Dr Hossein Abroshan

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Senior Lecturer
Faculty:
Faculty of Science and Engineering
School:
Computing and Information Science
Location:
Cambridge
Areas of Expertise:
Cybersecurity and Networking , Artificial Intelligence
Research Supervision:
Yes

Hossein teaches and conducts research in the areas of cybersecurity, cyberpsychology and artificial intelligence. He is the Course Leader for BSc (Hons) Cyber Security and Industry Lead for the School of Computer and Information Science.

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Background

Hossein has accumulated over 25 years of professional and academic experience in diverse industries and universities. He has worked as a lecturer, researcher, chief information security officer, chief technical officer, and cyber security expert in the academic, research, banking, telecom, and manufacturing sectors. He has actively participated in technical work packages for EU-funded projects such as Horizon 2020.

Hossein served as a member of the RDA-Group of European Data Experts (GEDE), the EUDAT work group on sensitive data, and the DDI Alliance. He has attended many research conferences and seminars and actively worked with European research communities.

Hossein has implemented and managed IT and OT security programs for several organisations using ISO/IEC 27001, NIST CSF, and ISA/IEC 62443. During his PhD and postdoctoral studies, Hossein researched the effects of human factors in cybersecurity, especially their impact on users' responses to phishing scams. He is a certified information security manager (CISM) and ISO27001 lead auditor and a member of our Cyber Security and Networking Research Group.

Spoken Languages
  • English
  • Persian
  • Norwegian
Research interests
  • Cybersecurity and Cybercrime
  • Human factors in cybersecurity
  • Cyberpsychology
  • Information security management
  • IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) and OT (Operational Technology) security
  • Digital Privacy
  • Use of AI in cybersecurity (e.g., to detect and prevent cyber threats)
  • Digital Sustainable
Areas of expertise
  • Cybersecurity and Networking
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cyberpsychology
Areas of research supervision

Hossein is interested in supervising PhD students in the areas mentioned above under research interests, especially interdisciplinary research.

Teaching
  • Cyber Security and AI Case Studies
  • Secure Systems
  • Security Management, Operations, and Analytics
  • Principles of Data Mining and Machine Learning (Practical)
Qualifications
  • PhD in Cyber Security (Business Economics), Ghent University, Belgium
  • PGCert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Anglia Ruskin University
  • PGCert in Psychology, Northumbria University
  • Master of Business Administration (IT-focused)
  • Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
  • ISO 27001 Lead Auditor (IRCA certified)
  • Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), 2000
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), 2002
  • Cisco Secure Firewall, 2002
Memberships, editorial boards
  • Fellow, Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET)
  • Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Full Member of ICS Community of Interest (COI), National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
  • Member of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES)
  • Member of the IEEE Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (TC-ICPS)
  • Member of the IEEE Cyber Security STC
  • Member of Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
Research grants, consultancy, knowledge exchange
  • Identifying challenges and proposing solutions for sustainable ICT by reducing file storage on the cloud. Sustainable Future, ARU.
  • Development of an active learning lesson plan and laboratory materials for AI for Security. CyBOK
  • Domain Technical leader of societal challenge #6 of the Big Data Europe project (BDE) – EU H2020
  • Synergies for Europe's Research Infrastructures in the Social Sciences (SERISS) project. EU Funded
  • Sensitive data in research e-infrastructures (EUDAT)
  • Group of European data experts (GEDE) in RDA
  • Council of European Social Science Data Archives research e-infrastructure (CESSDA PPP)
  • Cyber security projects in maritime, manufacturing, telecom, and banking industries
Selected recent publications

Kathleen Coates, S., Abroshan, H. (2023). Guideline for the Production of Digital Rights Management (DRM). International Journal of Security, Privacy and Trust Management (IJSPTM), 12(3/4).

Abroshan, H. 2021. A hybrid encryption solution to improve cloud computing security using symmetric and asymmetric cryptography algorithms. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 12.

Abroshan, H., Devos, J., Poels, G. & Laermans, E. Phishing Attacks Root Causes. 2018 Cham. Springer International Publishing, 187-202.

Abroshan, H., Devos, J., Poels, G. & Laermans, E. 2021. COVID-19 and Phishing: Effects of Human Emotions, Behavior, and Demographics on the Success of Phishing Attempts During the Pandemic. IEEE Access, 9, 121916-121929.

Abroshan, H., Devos, J., Poels, G. & Laermans E. 2021. Phishing happens beyond technology: The effects of human behaviours and demographics on each step of a phishing process. IEEE Access.

Abroshan, H., Devos, J., Poels, G. & Laermans, E. 2021. A phishing Mitigation Solution using Human Behaviour and Emotions that Influence the Success of Phishing Attacks. Adjunct Proceedings of the 29th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization. Utrecht, Netherlands: Association for Computing Machinery.

Wittenburg, P., Hellström, M., Zwölf, C.M., Abroshan, H., Asmi, A., Di Bernardo, G., Couvreur, D., Gaizer, T., Holub, P., Hooft, R. and Häggström, I. 2017. Persistent identifiers: Consolidated assertions. Standard, Research Data Alliance; Zenodo: Geneva, Swissland.