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International Conference on Information Security and Digital Forensics 2009

September 7-8, 2009
City University London

Professor Ross Anderson FRS
University of Cambridge
Topic: Information Security: where computer science, economics and psychology meet

Ross Anderson is Professor of Security Engineering at Cambridge University. He is one of the founders of a vigorously-growing new academic discipline, the economics of information security. Ross was also a seminal contributor to the idea of peer-to-peer systems and an inventor of the AES finalist encryption algorithm "Serpent". He also has well-known publications on many other technical security topics including hardware tamper-resistance, emission security, copyright marking, and the robustness of application programming interfaces (APIs). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the IET and the IMA. He also wrote the standard textbook "Security Engineering - a Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems".

Professor Professor Fred Piper
Royal Holloway, University of London
Topic: Cryptography: From Black Art to Popular Science

BSc PhD (London) CEng CMath FIEE ARCS DIC FIMA was appointed Professor of Mathematics at the University of London in 1975 and has worked in information security since 1979. In 1985, he formed a company, Codes & Ciphers Ltd, which offers consultancy advice in all aspects of information security. He has acted as a consultant to over 80 companies including a number of financial institutions and major industrial companies in the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, South Africa and the USA. The consultancy work has been varied and has included algorithm design and analysis, work on EFTPOS and ATM networks, data systems, security audits, risk analysis and the formulation of security policies. He has lectured worldwide on information security, both academically and commercially, has published more than 100 papers and is joint author of Cipher Systems (1982), one of the first books to be published on the subject of protection of communications, Secure Speech Communications (1985), Digital Signatures - Security & Controls (1999) and Cryptography: A Very Short Introduction (2002).

Fred has been a member of a number of DTI advisory groups. He has also served on a number of Foresight Crime Prevention Panels and task forces concerned with fraud control, security and privacy. He is currently a member of the Scientific Council of the Smith Institute, the Board of Trustees for Bletchley Park and the Board of the Institute of Information Security professionals. He is also a member of (ISC)2’s European Advisory Board, the steering group of the DTI’s Cyber Security KTN, ISSA’s advisory panel and the BCS’s Information Security Forum.

In 2002, he was awarded an IMA Gold Medal for “services to mathematics” and received an honorary CISSP for “leadership in Information Security”. In 2003, Fred received an honorary CISM for “globally recognised leadership” and “contribution to the Information Security Profession”.

Mr. Andrew Moloney
Marketing Director,
EMEA - RSA The Security Division of EMC
Topic: How to become a Successful Online Fraudster

Moloney is responsible for ensuring the communication of RSA's strategy and approach for identifying, assessing, and mitigating Information Risk. He works directly with customers, partners, press and analysts across the EMEA region. Previously responsible for RSA's business in the EMEA Financial Services sector, he brings a wealth of real world experience and knowledge to the topic. He has worked in the technology sector since the early '90s and has wide experience in the industry, having worked for both established and start-up communications, software and mobile vendors before joining RSA in 2005.

Prior to joining RSA, Mr. Moloney worked for RadioScape Ltd, managing the receivers business for their end-to-end Digital Radio and Mobile Television software solutions. Mr. Moloney has also held key management, marketing, and product-focused roles within the mobile data and communications sectors with companies including 3Com Corporation. An established speaker and commentator, Mr. Moloney is regularly quoted in the press and is asked to present at major conferences and events around the world. He is based in the UK.

Dr. Martin Koyabe
Security Research Centre (SRC) BT Group CTO Research & Venture

Martin Koyabe works as a Senior Security Researcher in the Security Research Centre (SRC) BT Group CTO Research & Venture. He leads research in Denial of Service (DoS) mitigation architectures, anomaly detection, bots and botnets, penetration testing methodologies, ethical hacking,security compliance and governance. Before joining BT, Martin worked for 3 years as a post doctorate research fellow in the Electronics Research Group (ERG), University of Aberdeen after graduating with a PhD in Communications Engineering. The bulk of his research focused on designing and deploying secure reliable IP Multicast transport protocols over next-generation satellite networks operating at extra high-frequencies (EHF). He has published widely in international conferences and technical journals, and co-invented several patents.

Martin is a certified security testing associate and professional (CSTA & CSTP); a member of European Research Association (EU-RA), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)-UK, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Internet Society (ISOC) and active participant with Communication Research Networks (CRN) in Denial of Service (DoS) Working Group activities.

Mr. Ed Gibson
Chief cyber Security Advisor
Microsoft
Topic: Today is the Beginning of . . .

Mr Gibson is the primary spokesperson for Microsoft Ltd UK on all cyber, hi-tech, internet security/ risk matters. This includes serving as the senior adviser to Microsoft’s customers, partners, government elites, and the public on how to best respond to the current security environment - from internal leakage of intellectual property to best practices for online cyber security - and how to improve their security through Microsoft's solutions and services. One of the key skills Mr Gibson brings to Microsoft is his ability to forge and maintain strategic alliances across public and private sector organisations in an international environment. He is the link between Microsoft and industry specialists, government and academia, law enforcement and commerce, facilitating the sharing of security knowledge between these disparate groups.

Ed’s knowledge and experience was gained through a 20-year career as a Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He specialized in investigating economic espionage, complex money laundering, cyber fraud schemes, and intellectual property theft. From 2000-2005, Mr Gibson was assigned to the U.S. Embassy in London as the FBI's Assistant Legal Attaché in the UK and Ireland responsible for all FBI Hi-Tech, Internet Extortion and Blackmail, Cyber Terrorism, Infrastructure Protection, Intellectual Property, and Crimes against Children investigations. His focus on how criminals exploit the internet and his investigative abilities have made him an ideal figurehead for Microsoft's efforts in secure computing.

Before his appointment to the FBI, Mr Gibson served for 5-years as a lawyer in the General Counsel’s Office for a multi-national corporation based in the U.S. He is a qualified Solicitor in England and Wales, completed a 2-year ‘computing’ program at Oxford University, serves on several technology association Advisor Boards and Steering Committees, is a CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional), and is a Fellow of the British Computer Society. Since taking on his role with Microsoft UK, Ed has lectured widely on world-wide cyber-threats and internet crime, social networks, and e-business & risk management. He is a sought after speaker given his ability to bring current security problems to life and make IT personal.

