Teaching

• ITC578: The Dark Web
• ITC593: Network Security & Cryptography
• ITC556: Database Systems
• ITC595: Information Security
• ITC114: Database Management System

Research

Dr Islam’s research area is Cybersecurity which aligns with Australia’s 2023-2030 cybersecurity strategy and the UN-SDG(4), featuring his commitment to strengthening Australia’s cyber capabilities. He is the CSU academic lead of Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre ( CSCRC) and the leader of Cyber Security Research Group (CSRG). The CSRG group offers a comprehensive suite of expertise in research, education and policy advice. Our interventions enhance the security awareness and productivity of our clients’ organisations as well as the greater community. The key focus is to produce high-quality research output and make a significant contribution to Australia’s readiness and response to cybersecurity threats. The research team produces innovative, relevant and useful research that contributes to solving the security problems caused by advancements in cybercrime.

Research Focus:

• Malware analysis and classification
• Cyber threat analysis
• Cybersecurity in critical infrastructure
• Real-time monitoring in cyberthreat
• Network system security and analytics
• Security in Social Media, IoT
• Cyber Forensics
• Cybersecurity in Agriculture

Research Grants:

Successful external grants:

1. The Australian Government Community grants Hub, Cyber Security Awareness Support for Vulnerable Groups, Rafiqul Islam (Lead CI), and Quazi Mamun a total of $35,000.00 Ref. JX3DSZWG Pending
2. External Funding with KAA Uni, KSA, The Socioeconomic Impacts of the Climate Change on Agricultural Sustainability, Farming Technology Practices, and Related Human Livelihood: Study on the Wheat and Date Crop Sector in Saudi Arabia, Cis M Islam, Majed Alharthi, Rotana Alkadi, Wahid Murad & Rafiqul Islam, SAR 10800.00 IFPIP 618-849-1443 Successful
3. External Funding from AXA research fund/Swiss Re Institute, ExResilientDrive: an initiative for de-escalating Systemic Cyber Risk for autonomous vehicles, Cis Rafiqul Islam, Michael Bewong, Quazi Mamun, Zubair Baig, Salil Kanhere – total amount $ 240,000.00 - Pending
   CSU RM: 0000104518.
4. External Funding from AICCTP, Cyber resilient and smart water infrastructure system, CIs  Rafiqul Islam (CSU Project Lead), Ataur Rahman – total amount $495,000.00 – Pending
   CSU RM: 0000104719.
5. External Funding from the Cyber Security CRC (CSCRC), A new lightweight cryptographic algorithm for resource-constrained IoT devices - PhD Scholarship Top Up - Muhammad Rana, CIs Quazi Mamun, Rafiqul Islam, $20,000.00
   CSU RM: 0000104121.
6. External Funding from the Cyber Security CRC (CSCRC), Agriculture Cybersecurity Asset Management, Cis Arash Mahboubi, Zahid Islam, Rafiqul Islam, Michael Bewong, Jonathan Medway, $630,000.00
   CSU RM: 0000103559.
7. External Funding from the Cyber Security CRC (CSCRC), Period 2021 - 2022. Project Title: Protecting sensitive data leakage in hyper-connected networks. CIs: Rafiqul Islam (Project Lead), Zahid Islam & Maumita Bhattacharya- $10,700.00
   CSU RM: 0000103211.
8. External Funding from the Cyber Security CRC (CSCRC), Period 2020 - 2021. Project Title: Protecting data privacy from cyber threat in the Dark Web. CIs: Rafiqul Islam (Project Lead) & Ashad Kabir- $10,000.00
   CSU RM: 0000103109.
9. External Funding from the Cyber Security CRC (CSCRC) 2020-2023, Project Title:  Cyber Security CRC: Early Detection of Botnets in Web which use Privacy Preservation Techniques, CI Rafiqul Islam (CSU) and other colleagues from UNSW, $186,000.00
   CSU RM 0000102944
10. External Funding from the Cyber Security CRC (CSCRC) and Quintessence Lab. Period 2020 - 2021. Project Title: Development of Australian Cyber Criteria Assessment. CIs: Chang-Tsun Li, Mengmeng Ge, Leo Zhang, Rafiqul Islam and Zahid Islam - $186,000.00
    CSU RM: 0000103168. (this project received a cybersecurity researcher of the year award)
