Cybersecurity Fundamentals

Al-Sakib Khan Pathan is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering. Currently, he is with the Independent University, Bangladesh as an Adjunct Professor. He received PhD degree in Computer Engineering in 2009 from Kyung Hee University, South Korea and B.Sc. degree in Computer Science and Information Technology from Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Bangladesh in 2003. His research interests include wireless sensor networks, network security, cloud computing, and e-services technologies. Currently he is also working on some multidisciplinary issues. He is a recipient of several awards/best paper awards and has several notable publications in these areas, and has delivered many keynotes and invited speeches at various international conferences and events, as well as chairing and organising others. He is currently serving as the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Computers and Applications, Taylor & Francis, on top of editing a number of other journals and publishing seven books.

Kutub Thakur Ph.D is the Director of NJCU Center for cybersecurity, Assistant professor and Director of Cybersecurity Program at New Jersey City University. He worked for various private and public entities such as United Nations, Lehman Brothers, Barclays Capital, ConEdison, City University of New York, and Metropolitan Transport Authority. He received his Ph.D. in computer science with specialization in cybersecurity from the Pace University, New York, M.S in Engineering Electrical and computer Control systems from University of Wisconsin, B.S and A.A.S in Computer Systems Technology from the City University of New York.

He has reviewed for many prestigious journals and published many papers in reputable journals and conferences. His research interests include digital forensics, Network security, Machine learning, IoT Security, privacy, and Security and user behaviour.

Dr. Thakur is currently serving/served as the program chair for many conferences and workshop. He is also currently supervising/ supervised many graduate and doctoral students for their thesis, proposal, and dissertation in the field of cyber security.