Prof. Chris Mitchell
Royal Holloway, University of London
Topic: Provable security does not mean practical security

Chris Mitchell received his BSc (1975) and PhD (1979) degrees in Mathematics from Westfield College, London University. Prior to his appointment in 1990 as Professor of Computer Science at Royal Holloway, University of London, he worked at HP Laboratories, Bristol (85-90) and at Racal-Comsec, Salisbury (79-85). Since joining Royal Holloway in 1990 he helped establish the Information Security Group and launch the MSc in Information Security in 1992. His research interests cover information security and the applications of cryptography. He has played an active role in a number of international collaborative projects, including Open Trusted Computing, a recently completed EU 6th Framework Integrated Project. He is currently convenor of Technical Panel 2 of BSI IST/33, dealing with security mechanisms and providing input to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC27, on which he has served as a UK Expert since 1992. He has edited ten international security standards and published over 200 research papers. He is a member of the editorial boards of The Computer Journal, IEEE Communications Letters, and the International Journal of Information Security, and a member of the accreditation board of Computer and Communications Security Abstracts. He has been a member of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Academic Advisory Board since 2003, and he continues to act as a consultant on a variety of topics in information security.

Prof. David W Chadwick
University of Kent
Topic: Federated Identity Management and Authorisation

David Chadwick is Professor of Information Systems Security at the University of Kent. He is the leader of the Information Systems Security Research Group and a member of IEEE and ACM. His group are the creators of PERMIS (www.openpermis.org), an open source X.509 and SAML supported role based authorisation infrastructure which is part of the US NMI software suite. It is currently integrated with Globus Toolkit, Shibboleth, Apache and OMII-UK and is currently being integrated into the UK's National Grid Service.

David has published widely, with over 140 research publications, 2 Internet RFCs, 3 OGF draft specifications and 1 ISO standard. He specialises in Public Key Infrastructures, Privilege Management Infrastructures, Trust Management, Identity Management and Privacy Management. He actively participates in standardisation activities, is the UK BSI representative to X.509 standards meetings, the chair of the Open Grid Forum OGSA Authorisation Working Group and a member of OASIS and the Kantara Initiative.

Prof. David S. Wall
University of Leeds

David S. Wall (BA, MA, M. Phil, PhD) (FRSA, AcSS) is currently Professor of Criminal Justice and Information Society at the University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. He was formerly the Director of the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies (2000–2005) and Head of the School of Law (2005–2007). David Wall’s specialist area of research is criminal justice and information technology, policing and cybercrime, and he has a sustained track record of conducting sole and collaborative research projects for the EU, AHRC, ESRC, Nuffield, Home Office, Law Society and others. He recently worked in partnership with Transcrime (Università Cattolica del sacro Cuore of Milan and the University of Trento) and the CNRS, (Sorbonne, Paris) on a research project looking at "Public and Private Partnerships for Reducing Counterfeiting of Fashion Apparels and Accessories" as part of the EU Aegis Programme Framework 6. The project has now been completed and the UK research findings are being augmented by further research for a book on Policing Intellectual Property Crime (Routledge)(with Jo Large). His other research project is a study of Celebrity and law for a book to be published by Pluto Press. He is also about to commence further research into online micro-frauds.

	Prof. Ian Walden Queen Mary University of London Topic: Security Breach Notification Laws Dr Ian Walden is Professor of Information and Communications Law and head of the Institute of Computer and Communications Law in the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London. His publications include EDI and the Law (1989), Information Technology and the Law (1990), EDI Audit and Control (1993), Cross-border Electronic Banking (1995, 2000), Telecommunications Law Handbook (1997), E-Commerce Law and Practice in Europe (2001), Telecommunications Law and Regulation (2001, 2005, 2009), Computer Crimes and Digital Investigations (2007) and Media Law and Practice (forthcoming 2009). Ian has been involved in law reform projects for the World Bank, the European Commission, UNCTAD, UNECE and the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, as well as for a number of individual states. In 1995-96, Ian was seconded to the European Commission, as a national expert in electronic commerce law. Ian has held visiting positions at the Universities of Texas and Melbourne. Ian is a solicitor and is Of Counsel to the global law firm Baker & McKenzie (www.bakernet.com) and is a Trustee and Vice-Chair of the Internet Watch Foundation (www.iwf.org.uk).

Prof. Ian Walden
Queen Mary University of London
Topic: Security Breach Notification Laws

Dr Ian Walden is Professor of Information and Communications Law and head of the Institute of Computer and Communications Law in the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London. His publications include EDI and the Law (1989), Information Technology and the Law (1990), EDI Audit and Control (1993), Cross-border Electronic Banking (1995, 2000), Telecommunications Law Handbook (1997), E-Commerce Law and Practice in Europe (2001), Telecommunications Law and Regulation (2001, 2005, 2009), Computer Crimes and Digital Investigations (2007) and Media Law and Practice (forthcoming 2009). Ian has been involved in law reform projects for the World Bank, the European Commission, UNCTAD, UNECE and the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, as well as for a number of individual states. In 1995-96, Ian was seconded to the European Commission, as a national expert in electronic commerce law. Ian has held visiting positions at the Universities of Texas and Melbourne. Ian is a solicitor and is Of Counsel to the global law firm Baker & McKenzie (www.bakernet.com) and is a Trustee and Vice-Chair of the Internet Watch Foundation (www.iwf.org.uk).

