Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Phd focus
Master capstone supervised
Committee membership
Security training
Journal reviewing
Conference reviewing
Publications
Training
Areas Of Interest
Timeline
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Hamdan A. Alzahrani

Cybersecurity Consultant | Assistant Professor
College of Computing and Informatics | Saudi Electronic University

Summary

Experienced cybersecurity consultant, assistant professor, and researcher with expertise in cryptography, biometrics, e-commerce technologies, and data privacy. Over 20 years of experience in academia and industry specializing in remote authentication, cybersecurity compliance, and privacy-enhancing technologies. Proficient in integrating cryptography with biometric systems to enhance authentication and security in digital platforms.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Cybersecurity Consultant

Saudi Electronic University
08.2022 - Current
  • Act as ECC compliance officer for the National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA).
  • Provide strategic cybersecurity consulting for the institution, ensuring alignment with NCA regulations.
  • Member of the Secretariat of the Sectorial Educational and Training Cybersecurity Committee, Ministry of Education.

Assistant Professor

Saudi Electronic University
01.2017 - Current
  • Delivered lectures and designed curriculum for courses on Introduction to Cyber-security, network security, and cybersecurity best practices.
  • Supervised graduate and undergraduate research in the areas of data privacy, cybersecurity policy, and biometric security systems.

Supervisor of Cybersecurity Business Center

Saudi Electronic University
01.2022 - 01.2023
  • Designed and implemented specialized cybersecurity training programs for students and faculty.
  • Managed high-profile national cybersecurity events, including CyberGate, a major national competition.
  • Offered consulting services in cybersecurity risk management.

Lecturer, Assistant Professor

Jeddah College of Technology
01.2001 - 01.2017

Intern

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
01.2015 - 12.2015
  • IT/Security Department

Education

Ph.D. - Security

University of Colorado At Colorado Springs
01.2011 - 04.2016

Master of Information Technology - E-business Technologies

University of Sydney
01.2005 - 01.2006

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

King Abdul Aziz University
01.1997 - 01.2001

Phd focus

Integrating cryptography with Biometric technologies to improve authentication, privacy, and security.

Master capstone supervised

2022: Detecting Criminals By Using Profiling Techniques On Social Med

2022: De-duplicating Data in Cloud

2022: Detecting Misleading Information on COVID-19 through Twitter

2022: Secure Electronic Medical Record in the Cloud

2020: A new comprehensive use of CAPTCHA

2020: Enhancing password manager application

2020: Detecting cyber bullying in social networks

2020: The use of Identity Based Encryption (IBE) in the Blockchain Access

2020: Control Data Leakage by Developing a Standard Unified Data Framework and Utilizing Private Blockchain

2020: A Two Factor Authentication System Using Enhanced QR Code

2020: A Novel Approach to Detect Spammers Using Text Analysis and Multiple Features Extraction

2020: Cyber Hygiene: The Minimum Set of Practices Needed for Academic Institutes in Saudi Arabia

2020: The Effectiveness of Cyber Security Awareness Delivery Methods

2019:Social Media Influence Over Cyberattacks

2019: Forensics Analysis of Snapchat.

2019:Cryptographic techniques under cloud systems

Committee membership

Member - Anti Crime Lab, Member - Cybersecurity steering committee, Member - Secretariat of the Sectorial Educational and Training Cybersecurity Committee- MoE, Member - College of Computing and Informatics Steering Committee, Member - IT department council, Member - Cyber Security Club, Member - Training & Developing Centre, Member - e-learning committee and Learning sources

Security training

  • IBM Security Intelligence Analyst. Qrader
  • IBM IoT Cloud Developer

Journal reviewing

  • CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, 2023
  • IET | Biometric, 2017
  • Signal, Image and Video Processing by Springer, 2013

Conference reviewing

International Conference on Electrical, Control Engineering and Computer Science (ECECS), 2014

Publications

  • Naseer, Aysha, Hamdan A. Alzahrani, Nouf Abdullah Almujally, Khaled Al Nowaiser, Naif Al Mudawi, Asaad Algarni, and Jeongmin Park. "Efficient Multi-Object Recognition Using GMM Segmentation Feature Fusion Approach." IEEE Access (2024).
  • Almujally, Nouf Abdullah, Bisma Riaz Chughtai, Naif Al Mudawi, Abdulwahab Alazeb, Asaad Algarni, Hamdan A. Alzahrani, and Jeongmin Park. "UNet Based on Multi-Object Segmentation and Convolution Neural Network for Object Recognition." Computers, Materials & Continua 80, no. 1 (2024).
  • Alsubaie, Fheed, Mousa Al-Akhras, and Hamdan A. Alzahrani, Using Machine Learning for Intrusion Detection System in Wireless Body Area Network, 2020 First International Conference of Smart Systems and Emerging Technologies (SMARTTECH), IEEE, 2020
  • Alharbi, Badr, Hamdan Alzahrani, Ahmed Asseri, and Khaled Taramisi, Anti-Malware Efficiency Evaluation Framework, 2020 2nd International Conference on Computer and Information Sciences (ICCIS), 1-4, IEEE, 2020
  • Alzahrani, Hamdan Ahmed, Remote authentication using vaulted fingerprint verification, PhD diss., University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Kraemer Family Library, 2016
  • Albahdal, Abdullah A., Hamdan Alzahrani, Lalit Prithviraj Jain, and Terrance E. Boult, Trusted BWI: Privacy and trust enhanced biometric web identities, Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems (BTAS), 2013
  • Alzahrani, Hamdan, and Terrance E. Boult, Remote authentication using vaulted fingerprint verification, SPIE Defense+ Security, International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2014
  • Alzahrani, Hamdan, Remote Authentication Using Vaulted Fingerprint Verification, ELCVIA Electronic Letters on Computer Vision and Image Analysis, 15, 2, 11/08/2016

Training

  • Harvard University, Leading More Effective Teams, 06/2023
  • The Academy for developing Administrative leaders By IPA, Leaders Decision Making Skills, 01/2023

Areas Of Interest

  • Commerce Technologies
  • Privacy and Security
  • Identity management
  • Cryptography
  • Cyber Security
  • Biometrics security

Timeline

Cybersecurity Consultant

Saudi Electronic University
08.2022 - Current

Supervisor of Cybersecurity Business Center

Saudi Electronic University
01.2022 - 01.2023

Assistant Professor

Saudi Electronic University
01.2017 - Current

Intern

University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
01.2015 - 12.2015

Ph.D. - Security

University of Colorado At Colorado Springs
01.2011 - 04.2016

Master of Information Technology - E-business Technologies

University of Sydney
01.2005 - 01.2006

Lecturer, Assistant Professor

Jeddah College of Technology
01.2001 - 01.2017

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

King Abdul Aziz University
01.1997 - 01.2001
Hamdan A. AlzahraniCybersecurity Consultant | Assistant Professor