Dr Arash Mahboubi received his PhD in Information Security from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in 2018. He also received the B.Sc. degree (First Class Honours.) in computer security from Staffordshire University and the M.Sc. degree in information security from the University of Technology Malaysia, Malaysia. Since June 2019, Dr Mahboubi joined Charles Sturt University as a full-time cybersecurity lecturer. Before joining Charles Sturt, he was a sessional lecturer in information security and data science disciplines at QUT and the University of the Sunshine Coast. Dr Mahboubi is now deputy leader of the Cyber Security Research Group at CSU. He is an active researcher in the field of information security, information theory, ransomware/malware detection and prevention.