Information Security and Forensics

A research group within the Securing Cyberspace Research Cluster.

This research group works in the areas of information security management, critical infrastructure protection, data management and individual privacy, security and the Internet, information privacy and security, digital forensics and the Law.

The Mission of the Information Security and Privacy Research Group is to

• Expand the research base in information security and privacy
• Train students in this area.

This includes maximising the quality of outcomes in terms of publications, competitive research grant applications and successes, conference presentations, HDR completions, attracting HDR students and attracting industry partners.

The group runs a regular weekly research seminar series and an annual workshop.

Group Coordinator

Professor Lynn Batten
Chair in Mathematics
Burwood Campus
Phone: +61 3 925 17474
Email: lynn.batten@deakin.edu.au

Academic and Research Staff

Professor Wanlei Zhou
Professor Mirko Bagaric
Professor Matthew Warren
A/Prof Danuta Mendelson
Dr. Jemal Abawajy
Dr. Morshed Choudhury
Dr. Damien Hutchinson
Dr. Robin Doss
Dr. Lei Pan
Dr. Rafiq Islam

Collaborations

Dr. Bernard Colbert - Telstra Corporation
Dr. Steve Versteeg - CA Pty Ltd
Dr. Xun Yi - Victoria University
Dr. Udaya Parampali - Melbourne University

Students

Ms Ana Palavestra
Mr Bai Li
Ms Leanne Ngo
Ms Ronghua Tian
Mr Ashley Fox
Mr Graeme Pye
Mr Randy Silvers
Mr Giannakis Antoniou - School of Information Technology, Deakin University and Melbourne University
Mr Daniel Ayers - Deakin and Christchurch University

Research

1. Wireless sensor recovery
2. Digital forensics
3. Secure electronic commerce
4. Internet privacy
5. Cryptographic protocols
6. Malicious software classification