11. External Funding from the Cyber Security CRC (CSCRC). Period 2021 - 2024. Project Title: A Novel Technique to Detect and Protect Sensitive Data against Malware Attacks in Hyper-Connected Networks, PhD Scholarship for a PhD student under the supervision of the CIs. CIs: Rafiqul Islam (Project Lead), Zahid Islam, and Arif Khan, Funding amount $180,000.00
    CSU RM: 0000102972.
12. External Funding from GSK Global Pty Ltd. Period 2022. Project Title: Shipping Container ID Automation - Phase II. CIs: Rafiqul Islam (Project Lead), Quazi Mamun, Mano Paul and Zahid Islam. Funding amount: $25,000.00
    CSU RM: 0000103770.
13. External Funding from the Cyber Security CRC (CSCRC). Period 2022-2024. Project Title: Sharing Cybersecurity Data for Australian Research (SCReeD). CIs: Rafiqul Islam (Project Lead), Ryan Ip, Arash Mahboubi, Michael Bewong, and Zahid Islam with colleagues from Data 61, Deaking University, ECU, QUT, and University of Adelaide. Funding amount: $500,000.00
    CSU RM: 0000103846.
14. External Funding from the Cyber Security CRC (CSCRC), CISCO, Quintessence Lab, TCS, Government of Western Australia, and NSW Department of Customer Service. Period 2022-2024. Project Title: SOCRATES: Software Security with a Focus on Critical Technologies. CIs: Michael Bewong, Zahid Islam, Arash Mahboubi, Rafiqul Islam, Ryan Ip and Muhammad Arif Khan with colleagues from the University of Adelaide, Data 61, QUT, Deakin University, and UNSW. Funding amount: $2,105,000.00
    CSU RM: 0000103844.
15. External Funding from the Cyber Security CRC (CSCRC) and Paraflare. Period 2022-2024. Project Title: THRD: Threat Detection and Response with Heterogeneous Data Sources. CIs: Arash Mahboubi, Zahid Islam, Rafiqul Islam, and Michael Bewong with colleagues from Data 61. Funding amount: $850,000.00
    CSU RM: 0000103749
16. External Funding from the Food Agility CRC (FACRC). Period 2022-2025. Project Title: Understanding the relationship between individual and mob-based animal performance metrics derived from autonomous livestock monitoring sources. PhD Scholarship for a PhD student under the supervision of the CIs. CIs: Rafiqul Islam (Project Lead), Zahid Islam, Shawn McGrath and Dave Lamb. Funding amount: $135,000.00
    CSU RM: 0000103887.
17. External Funding from the Cyber Security CRC (CSCRC), Quintessence Labs, TCS, Government of WA and CISCO. Period 2022-2024. Project Title: SCATES: Securing Critical Agriculture Technology and Emerging Solutions. CIs: Rafiqul Islam (Project Lead), Arash Mahboubi, Michael Bewong, Mark Morrison, Zahid Islam, Abhishek Dwivedi, Anwaar Ul Haq, Cliff Lewis, Arif Khan, Ryan Ip, Tahmid Nayeem, Felicity Small, Jon Medway, Nick Pawsey, Chris Blanchard, Sabih Rehman and Yeslam Al-Saggaf in collaboration with colleagues from QUT, Data61, ECU and UoA. Funding Amount: $1,400,000.00
    CSU RM: 0000103928.
18. External Funding from Connectivity Innovation Network (CIN). Period 2023 - 2027. Project Title: A Lightweight Adaptive Adversarial Attack-Resistant IDS. PhD scholarship for a PhD student under the supervision of the CIs: Rafiqul Islam (Lead CI), Quazi Mamun and Zahid Islam. Funding amount: $105,000.00 CSU RM: 0000104144.
19. External Funding from the Soil CRC Call 23-1 Major Investment Round 6 with the CRC HPS Participants: Agricultural Innovation & Research Eyre Peninsula, West Midlands Group, North Central Catchment Management Authority and the Third Party Participant: Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board. Period 2024 - 2026. Project Title: Agricultural Social Benchmarking Surveys - Part 3. CIs: Rafiqul Islam (CSU Lead CI), Catherine Allan and Zahid Islam, along with colleagues from Southern Cross University. Funding amount: $421,000.00
    CSU RM: 0000104048.
20. Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) in Cybersecurity, Department of Innovation Industry Science and Research - Cooperative Research Centres Program/ Projects (CRC-P) - CSU [2016-2024] Co-Investigator Burmeister, Oliver; Islam, Zahid; Zia, Tanveer; ISLAM, Rafiqul; Walsh, Patrick;  $68,400,000.00. CSU RM: 0000102283.

