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Sadiq Sani

Dr Sadiq Sani BSc, MSc, PhD, CEH, ECSA

Senior Lecturer in Cybersecurity (Operational Technology Cyber Security)

Key details

Dr Sadiq Sani

Senior Lecturer in Cybersecurity (Operational Technology Cyber Security)


Dr Sadiq Sani received a PhD degree from The University of Sydney and professional education from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a Certified Ethical Hacker and an EC-Council Certified Security Analyst. With several professional and industry certifications and training in cybersecurity and Information Technology (IT), he is a highly trained cybersecurity, Information and Communications Technology (ICT), and Energy IT expert; with several years of industry experience and expertise ranging from penetration testing and countermeasures, through security architecture and engineering, to Industrial Control System (ICS) cybersecurity and network security. He is versed in the Internet of Things (IoT), distributed ledger technologies (such as blockchain), and Operational Technology (OT).

Dr Sadiq works very closely with the industry; currently advises on cybersecurity, ICT, and OT.

Prior to joining the Ƶ as a Senior Lecturer in Cybersecurity, he was an industry-oriented researcher/project lead and a lecturer at the University of New South Wales and The University of Sydney, respectively. He focuses on industry research; his primary research interests include applied cryptography, IoT security and privacy, energy internet and smart grid/microgrid cybersecurity, distributed key management, risk assessments, IoT distributed ledger and cryptocurrency technologies, quantum cryptography, OT cybersecurity, network and communication security, secure software engineering, and distributed federated learning.

He is a member of EC-Council, ICS-CERT, ACS, IEEE, and ACM. He is a technical paper reviewer for IEEE TDSC, IEEE TII, IEEE ICDCS, IEEE TrustCom, and ACM Computing Surveys. He holds key intellectual property in identity management, cryptocurrency, and distributed ledger technologies.

Responsibilities within the university

  • Industry Research
  • Project Supervision
  • Cybersecurity Module Leader

Research / Scholarly interests

  • Internet of Things (IoT) security and privacy
  • Quantum resistant cryptographic schemes
  • Applied cryptography
  • Distributed key management
  • Risk-based security assessments
  • Applied cybersecurity
  • Network and communication security
  • IoT distributed ledger and cryptocurrency technologies
  • Energy internet and smart grid/micro-grid cybersecurity and safety
  • Secure power and energy systems
  • Peer-to-Peer energy storage and trading
  • Distributed renewable energy grid connection
  • Secure computing frameworks
  • Operational technology cybersecurity
  • Distributed federated learning
  • Secure software engineering

Recent publications

Article

Li, Yanli , Yuan, Dong, Sani, Abubakar Sadiq, Bao, Wei (2023), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Computers and Security, 132: 103319 . pp. 1-13 ISSN: 0167-4048 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2023.103319).

Sani, Abubakar Sadiq , Bertino, Elisa, Yuan, Dong, Meng, Ke , Dong, Zhao Yang (2022), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Computers & Security, 115: 102610 ISSN: 0167-4048 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2022.102610).

Gourisetti, Sri Nikhil Gupta , Cali, Umit, Choo, Kim-Kwang Raymond, Escobar, Elizabeth , Gorog, Christopher , Lee, Annabelle , Mylrea, Michael , Pasetti, Marco , Rahimi, Farrokh , Reddi, Ramesh (2021), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, 28: 100553 ISSN: 2352-4677 (Print), 2352-4677 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.segan.2021.100553).

Sani, Abubakar Sadiq , Yuan, Dong, Bao, Wei, Dong, Zhao Yang (2020), . IEEE. In: , , , . IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 17 (1) . pp. 534-546 ISSN: 1551-3203 (Print), 1941-0050 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TII.2020.2971707).

Sani, Abubakar Sadiq , Yuan, Dong, Bao, Wei, Dong, Zhao Yang , Vucetic, Branka , Bertino, Elisa (2019), . IEEE. In: , , , . IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, 14 (8) . pp. 2113-2127 ISSN: 1556-6013 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TIFS.2019.2892005).

Sani, Abubakar Sadiq , Yuan, Dong, Jin, Jiong, Gao, Longxiang , Yu, Shui , Dong, Zhao Yang (2018), . North-Holland. In: , , , . North-Holland, Future Generation Computer Systems, 93 . pp. 849-859 ISSN: 0167-739X (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2018.01.029).

Book section

Li, Yanli , Sani, Abubakar Sadiq, Yuan, Dong, Bao, Wei (2022), . In: Workshop of Adversarial Machine Learning towards Advanced Vision Systems (AMLAVS) at ACCV 2022, 4th - 8th DECEMBER 2022, Macau SAR, China , Computer Vision – ACCV 2022 Workshops. , . pp. 41-55 . ISBN: 9783031270666 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27066-6_4).

Sani, Abubakar Sadiq , Yuan, Dong, Ogaji, S., Dong, Zhao Yang (2020), . Springer. In: , , In: Yuchu Tian, David Charles Levy (eds.), Handbook of Real-Time Computing. Springer, Singapore (1st) . pp. 1-49 . ISBN: 9789814585873 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4585-87-3_48-1) NB Item availability restricted.

