DrZubair Baig

Associate Professor, Cyber Security

Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Information Technology

  • Associate Professor, Cyber Security
    Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/School of Information Technology
  • +61 3 522 73525 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Research Expertise

  • Cyber security for integrated platforms
  • Digital Forensics
  • Machine Learning 
  • AI-enabled digital transformation and educational translation
  • Optimization algorithms for cyber security
  • Complex system vulnerability analysis
  • Threat modeling for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Industry IoT, Financial Systems, Health-care Systems.

    Knowledge Areas
  • Cyber-security for IT/OT integrated platforms, space systems and cloud-edge platforms
  • Tradeoff analysis of cyber security solutions
  • Risk management for enterprise security
  • Machine Learning with applications to cyber security
  • Security architectures
  • Digital forensics

    Recent Projects
    Authentication of Remote Critical Infrastructure Assets in IT/OT Integrated
    Platforms, Collaborators: TCS, CyberCRC

    Security and Strategy for Critical Infrastructures, Collaborators: Deloitte

    Ambient Signal Analysis for Multi-Factor Human Authentication in Smart
    Premises, Collaborators: UNSW, TCS, CyberCRC

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    A Data Driven Framework for Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration in the Indo-Pacific Region
    29 Apr 2026 - 30 Jul 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    1-5 Australia - India Cyber and Critical Technology Partnership - AICCTP-R5-0015 - $179,007.31
  • GRANT
    Quantum-safe Domain Name System
    1 Jun 2025 - 1 Jun 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    Aust Domain Name Administrator Grant - Research auDA Foundation - $1,047,119.79
  • GRANT
    INT -1369 Autonomous Methods for Payload Identification and Mission Execution
    24 Feb 2025 - 23 May 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Baig Z,
    • Farrea KA
    Quickstep Technologies Pty Ltd - INT -1369 - $10,000.00
  • GRANT
    SF-CRA: Smart Farming Cyber Resilience Technology
    1 Jul 2024 - 3 Jun 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    DFAT Australia India Relations - Maitri Research Program Grant - 47 065 634 525 - MRG-R1-040 - $235,313.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Whitening the Cryptanalysis Black Box: Towards a Deeper Understanding of Deep Learning Distinguishers
    Deakin Cyber Research and Innovation Centre30 Apr 2024 - 30 Nov 2024
    People funded by this grant:
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Socrates: Software Security with a focus on critical technologies.
    1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Cyber Security Research Centre Limited - C21-00267 - $120,978.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    SummerTech
    19 Dec 2022 - 15 Apr 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry - $77,000.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Responsible Quantum Machine learning-enabled Zero Trust to thwart Ransomware Attacks in a Smart Grid
    Deakin Cyber Centre1 Jul 2022 - 30 Apr 2023
    People funded by this grant:
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Robust Authentication using Ambient Intelligence in Smart Environments (RAAISE).
    13 Apr 2022 - 1 Jul 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Cyber Security Research Centre Limited - C13-00178 - $553,012.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Next Generation Authentication Technologies.
    1 Apr 2022 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Cyber Security Research Centre Limited - $787,500.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Secure and Authenticated Access to Remote Assets Within Critical Infrastructure.
    1 Oct 2021 - 14 Aug 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Cyber Security Research Centre Limited - C13-00223 - $390,000.00
  • GRANT
    A Decentralised Blockchain-based Secure Authentication Scheme for IoT.
    10 Jul 2021 - 1 Oct 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    Cyber Security Research Centre Limited - $10,700.00
  • GRANT
    Cryptographic authentication for IoT - Cloud integrated platforms.
    1 Jul 2021 - 30 Sep 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Baig Z,
    • Rasua RT
    Cyber Security Research Centre Limited - $10,700.00
  • GRANT
    Lightweight Continuous Authentication for Cloud Edge Integrated Platforms
    1 Jun 2021 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    CYBER SECURITY RESEARCH CENTRE - P13-00153 - $180,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Development of Cyber Security Guidelines for Critical Infrastructures.
    9 Sep 2020 - 23 Apr 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    Deloitte Risk Advisory Pty Ltd - $14,945.88
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Zero Trust Architectures for Australia's Critical Infrastructure Security.
    2 Mar 2020 - 30 Jul 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    DSTO Grant - Research - Defence Science & Technology Organisation - MyIP9575 - $60,741.00