Other grants:

1. DSERU Grant: Ensuring Privacy and Contemporary Model on Medical Data Using a Distributed-Collaborative Learning Framework in the Hyperconnected Environment, CIs Rafiqul Islam, Lihong Zheng and Zahid Islam, 10,000.00 AUD
2. Faculty Discretionary Grant: Navigating Neurodiversity and Disability in the Workplace: Leadership Approaches, Digital Innovation, and Inclusive Frameworks, CI Buddhika, M., Radumu B,. Rafiqul Islam and Anthony Saliba, $8,559.00
3. AICF Grant: Cross-Cultural Approaches to Cybersecurity: Evaluating Cybersecurity Sensitivity in First Nations and Culturally Diverse Communities, CIs Holly Randell-Moon, Nicholas Ruddell, Rafiqul Islam, Allan Douglas, Prasada Podugu and Milind Tiwar, 10,000 AUD $10,000.00
4. DSERU Grant:  Pattern Recognition and Anomaly Detection: A Data-Driven Approach to Mitigating Insider Threats, Louis Hourany, Sabih Rehman and Rafiqul Islam, 3,000.00 AUD
5. AICF Grant: ASIIoT platform: leveraging the Industry 4.0, CI Rafiqul Islam (Lead), Zahid Islam, Quazi Mamun & Patrick Walsh, 10,000.00 AUD
6. DSRU grant: Consortium Blockchain-based Secure and Efficient Agrifood Data Management System, CI Rafiqul Islam, Zahid Islam, Quazi Mamun, Adnan Anwar with CWFS, 5000.00 AUD.
7. DSRU grant: Shipping container ID automation phase-1, CI Rafiqul Islam, Zahid Islam, Manoranjan Paul, Quazi Mamuh, 10,000.00 AUD.
8. DSRU grant: Shipping container ID automation phase-2, CI Rafiqul Islam, Zahid Islam, Manoranjan Paul, Quazi Mamuh, 10,000.00 AUD;
9. RISS Grant, Enhancing Cyber Security Research Capabilities, CI Arif Khan, Arash Mahbubi, Michael Bewong, Sabihur Rahman, Rafiqul Islam & Zahid Islam, Total 109,000.00 AUD
10. FCG-round 3:  Integrated feature generation approach in detecting anomalous program behaviour. (CI, Islam (Lead) & CI Altas), 8360.00 AUD;
11. FCG-round 4: An automated malware classification based on graph mining. (CI, Islam (Lead) & CI Altas), 9160.00 AUD;
12. FCG-round 7:  Analysis and classification of XSS attacks. (CI, Islam (Lead), CI Bhattacharya & CI Altas), 9,000.00 AUD; and
13. FCG-round 7: Intelligent system identification algorithms for partially known nonlinear dynamical systems. (CI, Gao, CI Islam & CI Lihong), 11,000.00 AUD.
14. FCG-round 9: Develop advanced sequential pattern recognition models to detect and prevent emerging time variant malware. ( CI, Islam (Lead), CI Gao & CI Altas) 18,834.00 AUD
15. FCG-round 10: Development of a robust and secure biometric system based on ear biometrics (CI Islam (Lead), CI Q Mamun) 9,400.00 AUD
16. FCG-round 10: Develop a novel algorithm to enhance password security with biometric authentication algorithms (CI Islam (Lead), CI Bossomaier, CI D’Alessandro and CI Ang, Li-Minn)  10,413.00 AUD
17. FCG-round 10: Protecting sensitive data against cyber threat using the multivariate classification analysis (CI, Rahman (lead), CI Islam), 6,734.00 AUD

HDR Supervision

The following list of HDR supervisions has evidenced Rafiqul's commitment to nurturing scholarly contributions.

