Asst. Professor
Ashok Kumar Mohan currently serves as an Assistant Professor at TIFAC-CORE in Cyber Security.. His ares of interests are Cyber Forensics, Online Social Media Analysis.
Ashok Kumar Mohan currently serves as an Assistant Professor at TIFAC-CORE in Cyber Security.
His ares of interests are Cyber Forensics, Online Social Media Analysis.
Qualification: M. Tech. in Cyber Security
| Year | Areas of Research |
| 2018-19 | VAPT on IoT environment, SOCMINT and OSINT. |
| 2018 | Metadata Associations and Piecewise Hashing (Digital Forensics) |
| 2017 | Rumor Prediction in Social Media Networks, Metadata Forensics, Slack Space Forensics and Wireless Security Audit |
| 2016 | Pursuing PhD in Cyber Forensics under the guidance of Dr. Sethumadhavan M. (Head, Centre for Cyber Security, AVV, Coimbatore) supported by Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme for Electronics & IT, MeitY, India |
| 2016 | Research Project on FPGA based malware analysis using Honeypots for IBM |
| 2015 | Intrusion Prediction System (DRDO), Malware Analysis, IoT and Cyber Laws |
| 2013 | OTP security (Sturdy – One Time Password) for bank sectors |
| 2012 | S6 Protocol (Sensing Shady Setups Spending Social Similarity) on Facebook Forensics |
| Year | Guest Lectures/Mentorship |
| 2019 | Delivered one day session (October 17) on “Cybercrime: Mobile and Wireless” for Digital and Cyber Forensic Science graduates at Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College, Pollachi. |
| 2019 | Guest lecture on “Big Data Security analytics – Cyber Resilience” ( October 15) at Hindustan College of technology, Coimbatore. |
| 2019 | Guest lecture at graVITas’19 on “Open Source Digital Forensics” (September 21-22) at Homi Bhabha Gallery, Vellore Institute of Technology, VIT University, Vellore. Mentored the OSDP CTF followed by the event and awarded the top 3 teams with cash prizes. |
| 2019 | Delivered a guest lecture (September 19) on Cyber Security in Mobile Era held at Park College of Engineering And Technology, Coimbatore Road, Kaniyur. |
| 2019 | Delivered a two days computer security workshop cum Certification Program (August 18-19) on Certified Secure Computer User -CSCU held at Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ramco Institute of Technology, Rajapalayam and mentored computer science engineering students in passing the certification with distinction. |
| 2019 | Delivered a three days computer security workshop cum Certification Program (July 10-12) on Certified Secure Computer User -CSCU held at Department of Information Technology, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai and mentored computer science engineering students in passing the certification with distinction. |
| 2019 | Delivered a three days computer security workshop cum Certification Program (March 29 – 31) on Certified Secure Computer User -CSCU held at Dr. T. Thimmaiah Institute of Technology, Oorgaum, Kolar Gold Fields, Karnataka and mentored around 75 engineering students in passing the certification with distinction. |
| 2019 | Mentored the second version of Open Source Digital Forensics (OSDFv2) CTF with two days hands-on sessions on “Kickstarter to Digital Forensic Investigation” (21-22nd February) at Jeppiaar SRR Enggineering College, Chennai. |
| 2018 | Guest lecture at Capacity Development training program for Legal Process Outsourcing (LPOs) District Representative Lawyers, Tamilnadu on “Online Social Media Safety (Learn ~ Practice ~ Share) ” (29th November) at Conference Hall, AB-2, MSW Department, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore |
| 2018 | Guest lecture at Capacity Development training program for District Child Protection Officers (Tamilnadu) on “Online and digital safety for children (MoMo in India)” (26th October) at Conference Hall, AB-2, MSW Department, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore |
| 2018 | Invited lectures at Academia World Edu Fair -2018 on “Information Security” (1st October) and “Cyber Laws and AI” (2nd October) at the Education Commitee of the Maheswari Samaj (Society), Jaipur, Rajasthan |
| 2018 | Hands on Workshop as resource person for hands-on sessions in “Digital Forensics and IoT Security Overview” (11th August) at Department of Computer Science,Ramco Institute of Technology, (RIT), Rajapalayam, (TN) |