	Prof. N. Balakrishnan Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Prof. N. Balakrishnan is a scientist of high international repute and is well decorated with prestigious awards. He received his B.E. (Hons.) in Electronics and Communication from the University of Madras in 1972 and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science in 1979. He then joined the Department of Aerospace Engineering as an Assistant Professor. He is currently the Associate Director of the Indian Institute of Science and a Professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering and at the Supercomputer Education and Research Centre. He played a crucial role in building India's first Supercomputer Centre and the National Centre for Science Information at the Indian Institute of Science. His areas of research, where he has over 200 publications in the international journals and international conferences, include Numerical Electromagnetics, High Performance Computing and Networks, Polarimetric Radars and Aerospace Electronic Systems, Information Security, Digital Library and Speech processing. He has received many awards including the Padmashree, Homi J. Bhabha Award, JC Bose National Fellowship, the Alumni Award for Excellence in Research for Science & Engineering at the Institute, Millennium Medal of the Indian National Science Congress in 2000, Ph D (Honoris Causa) from Punjab Technical University in 2003 and the CDAC-ACS Foundation Lecture Award. He was the NRC Senior Resident Research Associate at the National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A. from 1987-1989. He was a visiting research scientist at the University of Oklahoma in 1990, Colorado State University in 1991 and a Visiting Professor, Carnegie Mellon University since 2000. He is an Honorary Professor in Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR). He is a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), the Indian National Science Academy, the Indian Academy of Sciences, the Indian National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences and the Institution of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers. He served for two terms as a Member on the National Security Advisory Board. He is currently one of the Directors of the Central Bank of India, a Part-Time Member of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, and Member of the Board of Governors of IIT Chennai. He is also a member of the Data Security Council of India and CDOT-Alcatel Research Centre at Chennai, the Council of CDAC, and a member of the council of many universities and CSIR Laboratories. He is the editor of the International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, and Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of World Digital Libraries. Till recently he was one of the Directors of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL). He was a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet (SAC-C), Member Board of Governors, IIT Delhi, the Chairman, All India Board of Information Technology Education of AICTE and the Editor of Electromagnetics and International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering till recently.

Prof. N. Balakrishnan
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

Prof. N. Balakrishnan is a scientist of high international repute and is well decorated with prestigious awards. He received his B.E. (Hons.) in Electronics and Communication from the University of Madras in 1972 and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science in 1979. He then joined the Department of Aerospace Engineering as an Assistant Professor. He is currently the Associate Director of the Indian Institute of Science and a Professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering and at the Supercomputer Education and Research Centre. He played a crucial role in building India's first Supercomputer Centre and the National Centre for Science Information at the Indian Institute of Science.

His areas of research, where he has over 200 publications in the international journals and international conferences, include Numerical Electromagnetics, High Performance Computing and Networks, Polarimetric Radars and Aerospace Electronic Systems, Information Security, Digital Library and Speech processing. He has received many awards including the Padmashree, Homi J. Bhabha Award, JC Bose National Fellowship, the Alumni Award for Excellence in Research for Science & Engineering at the Institute, Millennium Medal of the Indian National Science Congress in 2000, Ph D (Honoris Causa) from Punjab Technical University in 2003 and the CDAC-ACS Foundation Lecture Award. He was the NRC Senior Resident Research Associate at the National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.A. from 1987-1989. He was a visiting research scientist at the University of Oklahoma in 1990, Colorado State University in 1991 and a Visiting Professor, Carnegie Mellon University since 2000. He is an Honorary Professor in Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR).

He is a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), the Indian National Science Academy, the Indian Academy of Sciences, the Indian National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences and the Institution of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers. He served for two terms as a Member on the National Security Advisory Board. He is currently one of the Directors of the Central Bank of India, a Part-Time Member of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, and Member of the Board of Governors of IIT Chennai. He is also a member of the Data Security Council of India and CDOT-Alcatel Research Centre at Chennai, the Council of CDAC, and a member of the council of many universities and CSIR Laboratories. He is the editor of the International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, and Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of World Digital Libraries.

Till recently he was one of the Directors of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL). He was a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet (SAC-C), Member Board of Governors, IIT Delhi, the Chairman, All India Board of Information Technology Education of AICTE and the Editor of Electromagnetics and International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering till recently.

	Dr.Mukesh Mohania Senior Manager, IBM Topic: Identity Delegation in Policy Based Systems Mukesh Mohania received his Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India in 1995. He was a faculty member in University of South Australia, Western Michigan University from 1995-2001. He was also associated with Kyoto University and Purdue University as Senior Research Fellow from 1996-2001. Currently, he is senior manager in IBM India Research Lab and leading information and interaction team. He has worked extensively in the areas of Rule processing in distributed databases, data warehousing, semi/unstructured databases, data integration, and autonomic computing. He received the best papers award in CIKM 2004 and 2005. He has received the "Excellence in People Management Award" 2007 from IBM Corporation. He is IEEE Distinguished Speaker and IEEE senior member.

Dr.Mukesh Mohania
Senior Manager, IBM
Topic: Identity Delegation in Policy Based Systems

Mukesh Mohania received his Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India in 1995. He was a faculty member in University of South Australia, Western Michigan University from 1995-2001. He was also associated with Kyoto University and Purdue University as Senior Research Fellow from 1996-2001. Currently, he is senior manager in IBM India Research Lab and leading information and interaction team. He has worked extensively in the areas of Rule processing in distributed databases, data warehousing, semi/unstructured databases, data integration, and autonomic computing. He received the best papers award in CIKM 2004 and 2005. He has received the "Excellence in People Management Award" 2007 from IBM Corporation. He is IEEE Distinguished Speaker and IEEE senior member.

	Mr. Paul King Senior Security Advisor Cisco Systems Topic:Protecting Cisco - Network monitoring and threat response Paul is Senior Security Advisor in Cisco’s Corporate Security Programs Organisation (CSPO). He reports to the Chief Security Officer and advises on security matters, from specific threats to policy issues, both internally and externally. He works very closely with commercial organizations, especially within the financial and government sectors. Since joining the company in early 1994, Paul has worked with and advised some of the company’s largest customers, and has been a frequent public speaker on a variety of security related issues including Internet, e-business and corporate security. In his current capacity as Senior Security Advisor, Paul also represents Cisco in various UK Government departments such as the Home Office and Law Enforcement Agencies. Paul is on the Steering Committee of the DTI’s Cyber Security KTN (Knowledge Transfer Network). In his own right Paul is also a member of the Permanent Stakeholders Group (PSG) at the European Network Information Security Agency (ENISA). He also represents Cisco on the Centre for Protection of National Infrastructure’s (CPNI) Vendor Security Information Exchange (VSIE). Before joining Cisco, Paul spent eight years working for IBM as a senior consultant specialising in TCP/IP networking. Paul is a graduate of The University of Birmingham

Mr. Paul King
Senior Security Advisor
Cisco Systems
Topic:Protecting Cisco - Network monitoring and threat response

Paul is Senior Security Advisor in Cisco’s Corporate Security Programs Organisation (CSPO). He reports to the Chief Security Officer and advises on security matters, from specific threats to policy issues, both internally and externally. He works very closely with commercial organizations, especially within the financial and government sectors.

