Ziyad S. Al-Salloum, Ph.D.
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Received his M.Sc. (2006) and Ph.D. (2012) degrees in information security from
the Information Security Group (ISG) at Royal Holloway, University of London in
United Kingdom. His research and publications covers different areas of cyber security
including, computer worms and authentication. Ziyad, who holds a British patent in
information security, worked in both academia and industry participating in different
training and consultation projects in the field of cybersecurity.
Research Interests Viruses, Worms, and Botnets. Ziyad is also interested in authentication and other
cybersecurity topics.
Favorite Musicians
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Ludovico Einaudi.
- Ennio Morricone.
Education
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Royal Holloway, University of London.
Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, United Kingdom
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Doctor of Philosophy, Information Security, [2006-2011]
- Thesis Topic: Topology-Aware Vulnerability Mitigation Worms: Defensive Worms. [Abstract] [PDF]
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Master of Science, Information Security, [2005-2006]
- Dissertation Topic: Beneficial Computer Worms.
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- University of South Alabama.
Mobile, AL, United States
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Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, [2000-2003]
Refereed Publications
- AL-SALLOUM, Z., AND WOLTHUSEN, S. Semi-Autonomous Link
Layer Vulnerability Discovery and Mitigation Dissemination. In
Fifth International Conference on IT Security Incident Management and IT
Forensics, (IMF'09). (Stuttgart, Germany, 2009). [Paper Link]
- AL-SALLOUM, Z., AND WOLTHUSEN, S. A Link-Layer-Based Self-
Replicating Vulnerability Discovery Agent. In Proceedings of the Fifteenth
IEEE Symposium on Computer and Communications (ISCC). (Riccione,
Italy, 2010), pp. 704-707. [Paper Link]
- AL-SALLOUM, Z., AND WOLTHUSEN, S. Agent-Based Host Enumeration
and Vulnerability Scanning Using Dynamic Topology Information.
In the 9th Conference of Information Security for South Africa (ISSA)
(Johannesburg, South Africa, Jan 2010). [Paper Link]
- AL-SALLOUM, Z., AND WOLTHUSEN, S. Security and Performance
Aspects of an Agent-Based Link-Layer Vulnerability Discovery Mechanism.
In ARES'10 International Conference on Availability, Reliability,
and Security -- SecSe (Krakow, Poland, 2010), pp. 549-554 [Paper Link]
- AL-SALLOUM, Z., AND WOLTHUSEN, S. Threat Analysis Model of
an Agent-Based Vulnerability Mitigation Mechanism Using Bayesian
Belief Networks. In the international Workshop on Network Science (NSW)
(New York, USA, 2011), IEEE Computer Society. [Paper Link]
- AL-SALLOUM, Z., AND WOLTHUSEN, S. A Propagation Model of A Vulnerability Mitigation Computer Worm -- Seawave. The Fifth International Conference on Network and System Security. (Milan, Italy, 2011), IEEE digital library. [Paper Link]
- Al-Salloum, Z. (2012) Defensive computer worms: an overview, Int. J. Security and Networks, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp.59-70. [Paper Link]
- Al-Salloum, Z.S. (2014) GeoGraphical Passwords, Int. J. Security and Networks,
Vol. 9, No. 1, pp.56-62. [Paper Link]
Curriculum Vitae PDF
Feb. 2014