Ahn -- Arizona State University (ASU)

Gail-Joon Ahn, PhD, CISSP

Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Fulton Entrepreneurial Professor
Director, Center for Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics
Director, Laboratory of Security Engineering for Future Computing
School of Computing, Informatics and Decision Systems Engineering
Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering , Arizona State University

Brickyard Office
Office: BYENG 486
Phone: (480) 965-9007
FAX: (480) 965-2751

699 S. Mill Avenue
Tempe, AZ 85281
Email: gahn at asu.edu
ISTB4 Office
Office: ISTB4 465
Phone: (480) 965-9007
FAX: (480) 965-2751

781 Terrace Rd.
Tempe, AZ 85287
Email: ahn at asu.edu

Prof. Ahn is Director of Laboratory of Security Engineering for Future Computing (SEFCOM). His principal research and teaching interests are in information and systems security. His research foci include security analytics and big data driven security intelligence, vulnerability and risk management, access control and security architecture for distributed systems, identity and privacy management, cyber crime analysis, security-enhanced computing platforms, and formal models for computer security. His research has been supported by National Science Foundation (NSF), National Security Agency (NSA), Department of Defense (DoD), Office of Naval Research (ONR), Army Research Office (ARO), Department of Justice (DoJ), Department of Energy (DoE), Bank of America, CISCO, GoDaddy, Hewlett Packard, Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold, Google, Microsoft and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In addition, he has received 7 U.S. patents.

He is a recipient of Department of Energy CAREER Award and the Educator of the Year Award from the Federal Information Systems Security Educators' Association (FISSEA). Prior to ASU, he was an Associate Professor of College of Computing and Informatics and Founding Director of Center for Digital Identity and Cyber Defense Research (DICyDER) at UNC Charlotte. Also, he is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

News and Highlights

ASU research center, Allstate partner to ..., ASU Full Circle, July 12, 2016.
Allstate Pledges $1.5M for ASU's CDF..., Infosecurity Magazine, June 21, 2016.
ASU center, Allstate partner to address cybersecurity..., ASU Now, June 17, 2016.
Clark County Water Reclamanation District computer..., Las Vegas Review Journal, March 8, 2016.
The State of US Cybersecurity, ASU Now, February 9, 2016.
Cybersecurity expert recognized ..., ASU Full Circle, December 17, 2015.
ASU engineers working ... nation's energy delivery systems ..., ASU Full Circle, November 20, 2015.
How one university is approaching the 'wicked problem' ... The Christian Science Monitor, September 30, 2015.
New ASU Cybercurity Center ... ASU Now, September 22, 2015.
Team FLOWGUARD wins third place in national ..., ASU Full Circle, August 19, 2015.
Working to make mobile payment more secure, ASU Now, December 19, 2014.
Website live streaming unsecured webcams, USA Today, November 13, 2014.
Highlighted ACM CCS 2014, ASU Full Clrcle, Octobre 23, 2014.
Google Fiber expansion chang.., The State Press, March 4, 2014.
Windows 8 picture passwords ..., InformationWeek and WeLiveSecurity, August 30, 2013.
Tests new picture password system, The State Press, August 28, 2013.
Picture password system promising ..., ASU Full Circle and ASU NSU Now, August 7, 2013.
ASU scientist patents security process, Phoenix Business Journal, June 14, 2013.
Patented system bolsters security ..., ASU Full Circle and ASU Now, May 20, 2013
Homeland security must ..., Tucson Sentinel, Feb 26, 2013
HTML5: the future of ..., The State Press, Oct , 2010.
Making mobile computing more secure, ASU Full Circle and ASU Now, August 18, 2010.
Innovative mobile device identity management ..., Market Wired, August 17, 2010.
Greeting unwanted visitors, Charlotte Business Journal, April 16, 2007.

Research Activities and Publications

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Teaching

CSE 465: Introduction to Information Assurance, [ Fall ]
CSE 469/598: Forensic Computing: Computer and Network Forensics, [ Spring ]

Professional Activities

Information Director, ACM Special Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control (SIGSAC), 2002 onwards.
Associate Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, 2010 onwards.
Editorial Board, Computers & Security, 2013 onwards.
Editorial Review Board, Journal of Database Management, 2001 onwards.
Associate Editor, ACM Transactions on Information and System Security, 2011-2014.
Steering Committee Chair, ACM Symposium on Access Control Models And Technologies (SACMAT), 2016.
Steering Committee, ACM Symposium on InformAtion, Computer and Communications Security (ASIACCS), 2016.
Program Committee, ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2015.
Program Co-Chair, ACM Symposium on InformAtion, Computer and Communications Security (ASIACCS), 2015.
Program Committee, ACM Symposium on Access Control Models And Technologies (SACMAT), 2015.
Program Committee, ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy (CODASPY), 2015.
Program Committee, IEEE International Computer Software & Applications Conference (COMPSAC), 2015.
Track Chair, ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC)--Smart Grid and Smart Technologies Track, 2015
Program Committee, IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (IRI), 2015
General Chair, ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), 2014.
Program Committee, The International Conference on Collaborative Computing (CollaborateCom), 2014.
Program Committee, European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS), 2014.

Awards and Recognition

CAREER Award, Department of Energy, September 2003
Educator of the Year Award, Federal Information Systems Security Educators' Association, March 23, 2005
Guest Editor, ACM Transactions on Information and System Security , Vol.10, No.1, February 2007
Guest Editor, IEEE Internet Computing (May/June), 2011
NSF Panelist, 2004 onwards.
IEEE Senior, 2007 onwards.
ACM Distinguished Scientist (Lifetime Member), 2015 onwards.
Best Researcher Award, CIDSE, ASU, 2013.
Best Paper Award, CODASPY, 2014.

Patents

US 8402526 System integrating an identity selector and user-portable device and method of use in a user-centric identity management system, March 2013.
US 8793757 User-directed privacy control in a user-centric identity management system, July 2014.
US 8799984 User agent to exercise privacy control management in a user-centric identity management system, August 2014.
US 8850548 User-portable device and method of use in a user-centric identity management system, September 2014.
US 8869257 Identity selector for use with a user-portable device and method of use in a user-centric identity management system, October 2014.
US 9069948 Methods, systems, and media for measuring quality of gesture-based passwords, June 2015.
US 9130915 Preference editor to facilitate privacy controls over user identities, September 2015.