Associate Professor Paul Haskell-Dowland is the Associate Dean for Computing and Security in the School of Science at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. Paul has delivered keynotes, invited presentations, workshops, professional development/training and seminars across the world for audiences including RSA Security, Sri Lanka CERT, ITU and IEEE. He has appeared on local and national media (newspaper, radio and tv) commenting on current cyber issues as well as contributions through articles published in The Conversation. Paul has more than 20 years of experience in cyber security research and education in both the UK and Australia.
Paul is the Working Group Coordinator and the ACS/Australian Country Member Representative to the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Technical Committee 11 (TC11 - Security and Privacy Protection in Information Processing Systems), the secretary to IFIP Working Group 11.1 (Information Security Management) and a member of the ACS Cyber Security Committee, a Fellow of the Higher Education Authority, a Senior Member of the IEEE, a Fellow of the BCS and a Senior Member of the ACS/Certified Professional. He is the author of 90 papers in refereed international journals and conference proceedings and edited 29 proceedings.
Paul can be followed on Twitter (@pdowland).
Experience
2016–present
Associate Dean (Computing and Security), Edith Cowan University
2000–2016
Associate Head for Computing, University of Plymouth
Education
2004
University of Plymouth, UK, PhD
2001
University of Plymouth, UK, Postgraduate Certificate of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (LTHE)
1998
University of Plymouth, UK, B.Sc. (Hons) Computing and Informatics
Grants and Contracts
2017
Intelligent Building Security: An investigation into Vulnerabilities, Current Practice and Security Management Best Practice
Role:
Co-Investigator
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ASIS
2017
Increasing low SES female participation in computer and security science
Role:
Co-Lead
Funding Source:
Edith Cowan University
2015
KTP Associate Project (Essential 6, Paignton)
Role:
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DTI (UK)
2013
Superfast Network Monitoring Project
Role:
Co-Lead
Funding Source:
Cornwall Development Company
2012
Network Monitoring Proof of Concept Project
Role:
Co-Lead
Funding Source:
Not disclosed
Professional Memberships
FBCS (Fellow of British Computer Society)
Secretary & Webmaster, IFIP TC11 Working Group 11.1 on Information Security Management
Member of the IFIP TC 11 Working Group 11.12 on Human Aspects of Information Security and Assurance
Member of the UK Council of Professors and Heads of Computing (CPHC)
SMIEEE (Senior Member of the IEEE)
Working Group Coordinator, IFIP TC11
Senior Member of the ACS - Certified Professional MACS (Snr) CP and IP3P