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Dr Hamid Jahankhani
Position:
Associate Dean - Academics
Telephone:
+44 (0) 20 8223 2170
Contact address:
University of East London
School of Computing, IT & Engineering
4-6 University Way
London E16 2RD
Brief biography:
My expertise contributes directly to the latest in industry innovation as well as to unique information security degree programmes.
I have developed professional Doctorate programmes in Information Security and Computer Forensics. Within these I stress the importance of education in order to arm and deliver the next generation of future experts to tackle our global security issues.
As a leading academic I and my colleagues are pioneering developments in frameworks for internationally recognised information security systems and digital forensics. I am consulted internationally on global information security issues. My biographical profile is included in the 25th Silver Anniversary Edition of Marquis Who’s Who in the World, 2008. In addition:
- Currently directing the research of a number of PhD students particularly in the areas of Cybercrime profiling, security management, secure e-government, computer security and trust
- Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics published by Inderscience: www.inderscience.com/ijesdf
- General chair of the annual International Conference on Global Security, Safety and Sustainability, (ICGS3): www.icgs3.org
- Co-Founder of the VoICE, Victims of the Internet Crime Europe, a non-for-profit organisation.
Qualifications:
1987 – 1991 PhD, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London
1984 – 1986 MSc, London Metropolitan University, (North London Polytechnic)
1981 - 1984 BSc, University of South Bank, (South Bank Polytechnic)
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Activities/responsible for:
Associate Dean - Academic
Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics published by Inderscience: www.inderscience.com/ijesdf
General chair of the annual International Conference on Global Security, Safety and Sustainability: www.icgs3.org
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Areas of interest/Summary of Expertise:
My research activities cover the following areas;
- cybercrime
- Emerging threats to e-security, including Voice over Internet Protocols, WiFi
- Zero day attacks and Vulnerability research
- Information Security and risk Management
- IT Security investment policies Cyber criminology and profiling
- Identity theft, consumer protection, trust and confidence, cybercrime legislations
- Forensic Computing and evidence recovery including mobile devices
- Anti-forensics Tools and Approaches
Teaching:
Programmes:
MSc Information Security and Computer Forensics
Professional Doctorate programmes in Information Security
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Modules:
Seizure and examination of computer system
Security Management
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Research / Publications:
Current research:
Books
- 1) Handbook of Electronic Security and Digital forensics, to be published by World scientific, Winter 2009.
- 2) Chapter in the Techniques and Applications for Advanced Information Privacy and Security: Emerging Organizational, Ethical, and Human Issues, IGI, 13-digit ISBN: 978-1-60566-210-7, 2009.
- 3) Global E-Security”, Proceedings of the 4th ICGeS-08, edited by Hamid Jahankhani,
Kenneth Revett, Dominic Palmer-Brown, published Springer CCIS, ISBN
10.1007/978-3-540-69403-8_25, 2008.
- 4) “Global E-Security”, Proceedings of the 3rd ICGeS-07, edited by Hamid Jahankhani, Dominic Palmer-Brown, published by ICGeS, ISBN 978-0-9550008-4-3, 2007.
- 5) Advances in Computing and Technology, Proceedings of the 2nd AC&T, edited byStephen Dodds, Wada Hosny, Hamid Jahankhani, Haralambos Mouratidis, Dominic Palmer-Brown, Roy Perryman, Chitral Wijeyesekera, ISBN 0-9550008-1, 2007.
- 6) Global E-Security”, Proceedings of the 2nd ICGeS-06, edited by Hamid Jahankhani, Haralambos Mouratidis, Dominic Palmer-Brown, David Preston, published by ICGeS, ISBN 0-9550008-2-3, 2006.
- 7) Advances in Computing and Technology, Proceedings of the 1st AC&T, edited byStephen Dodds, Wada Hosny, Hamid Jahankhani, Haralambos Mouratidis, Dominic Palmer-Brown, Roy Perryman, Chitral Wijeyesekera, ISBN 0-9550008-1-5, 2006.
- 8) “Global E-Security”, Proceedings of the 1st ICGeS-05, edited by Hamid Jahankhani, Haralambos Mouratidis, Muhammad Farmer, David Preston, published by ICGeS, ISBN 0-9550008-0-7, 2005
- 9) “E-commerce business practices in the EU”, a chapter contribution in “Enterprise Information Systems IV”, edited by Mario Piattini, Joaquim Filipe and Jose Braz, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp 265-276, ISBN 1402010869, 2002
REFERRED JOURNAL ARTICLES
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Other scholarly activities:
International Conference Program Committee Membership
- European Conference on Information Warfare and Security, ECIW.
- International Conference on Security and Cryptography , ECRYP.
- International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS.
Others
- Chairman of EEMA’s (European forum for e-business) E-Commerce University Work Group, 2003-05. E-commerce university work group is an academic and research network across Europe. This group provide a focal point of information for people in the field.
- Member of British Computer Society
- 3 times external MPhil and PhD Examiner and 4 times Internal PhD examiner
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Last updated: November 2007
