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Professor Paul Haskell-Dowland

Paul is a Professor and Associate Dean (Computing and Security) in the School of Science.

Background

Professor Paul Haskell-Dowland is the Professor of Cyber Security Practice and Associate Dean for Computing and Security in the School of Science.  Paul has delivered keynotes, invited presentations, workshops, professional development/training and seminars across the world for audiences including RSA Security, ITU and IEEE. He has appeared on local, national and international media (newspaper, radio and tv) commenting on current cyber issues with a global audience reach of more than three billion people. His contributions through articles published in The Conversation have reached over three million readers. Paul has more than 25 years of experience in cyber security research and education in both the UK and Australia.

Paul is the Working Group Coordinator and the ACS/Australian Country Member Representative to the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Technical Committee 11 (TC11 - Security and Privacy Protection in Information Processing Systems); secretary to IFIP Working Group 11.1 (Information Security Management); a member of the ACS Cyber Security Committee; and, a Fellow of the ACS (Certified Professional),  Australian Information Security Association, BCS, and the Higher Education Academy.  He is the author of over 100 papers in refereed international journals and conference proceedings and edited more than 30 books/proceedings.

Professional Memberships

  • FAISA (Fellow of the Australian Information Security Association), April 2021
  • MAISA (Member of the Australian Information Security Association), September 2019)
  • Working Group Coordinator, IFIP TC11, June 2017
  • Senior Member of the ACS - Certified Professional MACS (Snr) CP and IP3P, December 2016
  • SMIEEE (Senior Member of the IEEE), April 2016
  • Member of the Council of Professors and Heads of Computing (CPHC), September 2015
  • MIEEE (Member of the IEEE), August 2015
  • FBCS (Fellow of British Computer Society), September 2010
  • IFIP Silver Core recipient, 2010
  • Member of the IFIP TC 11 Working Group 11.12 on Human Aspects of Information Security and Assurance
  • Secretary & Webmaster, IFIP TC11 Working Group 11.1 on Information Security Management, August 2004
  • Branch Committee Member & Webmaster, BCS South West, April 2004-2016
  • MBCS (Member of British Computer Society), April 2004

Research Areas and Interests

  • Network and System Security
  • Teaching and Learning Technologies
  • Learner and Learning Analytics
  • Security Education
  • Network Monitoring
  • Misuse Detection
  • Authentication Technologies
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