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Professor Barry Irwin is a recognised expert is the area of Network and Telecommunications security. He published numerous research papers on a range of topics within this field. Research has ranged from cryptographic protection mechanisms to security data analysis. He has supervised and examined a number of Masters and Doctoral research projects. He has experience in the development and delivery of security skills development programs for various industries. He has held the CISSP certification since 2003.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Prof. Irwin’s research interests are largely in the area of passive network intelligence, using existing data available on networks to enhance an organisation’s understanding of threats and improve security. Other key areas of interest are security analytics, data visualisation, cybersecurity education and embedded electronics.

CONSULTANCY, COMMERICAL WORK AND INDUSTRIAL CONNECTIONS

Professor Irwin has performed consultancy and training at various companies in South Africa and neighbouring states in the Defence, Telecommunications, ICT and Financial Services sectors.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Heerden, R.V., Leenen, L. and Irwin, B., 2021. Description of a network attack ontology presented formally. In Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security: Methods, Issues and Possible Horizons or Opportunities (pp. 343-368). Springer, Cham.

SD Chindipha, A Herbert and B Irwin. 2019. An Evaluation of Text Mining Techniques in Sampling of Network Ports from IBR Traffic. in proceedings of Southern Africa Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC). 1-4 September. Zimbali, South Africa.

SD Chindipha SD, B Irwin B and A Herbert. 2019. Quantifying the Accuracy of Small Subnet-Equivalent Sampling of IPv4 Internet Background Radiation Datasets. SAICSIT Conference on Digital Eco-systems Gone Wild, Skukuza, South Africa, September 17–18, 2019 (SAICSIT ’19)

I Swart, BVW Irwin, MM Grobler. 2019. Adaptation of the JDL model for multi-sensor national cyber security data fusion. National Security: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, 92-107. IGI-Global.

S Pennefather, K Bradshaw, B Irwin. 2018. Extending the NFComms framework for bulk data transfers. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists.

G Linklater, C Smith, A Herbert, B Irwin. 2018. Toward Distributed Key Management for Offline Authentication. Proceedings of the Southern African Telecommunications and Applications Conference.

A Herbert, B Irwin. 2018. Towards Enhanced Threat Intelligence Through NetFlow Distillation. Proceedings of the Southern African Telecommunications and Applications Conference.

B Shaw, B Irwin. 2018. Hybrid Sensor Simulation within an ICS Testbed. Proceedings of the Southern African Telecommunications and Applications Conference.

SD Chindipha, B Irwin, A Herbert. 2018. Effectiveness of Sampling a Small Sized Network Telescope in Internet Background Radiation Data Collection. Proceedings of the Southern African Telecommunications and Applications Conference.

I Frieslaar, B Irwin. 2018. Developing an electromagnetic noise generator to protect a Raspberry Pi from side channel analysis. SAIEE Africa Research Journal 109 (2), 85-101

S Pennefather, K Bradshaw, B Irwin. 2018. Exploration and Design of a Synchronous Message Passing Framework for a CPU-NPU Heterogeneous Architecture. 2018 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium.

J Vorster, B Irwin, R van Heerden. 2018. Violations of Good Security Practices in Graphical Passwords Schemes: Enterprise Constraints on Scheme-Design. International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, 487-XVI

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MEMBERSHIP

Member of the ACM, ISC2 CISSP