving data sharing; Platforms and architecture for cybersecurity | Wagga Wagga | 
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Yinhao Jiang | Cyber Security CRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Wagga Wagga | ||
Ba Dung Le | Cyber Security CRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Wagga Wagga |
| Project Name | Brief Description | Funding Body | Investigators |
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| Girls in Cyber Security Advancing (GiCSA) | This project aimed at high school girls to introduce them to the world of cyber security as a career path and make them conscious about the cyber threats in a day to day life. | Australian Government Department of Industry, Innovation and Science | Tanveer Zia |
| Project Name | Brief Description | Funding Body | Investigators |
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The threats to privacy from data mining | The aim of this study is to explore the potential of data mining as a technique that could be used by malicious data miners to threaten the privacy of SNS users. | CSU Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences Compact funding | Yeslam Al-Saggaf and Zahid Islam |
An analytical study of IT Security Governance (ITSG) in Australian organisations from international perspectives | This study will advance the IT security processes in Australian organisations and compare it with international standards and guidelines for ITSG. | CSU Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences Compact funding | Tanveer Zia and Maumita Bhattacharya |
Computational intelligence for anomaly detection in networks: an investigation | In this research we shall review the existing computational intelligence (CI) - based anomaly detection methods for network intrusion detection. Next, comparative performance of anomaly detection approaches was investigated as against signature-based and misuse detection methods. | CSU Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences Compact funding | Maumita Bhattacharya and Tanveer Zia |
The digital divide in Asia | A project that looked at the digital divides in Yemen, Pakistan, China and Bangladesh. | n/a | Yeslam Al-Saggaf, Tanveer Zia, Zahid Islam and Lihong Zheng |
Information security in IT service management | A study conducted to gauge the level of information security adoption in IT Service Management. | CSU Small Grant | Tanveer Zia |
Reputation and Trust Management in wireless sensor networks | A study of trust in wireless sensor networks based on communal reputation and individual trust (CRIT) in sensor nodes. | FoB Seed Grant | Tanveer Zia and Zahid Islam |
A concurrent hybrid approach to secure computer systems | This project investigated concurrent application of AI and visualisation techniques for network security. | CSU Competitive Grant | Maumita Bhattacharya and Xiaodi Huang |
| Name | Award |
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| Mozammel Chowdhury | PhD |
| Mark Duffy | PhD |
| Syed Usman Jamil | PhD |
| Muhammad Rana | PhD |
| Khondker Jahid Reza | PhD |
| Ron Bester | DIT |
| Jamil Ispahany | DIT |
| Peter Padiet | DIT |
| Andrew Groome | Honours |
| Javeriah Saleem | Honours > |
The following opportunities exist in Internet Security:
| Supervisor | Topic |
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Associate Professor Yeslam Al-Saggaf |
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Professor Zahid Islam |
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Professor Tanveer Zia |
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Maumita Bhattacharya |
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Associate Professor Lihong Zheng |
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| Supervisor | Topic |
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Associate Professor Yeslam Al-Saggaf |
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Associate Professor Lihong Zheng |
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Professor Zahid Islam |
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Professor Tanveer Zia |
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Maumita Bhattacharya |
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