Zahid Anwar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cybersecurity
Bio
Zahid Anwar is a scholar at the Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth and an associate professor of cybersecurity in the Department of Computer Science at North Dakota State University. His research focuses on cybersecurity policy and innovative cyber defense. He has authored over 80 publications in peer-reviewed conferences and journals. He is a CompTIA Certified Penetration Tester, Network Vulnerability Assessment Professional, Security+ Professional, and an AWS Certified Cloud Solutions Architect. Prior to working in academia, Dr. Anwar was a software engineer and researcher at IBM T.J. Watson, Intel, Motorola, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, xFlow research, and CERN. In 2015, he received a science of security research recognition from the National Security Agency.
Education
- Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- M.S., Computer Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- B.S., Computer Engineering, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering, Science and Technology, Pakistan
Expertise
- Cybersecurity policy
- Technology and privacy
- Metaverse
- Penetration testing
- Artificial intelligence
- Machine learning
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