GCET has a key role in the Cybersecurity research and education in the Sultanate of Oman. GCET Cyber is a team of academics at GCET aspiring to work for Cybersecurity. The group is actively engaged in various areas related to Cybersecurity, Cyber Physical Systems, Data Science and Cybersecurity, Wire/Wireless Security, Mobile and Embedded Devices, HighPerformance Computers security, Cloud and Grid Computing Security and Digital Forensics. GCET Cyber is active in teaching, research, industrial engagement, and outreach. Key members of the group are involved in the delivery of BSc (Hons) Computer Security and Forensics which is a unique programme in the Sultanate of Oman. Recently, the group has broadened its landscape and started research on the challenges in the Cybersecurity education in the MENA region with a deeper focus on offering Cyber education using blended/distance learning.
Members
Reserach Focus
- Computer and Network Security
- Digital Forensics
- Challenges in teaching Cybersecurity
- Deception Technologies.
- Cyber Physical Systems
- Communication Protocols
- Networks Communication and Optimization
- IPv6 Security
- IoT6 security
Consultancy Areas
- Enhanced security measures for computer and network systems.
- Effective digital forensics methodologies.
- Improved strategies for teaching cybersecurity.
- Implementation of deception technologies for defence.
- Secure integration of cyber-physical systems.