Summary
My areas of interest include but are not limited to PUF, applied cryptography, network security, IoT security and cloud computing, I have taught courses at both the UG and PG level.
Academic Background
PhD
(Computing and Electronic Systems) University of Essex
September 02, 2013 - March 27, 2017
Honours and Awards
3Minute Thesis Competitio
I won the judges runner up award for presenting my PhD research in three minutes. I also got 100 GBP with a certificate.
May 11, 2016
Publications
Blockchain-enabled Secure Communication Framework for Enhancing Trust and Access Control in the Internet of Vehicles (IoV)
March 28, 2025
IEEE Access - Accepted
Intelligent parameter-based in-network IDS for IoT using UNSW-NB15 and BoT-IoT datasets
January 01, 2025
Journal of the Franklin Institute - Volume 362, Issue 1, Article Number 107440
Forensic analysis of web browsers lifecycle: A case study
September 01, 2024
Journal of Information Security and Applications - Volume 85 , Article Number 103839
Advancing Snort IPS to Achieve Line Rate Traffic Processing for Effective Network Security Monitoring
May 07, 2024
IEEE Access - Volume 12, Pages 61848-61859
Smart-Wearable Sensors and CNN-BiGRU Model: A Powerful Combination for Human Activity Recognition
December 07, 2023
IEEE Sensors Journal - Volume: 24, Issue: 2, 15 January 2024
Privacy Preserving and Serverless Homomorphic-based Searchable Encryption as a Service (SEaaS)
October 23, 2023
IEEE Access - Volume 11, Pages 115204-115218
A homomorphic approach for security and privacy preservation of Smart Airports
April 01, 2023
Future Generation Computer Systems - Volume 141, Pages 500-513
A Novel Image-Based Homomorphic Approach for Preserving the Privacy of Autonomous Vehicles Connected to the Cloud
February 01, 2023
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems - Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages 1936-1948
A Novel Approach to Reduce Breaches of Aircraft Communication Data
December 30, 2022
Electronics - Volume 12, Issue 1, Article Number 172
Security and Privacy Guidelines for IT Operations Under Pandemics and Epidemics
November 07, 2022
Handbook of Research on Cybersecurity Issues and Challenges for Business and FinTech Applications - Chapter 7, Pages 130-145
A portable hardware security module and cryptographic key generator
November 01, 2022
Journal of Information Security and Applications - Volume 70, Article Number 103332
A novel searchable encryption scheme to reduce the access pattern leakage
August 01, 2022
Future Generation Computer Systems - Volume 133, Pages 338-350
A Novel Homomorphic Approach for Preserving Privacy of Patient Data in Telemedicine
June 11, 2022
Sensors - Volume 22(12), Article Number 4432
Water Is a Viable Data Storage Medium: A Security and Privacy Viewpoint
March 05, 2022
Electronics - Volume 11(5), Article Number 818
A novel ICMetric public key framework for secure communication
December 01, 2021
Journal of Networks and Computer Applications - Volume 195, Article Number 103235
Forensic Analysis of Tor Browser on Windows 10 and Android 10 Operating Systems
October 22, 2021
IEEE Access - Volume 9, Pages 141273-141294
Privacy-preserving COVID-19 Contact Tracing using Blockchain
October 01, 2021
Journal of Communications and Networks - -
PUF-Based Key Generation Scheme for Secure Group Communication Using MEMS
July 15, 2021
Electronics - Volume 10(14), Article Number 1691
Granular Data Access Control with a Patient-Centric Policy Update for Healthcare
May 20, 2021
Sensors - Volume 21(10), Article Number 3556
Intrusion detection in internet of things using supervised machine learning based on application and transport layer features using UNSW-NB15 data-set
January 21, 2021