Other Supervision

PostDoc:

CSCRC Theme PostDoc

• Dr Zavid Parvez
• Dr Yinhao Jiang

Project PostDoc:

• Dr Sarwar Kamal
• Dr. Deho Oscar

Project Research Assistance

• Dr Sajal Haldar
• Dr. F Rabbi
• Dr Zia Rahman
• Dr A R Mostafa
• Dr. Zavid Parvez

Professional Activities

• Editor - International Journal of Engineering, Construction and Computing (IJECC)
• Associate Editor - International Journal of Computer and Applications (2011-2020)
• Guest Editor :
  • Journal of Information Science (Rank A*/Q1)
  • Journal of Network and Computer Applications(Q1)
  • Journal of Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience (Q1)
  • Journal of Networks (ERA 2010 Rank A)
• General Chair, FLMDS2024
• Chair, publicie, CSE’2024
• General Chair, iCIOTRP2019
• Chair, Program committee, AusDM 2028
• General Chair, ATCS 2019,2018,2017,2016,2015,2014
• General Chair, ATCI 2019, ATCI2017, ATCI2018
• Chair, CSS2015, CSS2017, CSS2018
• Chair, Workshop, SECURECOMM 2013, Sydney, Australia
• General Chair, ATIS 2013, Sydney, Australia
• Chair, Publication, ATIS, 2014, Melbourne, Australia
• Chair, Cloud Track, APWEB2014, Fiji
• TPC Member/ review committee member/session chair of different international conferences such as –IEEE ICISSP, IEEE APE on CSE, ATIS, IEEE ATCI, IEEE ICIEIS, AIRS, IEEE NSS, IEEE DMWPC, IEEE ISAM, IEEE ICIS, IEEE CIMCA/IAWTIC/ISE, IEEE PDCAT, IEEE ICCIT,HCPC, ATIS and NCCIS

Keynotes

Rafiqul has delivered keynotes/talks in various International/national conferences/workshops/seminars. Some of the recent talks are given below:

• Cybersecurity - Importance to students & professionals, Colleges Conference 14, Canberra Convention Centre, January 2019,
• North East Digital Innovation Festival (https://nedif.info/speakers) under the Digital Innovation Festival organised by VIC Government
• iCAEED-2018 (International Conference on Advancements in Engineering Education, www.icaeed.net.au)
• iCDMLE-2017 International Conference on Machine Learning and Data Engineering (iCMLDE), 20-22 Nov, http://www.icmlde.net.au/KeynoteSpeaker.aspx
• Symposium “Next-generation intelligent Systems in Computing, Medical, and Biological Sciences” symposium that is going to be held at Edith Cowan University, on 19/9/2017.
• International GCSTMR Congress, 4-5 February, http://www.icsrp.net.au/1st/Home.aspx
• Dhaka (2002), BIBM workshop, Dhaka(2001),
• ICT Education and training, KOICA, South Korea (2001)

Reviewer of PhD and Master Theses

Rafiqul has reviewed more than 20 external HDR theses from the following universities:

• University of New South Wales, Australia
• Macquarie University, Australia
• University of Canberra, ACT, Australia
• Wollongong University, NSW, Australia
• University of Technology Sydne, NSW, Australia
• Federation University, VIC, Australia
• Deakin University, VIC, Australia
• Monash University, VIC,  Australia
• Central Queensland University, Australia
• Auckland University, New Zeland
• University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
• Dhaka University, Bangladesh

Reviewer of various top-ranking Journals

• IEEE Transaction of Knowledge and Data Engineering,
• IEEE Transaction of Emerging Trend,
• IEEE Transaction of Information Forensics and Security
• IEEE Transaction on Dependable and Secure Computing
• Journal of Information Science
• Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Application,
• Elsevier Journal of Future Generation Computer Systems,
• Elsevier Journal of Expert Systems,
• IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
• Journal of Concurrency and Computations
• Journal of Computers and Security
• Journal of Networks,
• Elsevier Journal of Computer Security and Applications,
• IEEE Access etc. and more

Research Presentation

Rafiqul has presented hisresearch in more than 40 international conferences in various countries and cities including Texas, Niagara Falls, Beijing, Singapore, Japan, Montréal, Auckland, Taiwan, Malaysia, Paris, Spain, Dubai, Guangzhou, Dhaka (keynote), Sydney (keynote), Melbourne, Gold Cost, Fiji, Canberra, Korea (keynote), and Vienna.

