Blockchain Technology for Cyber Defense, Cyber Security, and Countermeasures

Naresh Kshetri is currently an Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity at the Department of Math, CS, and IT, Lindenwood University. He completed his PhD (Computer Science) from University of Missouri – St. Louis (UMSL), graduated with an MS (Cybersecurity) from Webster University, and also earned an MCA (Computer Applications) degree from University of Allahabad. With more than nine years of experience and research interests in Cybersecurity, Blockchain technology, he has published in various journals, conferences, and book chapters. His research is funded by the University of Missouri – St. Louis and the Lindenwood University. Dr. Naresh has taught various CS courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. His teaching horizon expands from high school level teaching to university level teaching. Purnendu Shekhar Pandey has done his Ph.D. from IIIT-A (Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad) in Information Technology. He worked in various government and private institutions where he taught both PG and UG students. He is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, KIET, Group of Institutions, Ghaziabad, U.P. He has more than eleven years of experience and research interests in the field of IoT, Machine Learning, Cyber-Security, Sensor Networks, Network Coding, D2D assisted Networks, etc. He has published various papers in SCI and ESCI Journals, top-notch conferences like ANTS, FRUCT, NOPE, CCNC (h-index> 25), and reviewer in various peer-reviewed SCI journals. He has given various talks on IoT and discrete process modeling, machine learning in industrial IoT, etc. in various national and international conferences and has hosted various session chairs at various international conferences. Mohiuddin Ahmed has been educating the next generation of cyber leaders and researching to disrupt the cybercrime ecosystem. His research is focused on ensuring national security and defending against ransomware attacks. Mohiuddin has edited several books and contributed articles to The Conversation. His research publications in reputed venues attracted more than 2900 citations and have been listed in the world's top 2% scientists for the 2020-2022 citation impact. Mohiuddin secured several external and internal grants worth more than $1.4 Million and has been collaborating with academia and industry. He has been regularly invited to speak at international conferences, public organizations, and interviewed by the media for expert opinion.

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