Mourad Benmalek, PhD
Director of Master's Program in Cybersecurity / Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity
Biography
Mourad Benmalek received the Engineering, Master and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from the Higher School of Computer Science (Ecole nationale SupĂŠrieure dâInformatique, Algiers, Algeria), in 2013 and 2018, respectively. He was an Assistant Professor at the Higher School of Computer Science and the Higher Institute of Science (Algiers, Algeria) from 2018 to 2022. He was member of the SURES (Secure Ubiquitous Resilient and Efficient Systems) research team at Systemsâ design methods Lab (Algiers, Algeria) from 2013 to 2022.
He is currently working as Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity at Computer Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Architecture, Al Yamamah University, KSA.
His research interests are in the area of Security and Privacy in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and Internet of Things (IoT). He is particularly interested in the design of efficient, reliable and secure communication protocols. He participated in many national and international research projects.
Publications
- Mourad Benmalek, âRansomware on cyber-physical systems: Taxonomies, case studies, security gaps, and open challenges,â in Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems, vol. 4, pp. 186-202, 2024.
- Mourad Benmalek, Kamel Harkat, Kamel-Dine Haouam, and Zakaria Gheid, âSE-CDR: Enhancing security and efficiency of key management in internet of energy consumer demand-response communications,â in International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 611-623, 2023.
- Mourad Benmalek, Mohamed Ali Benrekia, and Yacine Challal, âSecurity of Federated Learning: Attacks, Defensive Mechanisms, and Challenges,â in Revue d'Intelligence Artificielle, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 49-59, Feb. 2022.
- Mohamed Anis Aguida, Samir Ouchani and Mourad Benmalek, âAn IoT-based Framework for an Optimal Monitoring and Control of Cyber-Physical Systems: Application on Biogas Production System,â in Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on the Internet of Things, pp. 143-139, Nov. 2021.
- Mohamed Anis Aguida, Samir Ouchani and Mourad Benmalek, âA Review on Cyber-Physical Systems: Models and Architectures,â in Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, pp. 275-278, Sep. 2020.
- Mourad Benmalek, Yacine Challal, Abdelouahed Derhab and Zakaria Gheid, âAn Efficient Key Management Scheme for Secure Demand-Response Communications in Smart Grid,â in Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Advances in the Emerging Computing Technologies (AECT), pp. 1-6, Feb. 2020.
- Mourad Benmalek, Yacine Challal, and Abdelouahed Derhab, âAuthentication for Smart Grid AMI systems: Threat models, Solutions, and Challenges,â in Proceedings of the 28th IEEE International Conference on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises. Naples, Jun. 2019.
- Mourad Benmalek, Yacine Challal, and Abdelouahed Derhab, âAn Improved Key Graph based Key Management Scheme for Smart Grid AMI systems,â in Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, pp. 1-6, Apr. 2019.
- Mourad Benmalek, Yacine Challal, Abdelouahed Derhab, and Abdelmadjid Bouabdallah, âVerSAMI: Versatile and Scalable key management for Smart Grid AMI networks,â in Computer Networks, vol. 132, pp. 161-179, Feb. 2018.
- Mourad Benmalek and Yacine Challal, âMK-AMI: Efficient multi-group key management scheme for secure communications in AMI systems,â in Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, pp. 1-6, Apr. 2016.
- Mourad Benmalek, Yacine Challal, and Abdelmadjid Bouabdallah, âScalable Multi-group Key Management for Advanced Metering Infrastructure,â in Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, pp. 183-190, Oct. 2015.
- Mourad Benmalek and Yacine Challal, âeSKAMI: Efficient and Scalable Multi-group Key Management for Advanced Metering Infrastructure in Smart Grid,â in Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE Trustcom/BigDataSE/ISPA, vol. 1, pp. 782-789, Aug. 2015.
Conferences
Conference talks
- âeSKAMI: Efficient and Scalable Multi-group Key Management for Advanced Metering Infrastructure in Smart Gridâ, IEEE Trustcom, Aug. 2015, Helsinki, Finland.
- âScalable Multi-group Key Management for Advanced Metering Infrastructureâ, IEEE CIT, Oct. 2015, Liverpool, UK.