Media

1. https://bjbs-news.csu.edu.au/2024/02/21/2024csu-strategic-workshop-on-cyber-security-related-research-activities/
2. Cyber hackings at their peak - what will the new agency do? https://news.csu.edu.au/opinion/cyber-hackings-at-their-peak-what-will-the-new-agency-do
3. Critical workforces need our help!  New Charles Sturt podcast series explores skills shortages - CSU News 28 September 2022
4. Four million Australian kids’ data may have been compromised - can we protect their privacy better? This media news has already reached over 12 million people, which includes major media platforms such as The Daily Telegraph, The Herald Sun, The Courier-Mail and The Advertiser. (Attached is a table of the media coverage we have captured thus far.)
5. https://news.csu.edu.au/opinion/four-million-australian-kids-data-may-have-been-compromised-can-we-protect-their-privacy-better
6. Children's apps caught harvesting and selling personal data as experts call for new privacy rules
   • https://www.heraldsun.com.au/technology/online/childrens-apps-caught-harvesting-and-selling-personal-data-as-experts-call-for-new-privacy-rules/news-story/3648c3fc2598cbeb9ff709d0850a6861
   • https://www.thechronicle.com.au/technology/online/childrens-apps-caught-harvesting-and-selling-personal-data-as-experts-call-for-new-privacy-rules/news-story/3648c3fc2598cbeb9ff709d0850a6861
   • https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/technology/online/childrens-apps-caught-harvesting-and-selling-personal-data-as-experts-call-for-new-privacy-rules/news-story/3648c3fc2598cbeb9ff709d0850a6861
   • https://www.couriermail.com.au/technology/online/childrens-apps-caught-harvesting-and-selling-personal-data-as-experts-call-for-new-privacy-rules/news-story/3648c3fc2598cbeb9ff709d0850a6861
   • https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/technology/online/childrens-apps-caught-harvesting-and-selling-personal-data-as-experts-call-for-new-privacy-rules/news-story/3648c3fc2598cbeb9ff709d0850a6861
   • https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/national/childrens-apps-caught-harvesting-and-selling-personal-data-as-experts-call-for-new-privacy-rules/news-story/3648c3fc2598cbeb9ff709d0850a6861
   • https://www.themercury.com.au/technology/online/childrens-apps-caught-harvesting-and-selling-personal-data-as-experts-call-for-new-privacy-rules/news-story/3648c3fc2598cbeb9ff709d0850a6861
   • https://www.theeducatoronline.com/k12/news/how-schools-can-make-technology-safer-for-kids-to-use/280402
   • https://broadcast.meltwater.com/public/segment?U3RhdGlvbj0yMzQmU3RhcnREYXRlVGltZT0yMDIyLTA2LTEwVDEyJTNBMzclM0EwMC4wMDAlMkIxMCUzQTAwJkVuZERhdGVUaW1lPTIwMjItMDYtMTBUMTIlM0E0NyUzQTAwLjAwMCUyQjEwJTNBMDAmUGxheVN0YXJ0UmVnZXg9Q2hhcmxlcyUyMFN0dXJ0JTIwVW5pdmVyc2l0eSZQbGF5U3RhcnRSZWdleFByZXJvbGw9MTUmRHVyYXRpb249NjAwMDAwJkhpZ2hsaWdodFJlZ2V4PUNoYXJsZXMlMjBTdHVydCUyMFVuaXZlcnNpdHkmU2lnbmF0dXJlPTQyRjQwQzY5NjZCMDYyN0QwNUUxQzBDM0U1QzAyN0My=
   • https://www.ntnews.com.au/technology/online/childrens-apps-caught-harvesting-and-selling-personal-data-as-experts-call-for-new-privacy-rules/news-story/3648c3fc2598cbeb9ff709d0850a6861
   • https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/technology/online/childrens-apps-caught-harvesting-and-selling-personal-data-as-experts-call-for-new-privacy-rules/news-story/3648c3fc2598cbeb9ff709d0850a6861
   • https://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/technology/online/childrens-apps-caught-harvesting-and-selling-personal-data-as-experts-call-for-new-privacy-rules/news-story/3648c3fc2598cbeb9ff709d0850a6861
   • https://www.cairnspost.com.au/technology/online/childrens-apps-caught-harvesting-and-selling-personal-data-as-experts-call-for-new-privacy-rules/news-story/3648c3fc2598cbeb9ff709d0850a6861
   • https://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/technology/online/childrens-apps-caught-harvesting-and-selling-personal-data-as-experts-call-for-new-privacy-rules/news-story/3648c3fc2598cbeb9ff709d0850a6861
   • https://broadcast.meltwater.com/public/segment?U3RhdGlvbj0yMzQmU3RhcnREYXRlVGltZT0yMDIyLTA2LTEwVDEyJTNBMzclM0EwMC4wMDAlMkIxMCUzQTAwJkVuZERhdGVUaW1lPTIwMjItMDYtMTBUMTIlM0E0NyUzQTAwLjAwMCUyQjEwJTNBMDAmUGxheVN0YXJ0UmVnZXg9Q2hhcmxlcyUyMFN0dXJ0JTIwVW5pdmVyc2l0eSZQbGF5U3RhcnRSZWdleFByZXJvbGw9MTUmRHVyYXRpb249NjAwMDAwJkhpZ2hsaWdodFJlZ2V4PUNoYXJsZXMlMjBTdHVydCUyMFVuaXZlcn
7. SBS Interview, 2020, 2021.
8. The Use of Social Media for terrorism” Presentation paper, NATO, Europe, .
9. An Integrated Email Classification System, Information Science & Technology article, July 2011.
10. Is your business protected against cybercrime? – issued Tuesday 3 July 2018
11. 9 News Riverina is with Charles Sturt University - Wagga Wagga Main Campus. 5 Jul PM · 
12. Prime7 News Wagga added a new video: Businesses hacked. 5 Jul at 6:21 PM · 
13. Cybersecurity hot topic in Wagga
14. http://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/it-and-computing/cyber-security-hot-topic-in-wagga
15. Hard lessons still to be learned: CSU cybersecurity experts
16. https://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/charles-sturt-university/csu-research/hard-lessons-still-to-be-learnt-csu-cybersecurity-experts/_nocache?SQ_DESIGN_NAME=print
17. Australia’s cybersecurity in the spotlight at Wagga conference
    Read more at http://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/charles-sturt-university/csu-research/australias-cybersecurity-in-spotlight-at-wagga-conference?S0TA3rscOOPQppaZ.99
18. Security Brief: https://securitybrief.com.au/story/csu-explore-dark-webs-underbelly-after-unprecedented-interest-students/
19. iTWire: https://www.itwire.com/security/81782-students-attracted-to-the-dark-side-of-the-internet.html
20. IDG websites (Australia): CIO: https://www.cio.com.au/mediareleases/31097/csu-launches-controversial-dark-web-university/
21. CSO: https://www.cso.com.au/mediareleases/31097/csu-launches-controversial-dark-web-university/
22. Computerworld: https://www.computerworld.com.au/mediareleases/31097/csu-launches-controversial-dark-web-university/
23. TechWorld: https://www.techworld.com.au/mediareleases/31097/csu-launches-controversial-dark-web-university/
24. ARN: https://www.arnnet.com.au/mediareleases/31097/csu-launches-controversial-dark-web-university/
25. IDG Websites (New Zealand): CIO (NZ): https://www.cio.co.nz/mediareleases/31097/csu-launches-controversial-dark-web-university/
26. Computerworld (NZ): https://www.computerworld.co.nz/mediareleases/31097/csu-launches-controversial-dark-web-university/
27. Reseller News (NZ): https://www.reseller.co.nz/mediareleases/31097/csu-launches-controversial-dark-web-university/

