The Information Security and Privacy Research Group’s mission is to conduct advanced applied security research and devise practical solutions to address real-world information security and privacy challenges. The group’s members have an established track record of conducting research with impact and have secured major national and international research grants from both government and industry. Areas include: security of critical infrastructure; secure software systems and communication protocols; secure authentication and identity management; security of AI algorithms and systems; security and privacy by design solutions; security and privacy of social systems, and blockchain security and privacy.

Head of research group

Professor Salil Kanhere
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Our people

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Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security Arash Shaghaghi
Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security
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Senior Lecturer Helen Paik
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Professor Mahbub Hassan
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Associate Lecturer Rahat Masood
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 Sanjay Jha
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 Sushmita Ruj
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Professor  Wen Hu
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Adjuncts and external affiliates

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Team Leader, Software Engineering for AI Team, CSIRO's Data61
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