Since joining the company in early 1994, Paul has worked with and advised some of the company’s largest customers, and has been a frequent public speaker on a variety of security related issues including Internet, e-business and corporate security.

In his current capacity as Senior Security Advisor, Paul also represents Cisco in various UK Government departments such as the Home Office and Law Enforcement Agencies. Paul is on the Steering Committee of the DTI’s Cyber Security KTN (Knowledge Transfer Network). In his own right Paul is also a member of the Permanent Stakeholders Group (PSG) at the European Network Information Security Agency (ENISA). He also represents Cisco on the Centre for Protection of National Infrastructure’s (CPNI) Vendor Security Information Exchange (VSIE).

Before joining Cisco, Paul spent eight years working for IBM as a senior consultant specialising in TCP/IP networking. Paul is a graduate of The University of Birmingham

	Mr. Peter Jaco Chief Executive Officer OrbisIP Ltd Topic: Protecting the Results of Innovation: Know-How, IP, Patents Prior to co-founding OrbisIP with Imprimatur Capital, Peter was a co-founder and start-up CEO of UK based encryption software company BeCrypt Limited. BeCrypt is now the largest supplier of encryption products to the UK Government. Prior to his work at BeCrypt, Peter spent over a decade in the City of London working for Reuters Group plc in a number of senior executive positions including Global Marketing Director for their Transaction Products Group. He subsequently was Group Managing Director for a leading European dotcom start-up and was successful in expanding the business across Europe and taking the business to market through an IPO. He acts as an advisor to London Quantum Networks and serves as a co-founding Director and Deputy Chairman of the SEEDA sponsored Security Innovation & Technology Consortium (SITC). Peter holds an MBA in International Business from London’s Cass BusinessSchool.

Mr. Peter Jaco
Chief Executive Officer
OrbisIP Ltd
Topic: Protecting the Results of Innovation: Know-How, IP, Patents

Prior to co-founding OrbisIP with Imprimatur Capital, Peter was a co-founder and start-up CEO of UK based encryption software company BeCrypt Limited. BeCrypt is now the largest supplier of encryption products to the UK Government. Prior to his work at BeCrypt, Peter spent over a decade in the City of London working for Reuters Group plc in a number of senior executive positions including Global Marketing Director for their Transaction Products Group. He subsequently was Group Managing Director for a leading European dotcom start-up and was successful in expanding the business across Europe and taking the business to market through an IPO. He acts as an advisor to London Quantum Networks and serves as a co-founding Director and Deputy Chairman of the SEEDA sponsored Security Innovation & Technology Consortium (SITC). Peter holds an MBA in International Business from London’s Cass BusinessSchool.

	Prof Rajnish Dass IIM, Ahmedabad Email: rajanish@iimahd.ernet.in Prof. Dass is currently a faculty in the Computer & Information Systems Group at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is also a member of the Centre for Retailing, Centre for Infrastructure Planning & Regulations and the Centre of e-Governance, at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. His primary research and teaching interests are in the areas of Strategic Information Systems, IT Policies of organizations, Competitive Intelligence and Data Mining. He also works on current issues of e-Governance in India and has a keen interest in the evolution of the Indian IT industry. Prof. Dass had received the prestigious Infosys Scholarship for pursuing his doctoral studies. He was also the recipient of the Competitive Scholarship from the Marketing Management Association of the USA in 2003 and was one of the four invited members from India at the Copenhagen Consensus, 2004. He has published a number of research papers in forums like national and international research conferences, journals and as book chapters. He is a regular reviewer of various international conferences and international journals. He has worked extensively in real-life projects for clients like the County of Durham (North Carolina, USA) and was a member of the core team that had worked on Symantec’s Norton Anti-virus. He is currently in the advisory board for the Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India, in the working group for setting up e-Governance standards in India. Some of his consulting clients include organizations like the Cisco, Sun MicroSystems, TCS, IBM, RedHat Linux, Call One, Ceon Solutions, John Deere, University Grants Commission of India and Government of India. He has done executive training programs for top level management executives of Cisco, Hemas, Astro, Maxis, Apollo Tyres, Indian Bank, CallOne, Lupin etc. Prof. Dass is also serving as a member in the Board of Directors in e-GovServices, Ceon Solutions and the Banknet Group. He has the External Consultant to the Ministry of Finance of India for all the IT initiatives for Direct and Indirect Taxes from May 2006 to March 2008 and has played key role in identifying information bottlenecks, advising on the overall IT portfolio, helping departments identifying roadblocks proactively for successful implementation of technology projects etc. Some of the current initiatives started in his guidance are the e-filing initiative of the Income tax, Centralized Processing of Returns, Systems Integration of both Income tax and Customs & Excise, introduction of biometrics in PAN cards, BPR exercise of the Income Tax department. He was involved in the designing of the service portfolio of e-Seva centers in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh and in Common Service Centers in Jharkhand. He has also been involved in a number of working groups of key importance by the Ministry of IT for e-Governance and the Bureau of Indian Standards, Government of India.

Prof Rajnish Dass
IIM, Ahmedabad
Email: rajanish@iimahd.ernet.in

Prof. Dass is currently a faculty in the Computer & Information Systems Group at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is also a member of the Centre for Retailing, Centre for Infrastructure Planning & Regulations and the Centre of e-Governance, at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. His primary research and teaching interests are in the areas of Strategic Information Systems, IT Policies of organizations, Competitive Intelligence and Data Mining. He also works on current issues of e-Governance in India and has a keen interest in the evolution of the Indian IT industry.