Conference proceedings

Sani, Abubakar Sadiq , Bertino, Elisa, Yuan, Dong, Dong, Zhao Yang (2023), . IEEE. In: , , , 2023 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids (SmartGridComm). IEEE, Piscataway, New Jersey . ISBN: 9781665455572ISSN: 2373-6836 (Print), 2474-2902 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/SmartGridComm57358.2023.10333944).

Sani, Abubakar Sadiq , Yuan, Dong, Dong, Zhao Yang (2023), . 2023 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT) DOI: 10.1109/ISGT51731.2023 16-19 Jan. 2023. In: 2023 Innovative Smart Grid Technologies North America (ISGT NA), 16th - 19th January 2023, Washington, Washington DC, United States In: ISGT - IEEE Conference committee (ed.), Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), 2023 IEEE. 16th - 19th January 2023. 2023 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT) DOI: 10.1109/ISGT51731.2023 16-19 Jan. 2023, Piscataway, New Jersey (1st) . pp. 1-5 . ISBN: 9781665453554; 9781665453561 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT51731.2023.10066338).

Sani, Abubakar Sadiq , Yuan, Dong, Meng, Ke, Dong, Zhao Yang (2022), . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: , , In: Kathy Heilman, Yihan Hou, Marjan Popov, Ron Melton (eds.), Thirteenth Conference on Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT 2022) is “Moving to a 3-D Energy Landscape: Decarbonized, Democratized, Decentralized”, sponsored by the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES). February 21 – 24, 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ (1st) (doi: ).

Sani, Abubakar Sadiq , Yuan, Dong, Meng, Ke, Dong, Zhao Yang (2021), . IEEE. In: , , In: Barbara Tynan, Delia Patterson, Lawrence Jones, Tom Weirich (eds.), 2021 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM). IEEE, Piscataway, USA . ISBN: 9781665446303ISSN: 1944-9925 (Print), 1944-9933 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM46819.2021.9638015).

Sani, Abubakar Sadiq , Yuan, Dong, Bertino, Elisa, Dong, Zhao Yang (2021), . ACM. In: , , In: Daniel Faigin (ed.), ACSAC: Annual Computer Security Applications Conference. ACM, New York, USA . pp. 439-454 . ISBN: 9781450385794 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1145/3485832.3485920).

Sani, Abubakar Sadiq , Meng, Ke, Dong, Zhao Yang (2021), . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: 2021 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), , In: IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (ed.), 2021 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT). Washington, 16-18 Feb. 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ (1st) . pp. 1-5 . ISBN: 9781728188973 ; 9781728188980ISSN: 2167-9665 (Print), 2472-8152 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT49243.2021.9372211).

Sani, Abubakar Sadiq , Yuan, Dong, Mens, Ke, Dong, Zhao Yang (2021), . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: 2021 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), , In: IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (ed.), 2021 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ (1st) . pp. 1-5 . ISBN: 9781728188973 ; 9781728188980ISSN: 2167-9665 (Print), 2472-8152 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT49243.2021.9372235).

Sani, Abubakar Sadiq , Yuan, Dong, Meng, Ke, Dong, Zhao Yang (2020), . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: 2020 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), , , 2020 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ (1st) . pp. 1-5 . ISBN: 9781728155081 ; 9781728155098ISSN: 1944-9925 (Print), 1944-9933 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM****1929).

Sani, Abubakar Sadiq , Yuan, Dong, Yeoh, Phee Lep, Qiu, Jing , Bao, Wei , Vucetic, Branka , Dong, Zhao Yang (2020), . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: 2019 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), , In: IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (ed.), 2019 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ (1st) . pp. 1-5 . ISBN: 9781728119816 ; 9781728119823ISSN: 1944-9925 (Print), 1944-9933 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/PESGM40551.2019.8973948) NB Item availability restricted.

Sani, Abubakar Sadiq , Yuan, Dong, Bao, Wei, Yeoh, Phee Lep , Dong, Zhao Yang , Vucetic, Branka , Bertino, Elisa (2019), . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: 2019 IEEE 39th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), , In: ICDCS 2019 Program Committee, Dingzhu Du, Taieb Znati, Weili Wu, Xiaodong Zhang (eds.), Published in: 2019 IEEE 39th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS). Dallas, 7-10 July 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ . pp. 1920-1930 . ISBN: 9781728125190 ; 9781728125206ISSN: 1063-6927 (Print), 2575-8411 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDCS.2019.00190) NB Item availability restricted.

Sani, Abubakar Sadiq , Yuan, Dong, Yeoh, Phee Lep, Bao, Wei , Chen, Shiping , Vucetic, Branka (2018), . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: 2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), , , 2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC). Kansas City, 20-24 May 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ . pp. 1-6 . ISBN: 9781538631805 ; 9781538631812 1938-1883 (Online) (doi: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8422725) NB Item availability restricted.

Sani, Abubakar Sadiq , Yuan, Dong, Bao, Wei, Dong, Zhao Yang (2017), . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In: 2017 IEEE 16th International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA), , In: IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Dimiter R. Avresky, Alfredo Goldman, Aris Gkoulalas-Divanis, Miguel Correia (eds.), 2017 IEEE 16th International Symposium on Network Computing and Applications (NCA). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ (1st) . pp. 1-5 . ISBN: 9781538614655 ; 9781538614648 ; 9781538614662 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/NCA.2017.8171328) NB Item availability restricted.