Reviewer for Oxford Journal of Cybersecurity (November 2019); Member of the Technical Programme Committee for International Symposium for ICS & SCADA Cyber Security Research (April 2018); Shadow Program Committee for IFIP TMA Conference (June 2018); Attended IETF101 (Hackathon) March 2018; Session Chair for 'Authentication, Privacy and Security Models' at ICISSP (January 2018); Completed SANS ICS515 (November 2017); Frequent Reviewer for International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection (February 2015). Additionally, he is a member of ACM, Internet Society, and ISOC Cybersecurity SIG.
Research Experience
Currently a PostDoc at Queen’s University Belfast, working within EEECS at the Centre for Secure IT; 2017-2018, worked on EPSRC project ADAMA; 2016/17, worked at the IT-Innovation Centre, part of Southampton University, on two EU H2020 projects 5G-ENSURE and RESTASSURED; 2013-2018, also worked on an EU PF7 project PRECYSE.
Education
2013-2018, PhD at Queen’s University Belfast with thesis titled ‘Methods for Modelling and Detecting Network-Based ICS Attacks’; 2009-2013, Undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Aberystwyth University, Wales, including a one-year industrial work placement (2012); 2007-2009, Higher National Diploma in Computing from Pembrokeshire College, in conjunction with University of Glamorgan, now part of the University of South Wales. Completed CISCO’s CCNA certification in 2006.
Background
Research interests include: Network protocols and networking architectures, Information-Centric Networking, Privacy-preserving communication systems, Intrusion Detection Systems (both host and network), Securing open-source and free-software, Industrial control and IIoT security issues.
Miscellany
Interests include being a Security Researcher, Privacy Advocate, and Open-Source Enthusiast.