Professor Dr. Khalid Hussain

Alor Setar, Malaysia

Dr. Khalid Hussain working as Professor Cyber Security in School of Computing and Informatics at Albukhary International University Alor Setar Kedah Malaysia, in addition to this he is also working as Director Centre of Research and Innovation Management and also a member of the Senate and a member of the Board of Governors at Albukhary International University. Before this he was working as a Professor of Cyber Security at Superior University Lahore and Campus Director at National Superior Institute of Science and Technology (NSIST) Islamabad, previously he had served as Dean of the Faculty of Computer Science and Campus Director in Barani Institute of Sciences ARID Agriculture University, for the last one and half years. He also served at The University of Lahore as Dean Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology for three years. Dr. Khalid has vast university/industry experience. During his tenure in the industry, he served in defense-related projects, and in recognition of his services, he has been awarded commendation certificates by multiple government agencies.

He joined academia in 2008 as a full-time faculty member. In addition to his teaching role, he has been involved in numerous research projects, ICT training, seminars, and workshops, especially in the domain of cybersecurity. He helps set up a pioneer setup for information/ network security certification in Pakistan. He also introduced EC Council certification under the first academia-industry partnership. That project started from a one-room office and has grown into a fully functional campus of RIPHAH University.
He did his Ph.D. from Malaysia, under a fully funded UTM / HEC scholarship. Up till now, he published one patent, and 141 papers, out of which 98 are ISI Indexed Impact Factor, 23 are in HEC-approved journals and 20 are in IEEE and ACM conferences. Except for this, he also has 27 book chapters and seven books in his credit. His Cumulative Impact Factor is 83.032. He has completed six applied research projects in the domain of Information Security funded by NESCOM and other funding agencies. Currently, he has won four research projects, one from the Fundamental Research Grants Scheme (FRGS), One Matching Grant, One from the Selangor Research Grant, and one from WHO for an amount of 40 million USD. Up till now 37 MS and 06 Ph.D. students completed their research thesis under his supervision. Currently, he is supervising 13 MS and five Ph.D. students.
In reward for his contribution towards Information Security SATHA awarded him, the Gold Medal, in 2015.

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