Awards and Achievements

• Leadership Appreciation Certificate by PVCRI, 2024
• Research Fellowship Awards, 2023
• Best paper presentation Award, IRA, 2022
• Cybersecurity Researcher of the year 2021 (AISA)
• Best Research Supervisor Award (2021)
• DSRU  Research Award (2021)
• FBJBS Research Fellowship Award (2019)
• FBJBS Research Fellowship award  (2018)
• Leadership Award from Asia-Pacific World Congress on CSE (2014)
• Excellence in Workshop Organization Award from the European Alliance for Innovation (2017, 2016 and 2015)
• Faculty Professional Excellence Award (2015)
• Faculty Research Publication Award (2015)
• SCM Research Excellence Award (2015)
• Best paper award (2010), International ICST Conference on Communications and Networking, Beijing 2010, China.
• Best research award (2007), School of Eng. & IT, Deakin University, Australia
• Postgraduate research scholarship (DUIRS, 2004), Deakin University, Australia, 2004
• Daemi Complex national award (1988), Ministry of Education, Bangladesh
• Full bright Govt. scholarship, outstanding result in SSC 1^st position in the combined merit list
• Full bright Govt. scholarship, outstanding result in HSC, 1^st position in the combined merit list

Membership

• Founder and board member of GCSTMR
• Senior Member of EAI
• Senior mmber of IEEE
• Member of ACS
• Academic Board Member of LIHE
• Fellow Member of AAT
• MEMBER, Cybersecurity Next
• Member of Cyber Security Research Cluster (CSRC)
• Member of Data Science Unit, CSU, Australia
• Life member of BCS