| 2018 | Organized and Mentored a two day hands on workshop cum Capture The Flag (CTF) contest “Dig-For-Art’18” (February 15-16) on on Cyber Security – Digital Forensics held at Department of Computer Sciences Technology, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences – Deemed to be University, Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore for their National Level Technical Symposium powered by ACE, and facilitated practical training for around 80 graduate students from the state. |
| 2017 | Organized and Mentored a two day hands on workshop cum Capture The Flag (CTF) contest “Dig-For-Art’17” (September 27-28) on Digital Forensics Artifacts at Cyber Forensics Laboratory, powered by IT department, Kalasaligam University and facilitated practical training for around 120 graduate students from nearby rural areas. |
| 2017 | Mentored “Privacy and Forensics on Cloud” event for evaluating conference papers organized by Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Coimbatore Chapter, (14th July) jointly hosted by Dr. G. R. Damodaran College of Science, Coimbatore |
| 2017 | One day hands-on workshop on “Introduction to Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security” (9th March) at Raja College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai |
| 2017 | Invited talk for “Information Security in Internet of Things” on “Security Issues in Wireless Networks” (25th February) at Sri Krishna College of Engineering & Technology, Kuniamuthur, Coimbatore |
| 2016 | Hands-on Workshop as resource person on X-Ways Forensics 18.6 Professional Edition on (29th February and 1st March 2016) at Cyber Forensics Research Lab (KLU), Krishnankovil (TN) |
| 2015 | Mentored Hack-a-thon event organized by Cyber Security and Privacy Foundation, (15th December) jointly organized by Learning Links India and U.S Consulate General, Chennai at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore |
| 2015 | Guest Lecture on Cyber Forensics in Annual Tech Fest – Anokha at ASE, Coimbatore |
| 2014 | Invited lecture on National Level Ethical Hacking Workshop in Dr. N.G.P College, Coimbatore |
| 2013 | Tech Talk on Hacking – A Technological Threat in Cyber Defence Symposium held at ASE, Coimbatore |
| Year | Trainings Delivered (Institutions/Government) |
| 2019 | Trained Indian Air Force Wing Commanders at Information Warfare School (IWS), Air Force Station, Jalahalli, Bangalore on ” Attacks on IoT Smart Switch” (October 2019) |
| 2019 | Facilitated three days as the resource person for faculty development programme on cyber security and digital forensic titled “Digital Forensics” and “OSINT (Open Source INTelligence) and Computer Security with Social Media Privacy Concerns” (August 27-28, 30) organized by Department of IT, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore. |
| 2019 | Capacity Development for Urban Police Inspectors- Short Term Training Program on increasing Cyber Crime titled “Social Media- Double Edged Sword in the Hands of our Kids” on August 22 at Collector Office with reperesenting Thiruvarur DCPO for district level child safety group members skill development program. |
| 2019 | Handled four sessions for Faculty Development Program (FDP) as a part of Teaching Learning Centre (Under PMMMNMTT, MHRD, Govt. of India) initiative on “Cyber Forensics and Crime Analysis” titled “Open Source Digital Forensic for Faculties” (July 09) for the Members of Staff, at Department of Computer Science &Engg, NSS College of Engg, Palakkad and faculty members from other colleges from the locality. Facilitated the four sessions with foundational jargons, tools demonstration, hands-on practice and live CTF contest in Digital Forensics. |
| 2019 | Facilitated two sessions as the resource person for faculty development programme on cyber security and digital forensic titled “Dossier on Open Source Digital Forensics (OSDF)” and “OSINT (Open Source INTelligence) and SOCMINT (SOCial Media INTellgence)” (May 28) organized by School of Computer Science, Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College, Pollachi |
| 2019 | Capacity Development for Urban Police Inspectors- Short Term Training Program on increasing Cyber Crime titled “Cyber COPS ~ Know- How? Social Media’s Impact on Children” on January 23 at Karur- DCPO and 7th February facilitated by District Child Protection Unit (cara.nic.in) from Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India |
