Dr Theo Tryfonas

Research summary

My work extends broadly to security penetration testing and digital forensics. In the context of the former I am interested in methodologies, techniques and tools for assessing security of computing technology, developing an understanding of emerging threats as well as extracting lessons for the design of secure systems. With respect to the latter, my work explores human and technical aspects of the analysis of digital evidence and its challenges in a national and international context.

I am further interested in aspects of professional responsibility of ethical hackers and forensic investigators, such as codes of conduct, standardisation of reporting, impact of ...

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Biography

I am a senior lecturer in systems engineering with a background in computer security and software engineering. I work with the Cryptography Group and the Systems Centre and I am involved in doctoral supervision with the engineering doctorate (EngD) in Systems, as well as with teaching across Computer Science masters and the undergraduate programmes of Engineering Design and Civil Engineering.

In the past I worked as a programmer, consultant and auditor and have kept close ties with industry after becoming an academic, providing on occasion expert witness advice, continuing professional development courses etc. My work has been focused on a ...

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Selected publications

• Fragkiadakis, A, Tragos, E, Tryfonas, T & Askoxylakis, I. ‘Design and Performance Evaluation of a Lightweight Wireless Early Warning Intrusion Detection Prototype’, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, (accepted, to appear), 2012
• Zaharis, A, Martini, A, Tryfonas, T, Ilioudis, C & Pangalos, G. ‘Lightweight Steganalysis based on Image Reconstruction & Lead Digit Distribution Analysis’, International Journal of Digital Crime and Forensics, 3(4), (pp. 29-41), 2011

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