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Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne

Dr. Jongkil Jay Jeong is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Computing and Information System, University of Melbourne. He is also a CyberCRC Senior Research Fellow as part of Deakin Cyber Research and Innovation Centre.

His current research focuses on the human-centric aspects of cyber security such as:

- Adoption of next-generation authentication and identity technologies.
- Quantification of human-centric cyber risk and its impact on cyber insurance.
- Enhancing Cyber Security Education Training & Awareness (SETA) programs.
- Developing Cyber security maturity building for nations.

Prior to his current role, he was a Research Fellow at Monash University, investigating how a nations cybersecurity capability is influenced by socio-cultural factors. This research was undertaken in conjunction with the Oceania Cyber Security Centre (OCSC) and Oxford University.

On top of his academic positions, Jay also has extensive industry experience serving as the the Managing Director of Elegant Minds - a digital advisory company, and as the head of the Webasia Initiative at Melbourne IT where he was responsible for orchestrating a strategic partnership agreement with Alibaba.

Experience

  • 2019–present
    Senior Research Fellow, Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre
  • 2015–present
    External Lecturer, University of Melbourne
  • 2023–present
    Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
  • 2008–present
    Managing Director, Elegant Minds
  • 2018–2019
    Research Fellow, Cyber Security, Monash University
  • 2006–2008
    Project Coordinator - Webasia, Melbourne IT
  • 2004–2006
    Managing Director, Synaptic Limited
  • 2000–2001
    Technical Analyst, AhnLab

Education

  • 2018 
    University of Melbourne, PhD - Engineering
  • 2011 
    University of Melbourne, Master of Information Systems
  • 2003 
    University of Otago, Bachelor of Commerce - Information Science

Publications

  • 2024
    Examining usable security features and user perceptions of Physical Authentication Devices, Computers & Security
  • 2023
    Towards Higher Levels of Assurance in Remote Identity Proofing, IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine
  • 2022
    Examining the Current Status and Emerging Trends in Continuous Authentication Technologies through Citation Network Analysis, ACM Computing Surveys
  • 2022
    Improving Unlinkability of Attribute Based Authentication through Game Theory, ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security
  • 2020
    The Importance of Social Identity on Password Formulations, Personal and Ubiquitous Computing

Professional Memberships

  • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • Association for Information Systems (AIS)
  • Australian Information Security Association (AISA)