Prof. Dass had received the prestigious Infosys Scholarship for pursuing his doctoral studies. He was also the recipient of the Competitive Scholarship from the Marketing Management Association of the USA in 2003 and was one of the four invited members from India at the Copenhagen Consensus, 2004. He has published a number of research papers in forums like national and international research conferences, journals and as book chapters. He is a regular reviewer of various international conferences and international journals.

He has worked extensively in real-life projects for clients like the County of Durham (North Carolina, USA) and was a member of the core team that had worked on Symantec’s Norton Anti-virus. He is currently in the advisory board for the Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India, in the working group for setting up e-Governance standards in India. Some of his consulting clients include organizations like the Cisco, Sun MicroSystems, TCS, IBM, RedHat Linux, Call One, Ceon Solutions, John Deere, University Grants Commission of India and Government of India. He has done executive training programs for top level management executives of Cisco, Hemas, Astro, Maxis, Apollo Tyres, Indian Bank, CallOne, Lupin etc. Prof. Dass is also serving as a member in the Board of Directors in e-GovServices, Ceon Solutions and the Banknet Group.

He has the External Consultant to the Ministry of Finance of India for all the IT initiatives for Direct and Indirect Taxes from May 2006 to March 2008 and has played key role in identifying information bottlenecks, advising on the overall IT portfolio, helping departments identifying roadblocks proactively for successful implementation of technology projects etc. Some of the current initiatives started in his guidance are the e-filing initiative of the Income tax, Centralized Processing of Returns, Systems Integration of both Income tax and Customs & Excise, introduction of biometrics in PAN cards, BPR exercise of the Income Tax department. He was involved in the designing of the service portfolio of e-Seva centers in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh and in Common Service Centers in Jharkhand. He has also been involved in a number of working groups of key importance by the Ministry of IT for e-Governance and the Bureau of Indian Standards, Government of India.

	Prof. R.K. Shyamasundar Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Topic: Checking Malware Behaviour Via Quaranting R.K. Shyamasundar took his B.E. (Electrical Engineering.) from University of Mysore, M.E. (Electrical Engineering) from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and Ph.D.(Computer Science and Automation), from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He is with the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, where he is currently a Senior Professor. He was the Founder Dean of the School of Technology and Computer Science. He has made significant contributions in the areas of Specification, Design and verification of reactive and real-time systems,Programming Languages, Logic programming, Formal methods, Computer and Network & Information Security. He is a member of IEEE Esterel Standarization Committee. He has published widely and has more than 200 publications in refereed journals, conference proceedings, books and holds several patents in US and India. Around 35 Ph.D. students have been guided by him in India and USA. He has been on the faculty/staff of Technological University of Eindhoven, The Netherands, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, , State University of Utrecht, , Pennsylvania State University, University of Illinois, Ericsson Fellow at Univ. of Linkoping, University of California at San Diego, and IBM India Research Lab . He has lead Indo-US projects with IRISA/INRIA, Ecole des Mines, Sophia Antipolis, Verimag, Grenoble, France, Indo-US projects, Indo-French projects and leads Indo-Italian projects. He has served as a consultant to Esprit projects at The Netherlands and several industries in India. He is serving on various committees of Govt. of India (DST, DIT). He has chaired committees that lead to establish Center for Discrete Mathematics and Computer Science from DST and formalize Cyber Security Education from DIT. He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India, Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering and Fellow IEEE (USA). He was a Founding Chair of FSTTCS and IARCS.

Prof. R.K. Shyamasundar
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Topic: Checking Malware Behaviour Via Quaranting

R.K. Shyamasundar took his B.E. (Electrical Engineering.) from University of Mysore, M.E. (Electrical Engineering) from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and Ph.D.(Computer Science and Automation), from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He is with the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, where he is currently a Senior Professor. He was the Founder Dean of the School of Technology and Computer Science. He has made significant contributions in the areas of Specification, Design and verification of reactive and real-time systems,Programming Languages, Logic programming, Formal methods, Computer and Network & Information Security. He is a member of IEEE Esterel Standarization Committee. He has published widely and has more than 200 publications in refereed journals, conference proceedings, books and holds several patents in US and India. Around 35 Ph.D. students have been guided by him in India and USA.

He has been on the faculty/staff of Technological University of Eindhoven, The Netherands, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, , State University of Utrecht, , Pennsylvania State University, University of Illinois, Ericsson Fellow at Univ. of Linkoping, University of California at San Diego, and IBM India Research Lab . He has lead Indo-US projects with IRISA/INRIA, Ecole des Mines, Sophia Antipolis, Verimag, Grenoble, France, Indo-US projects, Indo-French projects and leads Indo-Italian projects. He has served as a consultant to Esprit projects at The Netherlands and several industries in India. He is serving on various committees of Govt. of India (DST, DIT). He has chaired committees that lead to establish Center for Discrete Mathematics and Computer Science from DST and formalize Cyber Security Education from DIT.

He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India, Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering and Fellow IEEE (USA). He was a Founding Chair of FSTTCS and IARCS.

	Prof. Steven Furnell University of Plymouth Topic: Going, going, gone? The challenges of mobile security Prof. Steven Furnell is the head of the Centre for Information Security & Network Research at the University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom, and an Adjunct Professor with Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. He has been active in security-related research since 1992, with interests including security management, computer crime, user authentication and security usability. During this time, he has authored over 190 papers in refereed international journals and conference proceedings, as well as a number of books including Cybercrime: Vandalizing the Information Society (Addison Wesley, 2001) and Computer Insecurity: Risking the System (Springer, 2005). He is also the editor-in-chief of Information Management & Computer Security, and an associate editor for other journals including Computers & Security and Security & Communication Networks. In addition, he is the co-chair of the Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA) symposium, and he has served as a programme committee member for over 120 other international conference events. Prof. Furnell is a Fellow and Branch Chair of the British Computer Society (BCS) and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He is also active as a UK representative in International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) working groups relating to Information Security Management (of which he is the current chair) and Information Security Education. Further details can be found at www.plymouth.ac.uk/cisnr

Prof. Steven Furnell
University of Plymouth
Topic: Going, going, gone? The challenges of mobile security

