Dr. Haider Abbas

PERSONALS
Name:	Dr. Haider Abbas
Designation:	Assistant Professor & Cyber Security Officer
Department:	Department of Information Security
Phone (off.):	+92 (51) 561 52 (33351)
Mobile:	+92 (D00) WMDGW11
Email:	haider@mcs.edu.pk
Fax:	+ 92 (51)-561-31337
On Leave:	Till 30 April, 2013
HEC Approved Supervisor:	Yes

INTRODUCTION
Haider Abbas has been working as an Assistant Professor at the Information Security Department, MCS, at National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan. Dr. Abbas received his MS and PhD degrees from KTH- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. He has worked during his doctoral studies with Swedish Administrative Development Agency: VERVA (Sweden). His research focuses various aspects on how information and communication security can be understood and thus managed in business/governmental organizations. Dr. Abbas has authored several international publications and participating in various ICT related projects in EU and Pakistan. He has supervised various master dissertations at KTH, Sweden. Presently, he is the principal advisor/HEC approved supervisor for doctoral and master students at NUST.

Courses/Teaching
Computer Security Computer Forensics Cloud Computing Security Information Security Management
Research & Development
Research Interests Cloud computing security IT Law and Digital Forensics Risk/Vulnerability Assessment Security Evaluation of IT Products/Services Security in Open Distributed Systems
Completed Projects
Increasing the performance of the Crab Linux router simulation package using XEN Options-Based Security-Oriented Framework for Addressing Uncertainty Issues in IT Security Threats and Security Measures Involved in VoIP-Telephony Internalizing IT Security Externalities for a secure architecture Automated System for Uncertainty Issues Management in Information Security Empowering Common Criteria Security Evaluation of IT Products by ROA Evaluation of ESAM (E-Society), Sweden Security Evaluation of SHS (Spridnings- och Hämtningssystem: Dissemination and Retrieval System), Sweden
Current Projects
Secure Electronic-Voting System in Pakistan
Future Projects
DigiPass: Secure Authentication Device for Banks/Commercial Organizations Achieving User Data Privacy using cryptographic dynamic runtime relation building technique for Cloud-‐Based Environment Development of Centralized Backbone Network Infrastructure for secure Organizational Communication in Pakistan
Publications
Haider Abbas, Secure Electronic Voting in Pakistan, ICT4D Symposium 2011, Università della Svizzera italiana (Lugano, Switzerland) (Accepted) Adeela Waqar, Asad Raza and Haider Abbas User Privacy Issues in Eucalyptus: A Private Cloud Computing Environment, IEEE TSCloud 2011 , IEEE International Workshop on Trust and Security in Cloud Computing Abbas Haider, “Options-Based Security-Oriented Framework for Addressing Uncertainty Issues in IT Security”, Doctoral Thesis at KTH, School of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Electronic Systems, Stockholm, Sweden, 2010 Abbas Haider, “Threats and Security Measures Involved in VoIP-Telephony”, Masters Thesis at KTH, School of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Computer and Systems Sciences, DSV, Stockholm, Sweden, 2006 Abbas Haider, Christer Magnusson, Louise Yngström, Ahmed Hemani, “Internalizing IT Security Externalities: An Options-Based Approach”, submitted to “Strategic and Practical Approaches for Information Security Governance: Technologies and Applied Solutions”, to be published by IGI Global, USA (Submitted) Abbas Haider, Christer Magnusson, Louise Yngström, Ahmed Hemani, “Addressing Dynamic Issues in Information Security Management”, Accepted for publication to Journal of Information Management & Computer Security (IMCS), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK Abbas Haider, Christer Magnusson, Louise Yngström, Ahmed Hemani, “Architectural Description of an Automated System for Uncertainty Issues Management in Information Security”, International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, USA, Vol. 8 No. 3, June 2010, pages 59-67 Abbas Haider, Louise Yngström, Ahmed Hemani, “Security Evaluation of IT Products: Bridging the Gap between Common Criteria (CC) and Real Option Thinking”, in Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2008, October 22-24, 2008, San Francisco, USA, pages 530- 533 Abbas, Haider, Louise Yngström, Ahmed Hemani, “Adaptability infrastructure for bridging IT security evaluation and options theory”, in Proceedings of 2nd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Security of Information and Networks (SIN 2009) October 6-10, 2009, North Cyprus, pages 39-45 Abbas Haider, Louise Yngström, Ahmed Hemani, “Option Based Evaluation: Security Evaluation of IT Products Based on Options Theory”, in Proceedings of IEEE Eastern European Regional Conference on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems, September 7th-8th 2009, Novi Sad, Serbia, pages 134-141 Abbas Haider, Louise Yngström, Ahmed Hemani, “Empowering Security Evaluation of IT Products by Real Options Theory”, 30th IEEE Symposium on Security & Privacy, May 17- 20, 2009, Oakland, California, USA Abbas Haider, Christer Magnusson, Louise Yngström, Ahmed Hemani, “A Structured Approach for Internalizing Externalities Caused by IT Security Mechanisms”, in Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Education Technology and Computer Science (ETCS 2010), March 6-7, 2010, Wuhan, China, pages 149-153 Asad Raza, Abbas Haider, Louise Yngström, Ahmed Hemani, “Security Characterization for Evaluation of Software Architectures using A T AM”, in Proceedings of Third IEEE International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies (ICICT2009), August 15-16 2009, Karachi, Pakistan, pages 241-246 Asad Raza, Abbas Haider, Louise Yngström, Ahmed Hemani, “Security Evaluation of ESAM Architecture using ATAM”, in Proceedings of 3rd Annual ICT4D Postgraduate Symposium, September 8-9 2008, Joensuu, Finland Faraz Hameed, Abbas Haider, Louise Yngström, “Analyzing Opportunities and Constraints for Deploying a Centralized Information Exchange Infrastructure in Pakistan, Submitted to IEEE International Computer Symposium (ICS2010), Tainan, Taiwan Abbas Haider, Stefan Sundqvist, “Increasing the Performance of Crab Linux Router Simulation Package using XEN”, In Proceedings of IEEE conference on industrial and information systems, August 8-11 2006, Kandy, Sri Lanka, pages 459-462 Abbas Haider, Louise Yngström, Ahmed Hemani, “Analyzing IT Security Evaluation Methodologies for Developing Countries”, 2009 IPID Annual workshop, Orebro, Sweden Abbas Haider, Christer Magnusson, Louise Yngström, Ahmed Hemani, “ROA Based Agile Security Evaluation of IT Products for Developing Countries”, 4th Annual IPID Symposium 2009, September 11th & 12th, London, UK
Professional Memberships & Affiliations

Contact Info
Email: haider[at]mcs.edu.pk Telephone (Off): +92 (51) 561 52 (33351) Mobile #: +92 (D00) WMDGW11 Fax #: + 92 (51)-561-31337

Research Interests