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Subject: Cybersecurity in the 5G-connected IoT World: Recent Developments and Future Trends
Lecturer: Prof. Muhammad Khurram Khan, King Saud University
Time: 10:40a.m.-12:10a.m. , Oct. 26, 2019
Place: Room 235, CIE

Abstract:
Due to the modern technological advancements and innovations, computers are not just limited to the desktop, laptop or portable devices, but they are proliferating into various areas of our lives and blurring the lines between reality and fiction. This fact is becoming truth due to the emergence of Internet of Things (IoT), which unites physical and virtual worlds by extending computing and connectivity capabilities to everyday things e.g. cars, refrigerators, and home appliances, etc. IoT is ushering in a new era which is transforming the way we work, live, communicate and perform businesses. The dawn of 5G with the promise of ultra-high speed, massive bandwidth, and super-low latency is the building block of making this all happen with more IoT friendly ecosystem and its applications in automotive, healthcare, energy, aerospace & defense, industrial, and consumer electronics products, etc. However, this unprecedented dependence and increased connectivity of billions of connected IoT devices could lead to unexpected cybersecurity risks and threats, which may have serious ramifications beyond our imagination. In this speech, we would dissect cybersecurity challenges and concerns in the 5G connected IoT-enabled world. Furthermore, we would explore some peculiar problems inherent in 5G and IoT ecosystem, which could exacerbate the risks of cybersecurity breaches, crimes, and attacks. Finally, we would discuss some of our research contributions as well as future trends in this domain.

Boigraphy:
Muhammad Khurram Khan is currently working as a Full Professor at the Center of Excellence in Information Assurance (CoEIA), King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He is one of the founding members of CoEIA and has served as Manager R&D from March 2009 until March 2012. He, along with his team, developed and successfully managed Cybersecurity research program of CoEIA, which turned the center as one of the best centers of excellence in Saudi Arabia and in the region.
Prof. Khurram is the Editor-in-Chief of a well-reputed International journal ‘Telecommunication Systems’ published by Springer-Verlag for over 24 years with its recent impact factor of 1.542 (JCR 2017). He is the Founding Editor of ‘Bahria University Journal of Information & Communication Technology (BUJICT)’. Furthermore, he is the editor of several international journals, including, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Access, IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, Journal of Network & Computer Applications (Elsevier), IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, PLOS ONE, Electronic Commerce Research (Springer), IET Wireless Sensor Systems, Journal of Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing (JIHMSP), and International Journal of Biometrics (Inderscience), etc. He has also played role of the guest editor of several international journals of IEEE, Springer, Wiley, Elsevier Science, and Hindawi, etc. Moreover, he is one of the organizing chairs of more than 5 dozen international conferences and member of technical committees of more than 10 dozen international conferences. In addition, he is an active reviewer of many international journals as well as national funding agencies of Switzerland, Italy, Saudi Arabia and Czech Republic.