Prof. Steven Furnell is the head of the Centre for Information Security & Network Research at the University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom, and an Adjunct Professor with Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. He has been active in security-related research since 1992, with interests including security management, computer crime, user authentication and security usability. During this time, he has authored over 190 papers in refereed international journals and conference proceedings, as well as a number of books including Cybercrime: Vandalizing the Information Society (Addison Wesley, 2001) and Computer Insecurity: Risking the System (Springer, 2005). He is also the editor-in-chief of Information Management & Computer Security, and an associate editor for other journals including Computers & Security and Security & Communication Networks. In addition, he is the co-chair of the Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA) symposium, and he has served as a programme committee member for over 120 other international conference events. Prof. Furnell is a Fellow and Branch Chair of the British Computer Society (BCS) and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He is also active as a UK representative in International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) working groups relating to Information Security Management (of which he is the current chair) and Information Security Education. Further details can be found at www.plymouth.ac.uk/cisnr

	Prof. Bill Roscoe University of Oxford Topic: Reverse authentication as the key to identity management Bill Roscoe (Andrew William, hence A.W. Roscoe on papers) has been the director (head of department) of Oxford University Computing Laboratory since 2003, and before that was the last ever chairman of the Mathematical Sciences faculty board at Oxford. He has worked on computer security since 1994. His initial work on security was on Cryptographic Protocols and Noninterference, in each case developing both theory and ways of using the process algebra CSP and its model checker FDR to analyse systems. More recently he has developed a family of protocols which enable extremely efficient authentication, in particular of ad hoc networks without pre-existing security infrastructure. Roscoe was born and brought up in Dundee, Scotland. He read Mathematics at University College, Oxford 1975-78, obtaining the top mark for his year in the university. He is best known for developing, jointly with Tony Hoare and Steve Brookes, the mathematical foundations of CSP. He led the Oxford team that, jointly with inmos, developed the world's first verified floating point unit in the late 1980s and has, since its first release in 1991, led the development of FDR. Jointly with Mike Reed he developed Timed CSP in the 1980's, generally acknowledged as the first fully successful model of timed concurrency. He has been using his current sabbatical year to make progress on "Understanding concurrent systems", a "sequel" to his highly successful 1997 book "Theory and practice of concurrency".

Prof. Bill Roscoe
University of Oxford
Topic: Reverse authentication as the key to identity management

Bill Roscoe (Andrew William, hence A.W. Roscoe on papers) has been the director (head of department) of Oxford University Computing Laboratory since 2003, and before that was the last ever chairman of the Mathematical Sciences faculty board at Oxford. He has worked on computer security since 1994. His initial work on security was on Cryptographic Protocols and Noninterference, in each case developing both theory and ways of using the process algebra CSP and its model checker FDR to analyse systems. More recently he has developed a family of protocols which enable extremely efficient authentication, in particular of ad hoc networks without pre-existing security infrastructure. Roscoe was born and brought up in Dundee, Scotland. He read Mathematics at University College, Oxford 1975-78, obtaining the top mark for his year in the university. He is best known for developing, jointly with Tony Hoare and Steve Brookes, the mathematical foundations of CSP. He led the Oxford team that, jointly with inmos, developed the world's first verified floating point unit in the late 1980s and has, since its first release in 1991, led the development of FDR. Jointly with Mike Reed he developed Timed CSP in the 1980's, generally acknowledged as the first fully successful model of timed concurrency. He has been using his current sabbatical year to make progress on "Understanding concurrent systems", a "sequel" to his highly successful 1997 book "Theory and practice of concurrency".

	Mr. Brendan Rizzo Data Protection Consultant McAfee , Inc. Topic: Data: the Real Need for Security Brendan Rizzo is a subject matter specialist for McAfee focusing on Data Protection. Brendan has over 10 years in the security industry with technical experience ranging from secure network architecture to penetration testing and security software development. After several years as a CTO for a threat management company, Brendan came to McAfee during the formation of the new Data Protection Business Unit to educate customers throughout EMEA on McAfee's approach and commitment to comprehensive data protection.

Mr. Brendan Rizzo
Data Protection Consultant
McAfee , Inc.
Topic: Data: the Real Need for Security

Brendan Rizzo is a subject matter specialist for McAfee focusing on Data Protection. Brendan has over 10 years in the security industry with technical experience ranging from secure network architecture to penetration testing and security software development. After several years as a CTO for a threat management company, Brendan came to McAfee during the formation of the new Data Protection Business Unit to educate customers throughout EMEA on McAfee's approach and commitment to comprehensive data protection.

	Mr. Steve Swain CEO Security Innovation and Technology Consortium Ltd (SITC) Topic: Developing a Strategy to Counter Terrorism and Crime

	Dr. Richard Chisnall Director QinetiQ Ltd Topic: Security on a shoe string (How governments , users and suppliers can cooperate to get maximum value from security expenditure) Dr Richard Chisnall is Director (Security Technology) at QinetiQ having specialised in the Homeland Security area of the QinetiQ portfolio since 2003. This role combines a market facing element and one associated with internal proposition development. Working with other business of varying sizes, in a National and International context, is a vital part of this role. As a member of the QinetiQ Strategic Accounts Team, he has account management responsibility for QinetiQ's interactions with the international Homeland Security community, including, in the UK, the Home Office and police. Richard is also a Director of the Security Innovation and Technology Consortium (SITC). Prior to joining QinetiQ, Richard spent the majority of his working life in the engineering industry where he has held a number of senior technical and commercial positions. He was Managing Director of a SME providing real-time software and systems for industrial purposes. He has a wide knowledge of the UK industry base and has provided products and services to over 100 separate organisations in fields ranging from aerospace and wafer fabrication through to pharmaceuticals and water treatment. He joined QinetiQ's predecessor organisation in 1997 and led defence research activities in the ICT area. From 1999 to 202 he led one of QinetiQ's main ICT business units. Richard has a Masters Degree and PhD in Engineering. He is a Chartered Engineer and actively promotes the value of engineering to the economy and as a life-time career choice.