- âMK-AMI: Efficient multi-group key management scheme for secure communications in AMI systemsâ, IEEE WCNC, Apr. 2016, Doha, Qatar.
- âAn Improved Key Graph based Key Management Scheme for Smart Grid AMI systemsâ, IEEE WCNC, Apr. 2019, Marrakech, Morocco.
- âAn Efficient Key Management Scheme for Secure Demand-Response Communications in Smart Gridâ, IEEE AECT, Feb. 2020, Madinah, KSA.
Invited talks
- âSmart Grid Cybersecurity: Motivations and Challengesâ, Heudiasyc laboratory. University of Technology of Compiègne (Compiègne - France). Dec. 2015.
- âKey management for secure communications in Smart Grid systemsâ, Center of Excellence in Information Security CoEIA. King Saud University (Riyadh - KSA). Feb. 2017.
- âSmart Grid: Motivations and Challengesâ, Systemsâ design methods Laboratory. Higher National School of Computer Science (Algiers -Algeria). Apr. 2018.
Organizing/Scientific committees
- Scientific Committee, IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC). 2017, 2020 and 2022.
- Scientific Committee, Internet of Things Conference (IoT). 2021 and 2022.
- Scientific Committee, IEEE Symposium of Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (IEEE SIAS), 2021.
- Scientific Committee, IEEE International Conference on the Sciences of Electronics, Technologies of Information and Telecommunications (IEEE SETIT), 2018 and 2022.
- Scientific Committee, ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (ACS/IEEE AICCSA). 2015 and 2016.
- Scientific Committee, IEEE International Conferences on High Performance Computing and Communications (IEEE HPCC), 2014.
- Organizing Committee, Prix de thèse de lâESI. 2015.
Teaching
Current teaching
- Ethical Hacking
- Cybersecurity and Cryptography
- Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
- Internet of Things: Architectures, Protocols and Security
- Forensics and Incident Response
- Security Policies and Procedures
- Comprehensive Cybersecurity: Foundations and Threats
PG teaching
- Comprehensive Cybersecurity: Foundations and Threats
- Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
- Engineering of Secure Software and Protocols
- Research Methodology
- Mobile Networks and Simulation.
UG teaching
- Ethical Hacking
- Cybersecurity and Cryptography
- Internet of Things: Architectures, Protocols and Security
- Forensics and Incident Response
- Security Policies and Procedures
- Algorithms and Static Data Structures
- Algorithms and Dynamic Data Structures
- Programming I
- Programming II
- Introduction to Web Development
Services:
- Director of Master's Program in Cybersecurity, Al Yamamah University
- Chair of Industry Liaison Committee, Computer Engineering Department, Al Yamamah University.
- Member of the Transfer Committee, Al Yamamah University.
- Member of the CNEPRU project: âSecurity and Robustness of IoTâ. Higher School of Computer Science, Algiers, Algeria: Jan. 2015 - Dec. 2018.
- Member of INS2I STFOC project: âSecurity and Fault Tolerance for Distributed Communicating Objectsâ. Heudiasyc laboratory, University of Technology of Compiègne, France: Jan. 2019 - Dec. 2019.
- Member of the PRFU project âRobustness of Smart Cyber-Physical Systemsâ. Higher School of Computer Science, Algiers, Algeria: Jan. 2019 - Aug. 2022.
- Member of the SURES (Secure Ubiquitous Resilient and Efficient Systems) research team at Systemsâ design methods Lab, Algiers, Algeria : Dec. 2013 â Aug. 2022.
- Member of the organizing committee of âPrix de thèse de lâESI 2015â: Jun. 2015.
- Member of the organizing committee of âESI PhDaysâ, Higher School of Computer Science, Algiers, Algeria: Sep. 2019 â Aug. 2022.
- A referee for a number of peer-reviewed journals such as IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, Elsevier Internet of Things, Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks, MDPI Electronics, Springer International Journal of Information Security, and Elsevier Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences.
- A referee for several research conferences such as IEEE ICC and IEEE/ACS AICCSA.
- IEEE member.
- IEEE Communications Society member.