The State of the Art in Intrusion Prevention and Detection

Al-Sakib Khan Pathan received a PhD degree in computer engineering in 2009 from Kyung Hee University, South Korea. He received a BSc degree in computer science and information technology from Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Bangladesh, in 2003. He is currently an assistant professor in the computer science department at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia. Until June 2010, he served as an assistant professor in the computer science and engineering department in BRAC University, Bangladesh. Prior to holding this position, he worked as a researcher at Networking Lab, Kyung Hee University, South Korea, till August 2009. His research interests include wireless sensor networks, network security, and e-services technologies. He is a recipient of several awards/best paper awards and has several publications in these areas. He has served as a chair, organizing committee member, and technical program committee member in numerous international conferences or workshops such as GreenCom, HPCS, ICA3PP, IWCMC, VTC, HPCC, IDCS, etc. He is currently serving as the editor-in-chief of IJIDS, an area editor of IJCNIS, editor of IJCSE, Inderscience, associate editor of IASTED/ACTA Press IJCA and CCS, guest editor of some special issues of top-ranked journals, and editor/author of nine books. He also serves as a referee of some renowned journals. He is a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA; IEEE Communications Society, USA; IEEE ComSoc Bangladesh Chapter, and several other international professional organizations.