Dr. Richard Chisnall
Director
QinetiQ Ltd
Topic: Security on a shoe string (How governments , users and suppliers can cooperate to get maximum value from security expenditure)

Dr Richard Chisnall is Director (Security Technology) at QinetiQ having specialised in the Homeland Security area of the QinetiQ portfolio since 2003. This role combines a market facing element and one associated with internal proposition development. Working with other business of varying sizes, in a National and International context, is a vital part of this role. As a member of the QinetiQ Strategic Accounts Team, he has account management responsibility for QinetiQ's interactions with the international Homeland Security community, including, in the UK, the Home Office and police. Richard is also a Director of the Security Innovation and Technology Consortium (SITC).

Prior to joining QinetiQ, Richard spent the majority of his working life in the engineering industry where he has held a number of senior technical and commercial positions. He was Managing Director of a SME providing real-time software and systems for industrial purposes.

He has a wide knowledge of the UK industry base and has provided products and services to over 100 separate organisations in fields ranging from aerospace and wafer fabrication through to pharmaceuticals and water treatment.

He joined QinetiQ's predecessor organisation in 1997 and led defence research activities in the ICT area. From 1999 to 202 he led one of QinetiQ's main ICT business units.

Richard has a Masters Degree and PhD in Engineering. He is a Chartered Engineer and actively promotes the value of engineering to the economy and as a life-time career choice.

	Prof. Dhiren R. Patel Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar Topic: Moving Forward: Cryptology Primitives for Secure Systems Dr. Dhiren Patel is Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at IIT Gandhinagar (on leave from Computer Engineering Department of NIT Surat, India). He received his BE in Electronics from REC Surat, MTech in Computer Science & Engg. from IIT Kanpur, and PhD in Computer Engineering from REC Surat/NCST Mumbai. Looking for innovations leading to trustworthy information infrastructure, his research interests cover Security and Encryption Systems, Public Key Infrastructures, Web Services and SOA, Digital Identity Management, Low cost protocols for web based elections, Advanced Computer Architectures etc. - where he has about 50 publications in the journals and conferences. He authored a book Information Security: Theory & Practice published by Prentice Hall of India (PHI) in 2008. Prof. Dhiren has played a pioneering role in bringing up Computer Engineering programs (B Tech, M Tech, Ph D) at REC/NIT Surat. He carries 20 years of experience in Academics, Research & Development and Secure ICT Infrastructure Design. He has severed as Head of Computer Engineering Department, Head of Computing/Internet facilities and Dean Alumni at NIT Surat. He is currently a core committee member of Information Security Awareness & Education Program (ISEAP) of Govt. of India. Prof. Patel has delivered a number of distinguished lectures and invited talks on Information/Cyber Security in India and abroad and conducted several training programs on Cyber Security.

Prof. Dhiren R. Patel
Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar
Topic: Moving Forward: Cryptology Primitives for Secure Systems

Dr. Dhiren Patel is Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at IIT Gandhinagar (on leave from Computer Engineering Department of NIT Surat, India). He received his BE in Electronics from REC Surat, MTech in Computer Science & Engg. from IIT Kanpur, and PhD in Computer Engineering from REC Surat/NCST Mumbai. Looking for innovations leading to trustworthy information infrastructure, his research interests cover Security and Encryption Systems, Public Key Infrastructures, Web Services and SOA, Digital Identity Management, Low cost protocols for web based elections, Advanced Computer Architectures etc. - where he has about 50 publications in the journals and conferences. He authored a book Information Security: Theory & Practice published by Prentice Hall of India (PHI) in 2008. Prof. Dhiren has played a pioneering role in bringing up Computer Engineering programs (B Tech, M Tech, Ph D) at REC/NIT Surat. He carries 20 years of experience in Academics, Research & Development and Secure ICT Infrastructure Design. He has severed as Head of Computer Engineering Department, Head of Computing/Internet facilities and Dean Alumni at NIT Surat. He is currently a core committee member of Information Security Awareness & Education Program (ISEAP) of Govt. of India. Prof. Patel has delivered a number of distinguished lectures and invited talks on Information/Cyber Security in India and abroad and conducted several training programs on Cyber Security.

	Prof. Mark Nixon University of Southampton Topic: Biometrics and Forensics

Prof. Mark Nixon
University of Southampton
Topic: Biometrics and Forensics

	Prof. Chittaranjan Hota BITS, Hyderabad Topic: Sybil detection in P2P file sharing systems Dr. Chittaranjan Hota is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and Information Systems Group at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad. He is with BITS, Pilani since the year 2000. He has worked at various Indian universities at the levels of Assistant Professor, and Lecturer over a period of 18 years. He is currently the Head of Computer Sc. & Information Systems group at BITS, Hyderabad. He holds a Bachelors of Engineering degree in Computers (Amravati), Masters of Engineering in Computer Science (TIET), and PhD in Computer Sc. & Engineering (BITS, Pilani). He was a visiting Researcher at School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia for a semester in 2004. He has also worked as a Researcher at Helsinki Institute of Information Technology, Helsinki, Finland during 2006. He has also been a visiting Research Professor at Telecommunications Software and Multimedia Laboratory, and Data Communications Software Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland during the year 2007 and 2008. He was a recipient of AVCC scholarship from Australian Government, and also Erasmus Mundus scholarship from European Union. His research interests are in the areas of Traffic Engineering in IP networks, Quality of Service over the Internet, Peer-to-Peer Overlays, and Distributed Systems.

Prof. Chittaranjan Hota
BITS, Hyderabad
Topic: Sybil detection in P2P file sharing systems

Dr. Chittaranjan Hota is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and Information Systems Group at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad. He is with BITS, Pilani since the year 2000. He has worked at various Indian universities at the levels of Assistant Professor, and Lecturer over a period of 18 years. He is currently the Head of Computer Sc. & Information Systems group at BITS, Hyderabad. He holds a Bachelors of Engineering degree in Computers (Amravati), Masters of Engineering in Computer Science (TIET), and PhD in Computer Sc. & Engineering (BITS, Pilani). He was a visiting Researcher at School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia for a semester in 2004. He has also worked as a Researcher at Helsinki Institute of Information Technology, Helsinki, Finland during 2006. He has also been a visiting Research Professor at Telecommunications Software and Multimedia Laboratory, and Data Communications Software Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland during the year 2007 and 2008. He was a recipient of AVCC scholarship from Australian Government, and also Erasmus Mundus scholarship from European Union. His research interests are in the areas of Traffic Engineering in IP networks, Quality of Service over the Internet, Peer-to-Peer Overlays, and Distributed Systems.

