Ayesha Iftikhar
| sg23894@bristol.ac.uk |
Year 2 Student - 2023 Cohort - Cohort 5 I have both my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Information Technology from Pakistan. I have been serving in academia at a public sector university in Pakistan and have been actively contributing at many national and international Internet Governance platforms as a cybersecurity researcher and activist. For my Ph.D. research, I am interested to explore the areas of digital infrastructure protection, emerging technologies, data privacy and protection, threat intelligence, and policy frameworks in cybersecurity Governance. |
| PhD Abstract |
Privacy Threat Modelling for Marginalized and Vulnerable Populations The marginalized and vulnerable populations are facing serious privacy threats that are impacting their lives terribly and causing the worst possible harm. These threats are primarily posed by different technologies, software applications, and social media platforms that these communities use, or interact with during their daily lives. The primary reason for this is the failure to proactively analyze these threats during the system engineering process, due to a lack of adequate privacy threat modeling techniques that can address these unique privacy threat vectors. To make privacy by design inclusive, a dedicated threat model is required that can address the privacy requirements of these user groups. It will eventually help in identifying these unique threats and help in making an informed decision for selecting the appropriate privacy-enhancing technologies for the system or technology. Supervisors: Professor Awais Rashid (Bristol) and Professor Richard Owen (Bristol) |
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| Publications or Presented Papers |
Bayesian game-based user behavior analysis for spectrum mobility in cognitive radios - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phycom.2018.12.002 |
| Social Media |
linkedin.com/in/ayesha-iftikhar-960671114 |