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking - Volume 2021, Article Number 10
Person Re-Identification Using Deep Modeling of Temporally Correlated Inertial Motion Patterns
February 10, 2020
Sensors - Volume 20, Issue 3, Article Number 949
Key-Based Cookie-Less Session Management Framework for Application Layer Security
September 11, 2019
IEEE Access - Volume 7, Pages 128544-128554
On the security of consumer wearable devices in the Internet of Things
April 18, 2018
PLoS ONE - Volume 13(4), Article Number e0195487
Securing Health Sensing Using Integrated Circuit Metric
October 20, 2015
Sensors - MDPI Sensors
SCAM-Software Component Assessment Model
June 06, 2011
International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security - Volume 9, Issue. 6
Conferences
Enhancing Security of Cloud-based IoT Systems through Network Access Control (NAC)
September 21, 2021 - September 22, 2021
Awais Khan, Shahzaib Tahir, Fawad Khan, Hasan Tahir, Zeeshan Zulkifl,
2021 International Conference on Communication Technologies (ComTech)
A Novel Fog-based Framework for Preventing Cloud Lock-in while Enabling Searchable Encryption
May 20, 2021 - May 21, 2021
Mariam Raj, Shahzaib Tahir, Fawad Khan, Hasan Tahir, Zeeshan Zulkifl,
2021 International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies (ICoDT2)
Sensor based PUF IoT Authentication Model for a Smart Home with Private Blockchain
September 04, 2018 - September 05, 2018
Kashif Rahim, Nassar Ikram, Hasan Tahir ,
2018 International Conference on Applied and Engineering Mathematics (ICAEM)
A Novel ICMetric Based Framework for Securing the Internet of Things
January 07, 2016 - January 11, 2016
Ruhma Tahir, Hasan Tahir, Klaus McDonald-Maier, Anil Fernando,
2016 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE)
Securing MEMS Based Sensor Nodes in the Internet of Things
September 03, 2015 - September 05, 2015
Hasan Tahir, Ruhma Tahir, Klaus McDonald-Maier,
2015 Sixth International Conference on Emerging Security Technologies (EST)
On Secure Group Admission Control Using ICMetrics
September 10, 2014 - September 12, 2014
Hasan Tahir, Gareth Howells, Huosheng Hu, Dongbing Gu, Klaus McDonald-Maier,
2014 Fifth International Conference on Emerging Security Technologies
On the Incorporation of Secure Filter in ICMetrics Group Communications
September 10, 2014 - September 12, 2014
Hasan Tahir, Gareth Howells, Huosheng Hu, Dongbing Gu, Klaus McDonald-Maier,
2014 Fifth International Conference on Emerging Security Technologies
A Group Secure Key Generation and Transfer Protocol Based on ICMetrics
July 23, 2014 - July 25, 2014
Hasan Tahir, Klaus McDonald-Maier,
2014 9th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks & Digital Sign (CSNDSP)
A Novel Private Cloud Document Archival System Based on ICMetrics
September 09, 2013 - September 11, 2013
Ruhma Tahir, Hasan Tahir, Klaus D. McDonald Maier,
2013 Fourth International Conference on Emerging Security Technologies
Service Guarantees in Wireless Sensor Networks
October 19, 2009 - October 20, 2009
Hasan Tahir, Muhammad Younus Javed,
2009 International Conference on Emerging Technologies
Wireless Sensor Networks: A Security Perspective
December 23, 2008 - December 24, 2008
Hasan Tahir, Syed Asim Ali Shah,
2008 IEEE International Multitopic Conference
Analysis of AutoPlay Feature via the USB Flash Drives
July 02, 2008 - July 04, 2008
Hasan Tahir, Ruhma Tahir, Zara Hamid,
Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering 2008
Senior Research Officer
University of Essex, UK
May 01, 2017 - August 25, 2017
Research Officer
University of Essex, UK
January 01, 2014 - July 01, 2016
Lecturer
Muhammad Ali Jinnah University
February 01, 2012 - September 01, 2013
Lecturer
Muhammad Ali Jinnah University
September 01, 2011 - January 15, 2012