	Prof. Sanjeev Sofat Punjab Engineering College Topic: Landscaping Wireless Security - today and tomorrow

Prof. Sanjeev Sofat
Punjab Engineering College
Topic: Landscaping Wireless Security - today and tomorrow

	Prof. S.K. Ghosh IIT Kharagpur Topic: An Attack Graph-based Security Assessment of an Enterprise LAN

Prof. S.K. Ghosh
IIT Kharagpur
Topic: An Attack Graph-based Security Assessment of an Enterprise LAN

	Dr. Andrea Zisman City University London Topic: UML-based Static Verification Framework for Security Dr Andrea Zisman is a Reader in the Department of Computing of City University London. Prior to this position she was a Lecturer (200-2003) and a Senior Lecturer (2003-2006) in this department. She holds a PhD degree in Computer Science from Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, UK, and MSc and BSc degrees in Computer Science from Brazil. She was a research fellow at University College London, UK (1998-1999) and has worked as a software system consultant, developer and analyst. Andrea has also been a visiting researcher at AT&T Labs Research, USA (2003). Andrea has been research active in the areas of software and service engineering where she has published extensively. Her research interests are in the areas of service-oriented computing, secure software engineering, validation of software systems, and consistency management and traceability of software artefacts. Andrea has given tutorials in many international conferences, served in the organising and program committees of various international conferences and workshops, and acted as a reviewer and guest editor for many international journals. Andrea has been principal and co-investigator in several European (FP6 and FP7), EPSRC, and industry funded research projects.

Dr. Andrea Zisman
City University London
Topic: UML-based Static Verification Framework for Security

Dr Andrea Zisman is a Reader in the Department of Computing of City University London. Prior to this position she was a Lecturer (200-2003) and a Senior Lecturer (2003-2006) in this department. She holds a PhD degree in Computer Science from Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, UK, and MSc and BSc degrees in Computer Science from Brazil. She was a research fellow at University College London, UK (1998-1999) and has worked as a software system consultant, developer and analyst. Andrea has also been a visiting researcher at AT&T Labs Research, USA (2003). Andrea has been research active in the areas of software and service engineering where she has published extensively. Her research interests are in the areas of service-oriented computing, secure software engineering, validation of software systems, and consistency management and traceability of software artefacts. Andrea has given tutorials in many international conferences, served in the organising and program committees of various international conferences and workshops, and acted as a reviewer and guest editor for many international journals. Andrea has been principal and co-investigator in several European (FP6 and FP7), EPSRC, and industry funded research projects.

	Prof. Rajat Moona IIT Kanpur Topic: e-Payment: Challenges and Opportunities Prof. Rajat Moona received BTech degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur in 1985 and PhD degree in Computer Science and Automation from IISc Bangalore in 1990. After a brief stint at IISc Bangalore, he joined IIT Kanpur in 1991 as a member of faculty in the department of Computer Science and Engineering. Currently Prof. Rajat Moona is a Poonam and Prabhu Goel chair Professor in the department of CSE at IIT Kanpur and also the coordinator of the Prabhu Goel Research Centre for Computer and Internet Security. During his stay at IIT Kanpur, he had been a recipient of Indo-US Science and Technology Fellowship, a scheme jointly supported by the Governments of India and USA, and had been a visiting scientist to MIT USA in 1994-95 on this fellowship. He had also been a senior Engineering Manager in Mentor Graphics India during 2002-04 where he worked on developing a tool for embedded system design that is now a product from Mentor Graphics. He has taught a large number of courses at IIT Kanpur, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. He has also supervised about 75 postgraduate theses. He along with his students and other colleagues has authored seven patents, about 30 research papers and two books. His research areas include embedded computing, operating systems, computer security, smart cards and RFID. He along with his students and National Informatics Centre has defined a national standard for Smartcard Operating System for the Government of India which has been in use in various Government projects including driving license, vehicle registration certificates, a pilot project of Indian National ID, Rastriya Swastya Bima Yojna (national health insurance scheme), Indian Electronic passport, smartID card at IIT Kanpur etc. He is also a consultant to various major Government initiatives for automation and to several companies in the area of data security and defining protocols etc. for smart card applications and readers.

Prof. Rajat Moona
IIT Kanpur
Topic: e-Payment: Challenges and Opportunities

Prof. Rajat Moona received BTech degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur in 1985 and PhD degree in Computer Science and Automation from IISc Bangalore in 1990. After a brief stint at IISc Bangalore, he joined IIT Kanpur in 1991 as a member of faculty in the department of Computer Science and Engineering. Currently Prof. Rajat Moona is a Poonam and Prabhu Goel chair Professor in the department of CSE at IIT Kanpur and also the coordinator of the Prabhu Goel Research Centre for Computer and Internet Security.

During his stay at IIT Kanpur, he had been a recipient of Indo-US Science and Technology Fellowship, a scheme jointly supported by the Governments of India and USA, and had been a visiting scientist to MIT USA in 1994-95 on this fellowship. He had also been a senior Engineering Manager in Mentor Graphics India during 2002-04 where he worked on developing a tool for embedded system design that is now a product from Mentor Graphics.

He has taught a large number of courses at IIT Kanpur, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. He has also supervised about 75 postgraduate theses. He along with his students and other colleagues has authored seven patents, about 30 research papers and two books.

His research areas include embedded computing, operating systems, computer security, smart cards and RFID. He along with his students and National Informatics Centre has defined a national standard for Smartcard Operating System for the Government of India which has been in use in various Government projects including driving license, vehicle registration certificates, a pilot project of Indian National ID, Rastriya Swastya Bima Yojna (national health insurance scheme), Indian Electronic passport, smartID card at IIT Kanpur etc. He is also a consultant to various major Government initiatives for automation and to several companies in the area of data security and defining protocols etc. for smart card applications and readers.