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    Dr Imran Malik is a Lecturer in the ECU School of Science

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Dr Imran Malik

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 6746
Email: muhammad.malik@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO23.243  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3829-9282

Dr Imran Malik is a Lecturer in the Computer and Security discipline at Edith Cowan University's School of Science. He delivers core and practical cyber security subjects in undergraduate and postgraduate courses, equipping students to handle modern challenges.

Professional Memberships

  • Australian Computer Society (ACS)

Awards and Recognition

Academic Awards and Achievements

  • 2024 ACS WA Dennis Moore 1962 Medal Finalist
  • 2022 Best PhD Presentation Award - School of Science Post-Graduate Symposium
  • Awarded WA inaugural Science Industry PhD fellowship award for three years from 2019-2021. The award is aimed at projects that have the potential to diversify WA economy with a high research impact
  • 2017 Dean’s List of Excellent Academic Results – Master of Cyber Security
  • Recipient of ALC Group Prize 2017 awarded to the top student in a graduating cohort – Master of Cyber Security
  • Received a Certificate of Recognition from the Vice-Chancellor for being in the top 100 students in ECU for two consecutive years (2016 and 2017)
  • Golden Key Honour Society Award 2017. The society is the world’s largest collegiate honour society that recognises top-performing graduate students
  • Highest CGPA in Master of Computer Science (Networks and Telecommunication)
  • Awarded Gold Medal in Master of Computer Science (Software Engineering)

Professional Training

  • Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) Training - August 2018
  • Public Speaking Course - March 2018
  • Ethical Hacking and Defence Workshop – 2015
  • Red Hat Certified System Administrator – 2013

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2024.
  • Master of Cyber Security, Edith Cowan University, 2017.
  • Master of Science (Specialization in Networks and Tel), Pakistan, 2013.
  • Master of Computer Science, Pakistan, 2004.
  • Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours), Pakistan, 2003.

Research Outputs

2023

Journal Articles

  • Malik, I., Ibrahim, A., Hannay, P., Sikos, L. (2023). Developing Resilient Cyber-Physical Systems: A Review of State-of-the-Art Malware Detection Approaches, Gaps, and Future Directions. Computers, 12(4), Article number 79. https://doi.org/10.3390/computers12040079.

2020

Book Chapters

  • Malik, I., McAteer, I., Ibrahim, A., Hannay, P., Baig, Z., Zheng, G. (2020). Cyber Security for Network of Things (NoTs) in Military Systems: Challenges and Countermeasures. Security Analytics for the Internet of Everything (233-251). CRC Press.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Malik, I., McAteer, I., Hannay, P., Baig, Z. (2018). Preparing for Secure Wireless Medical Environment in 2050: A Vision. IEEE Access, 6(4 May 2018), 25666-25674. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2833509.
  • McAteer, I., Hannay, P., Malik, I., Baig, Z. (2018). Forensic Analysis of a Crash-Damaged Cheerson CX-20 Auto Pathfinder Drone. Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law, 13(4), 5-21. https://doi.org/10.15394/jdfsl.2018.1535.

Conference Publications

  • Chong, K., Malik, I., Hannay, P. (2018). Mitigating man-in-the-middle attacks on mobile devices by blocking insecure http traffic without using vpn. Proceedings of the 16th Australian Information Security Management Conference (1-13). Edith Cowan University. https://doi.org/10.25958/5C526C2966688.
  • Malik, I., McAteer, I., Hannay, P., Syed, N., Baig, Z. (2018). XMPP architecture and security challenges in an IoT ecosystem. Proceedings of 16th Australian Information Security Management Conference (2018) (62-73). Edith Cowan University. https://doi.org/10.25958/5c52735166690.
  • Montealegre, C., Njuguna, C., Malik, I., Hannay, P., McAteer, I. (2018). Security vulnerabilities in android applications. Proceedings of the 16th Australian Information Security Management Conference (14-28). Edith Cowan University. https://doi.org/10.25958/5c5274d466691.

2017

Conference Publications

  • McAteer, I., Malik, I., Baig, Z., Hannay, P. (2017). Security vulnerabilities and cyber threat analysis of the AMQP protocol for the internet of things. 15th Australian Information Security Management Conference (70-80). Edith Cowan University. https://doi.org/10.4225/75/5a84f4a695b4c.
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