| 2018 | Faculty Development – Short Term Training Program on Cybersecurity titled “Kickstarter 4 OSINT (Open Source INTelligence)” (December 11) facilitated by Cyber Security Working Group (CSWG) from Department of Information Technology, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai |
| 2018 | Trained a team of 50 Superintendent and Dy. Superintendent of Govt. Child Care Instuitions and NGO run Institutions in Tamil Nadu on “Influence of Social Media on Children’s” for creating awareness on merits and demerits of social media among children. and the influence of social media to children (July 26) at Sudhamani Hall, jointly with Department of Social Work, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore and UNICEF(Childline 1098), India |
| 2018 | Cyber Awareness Session on “Cyber Bullying” at Queen Mira International School, Melakkal Road, Kochadai,Madurai titled “A Step towards Bully-Proof Cyberspace” (April 24) for High School Students. |
| 2017 | Faculty Development program on “Bits n Bytes of Digital Forensics” at AICTE sponsored short term course titled “Cyber Security and Cyber Forensics” (November 28) for the Members of Staff, Department of Information Technology, Dept. of Computer Applications, CIT (Coimbatore) and faculty members from other colleges. |
| 2017 | Delivered special sessions as resourced person for Tamil Nadu Voluntary Health Association, East Zone meeting on “Awareness on Internet Safety for all age NETizens” (September 23) at Poondi Matha Basilica Auditorium, Thanjavur. |
| 2017 | Faculty Development program on “Cyber Impact on Cashless Financial Transactions” and “Introduction to Digital Foreniscs and Security”, (June 23) for the Members of Staff, Department of Information Technology, Dr.N.G.P. Institute of Technology, (Coimbatore) |
| 2017 | Facilitated “capacity building training programme” on “Online Safety for Children in Cyber Space” for members of Childline India Foundation (June 21-22) and state Directors of Kerala at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Vallikavu, Kerala, jointly with Department of Social Work, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Vallikavu and UNICEF(Childline 1098), India |
| 2017 | Invited talk for “Information Security in Internet of Things” on “Security Issues in Wireless networks” (February 25) at Sri Krishna College of Engineering & Technology, Kuniamuthur, Coimbatore |
| 2017 | Created awareness on “Cyber Crime Awareness for Youth” as a part of National Service Scheme (NSS) inauguration event (January 25) at Amriteshwari Hall, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore |
| 2016 | Facilitated “capacity building training programme” on “Online Safety for Children in Cyber Space” for 160 members of Childline India Foundation (20th, 24th October and 1st November) and 69 state Directors of Tamil Nadu at Muralikrishna Hall (CIR), jointly with Department of Social Work, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore and UNICEF(Childline 1098), India |
| 2016 | Faculty Development program on Introduction to Practical VA/PT, setting up of Honeypots, demonstration of Encase 7 and Paraben Bundle cyber forensic tools (August 13) for Kalasaingam university Members of the Staff and Research Scholars |
| 2015 | Trained a team of 30 students as a pre−placement activity on Ethical Hacking, Cyber Forencis, Network Security and OWASP secure coding, (September 22, 2015) Kalsaligam University(KLU), Krishnankovil (TN) and 9 of them got placed in Paladion Networks, Bangalore. URL |
| 2015 | Facilitated two days Student Development Program on Cyber Security, (July 31- August 1, 2015) headed by Dr. Sethumadhavan M. (Head, Centre for Cyber Security, AVV) at KLN college of I.T, Madurai |
| 2014 | Given cyber security training for 150 senior police officers on Cybercrime Training Salem City and Rural Police Officers, (June 14, 2014) under the guidance of Mr. A.Amalraj I.P.S., (Commissioner, Salem City) and Mr. S.Prabakaran I.P.S., (Asst., Commissioner Crime, Salem City) with HANS (Gujarat) |
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| Cyber Related NGO |
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| Year |
Awards/Certifications |
| 2019 | CEH Master (Certified Ethical Hacker EC- Council India) v10 Practical |
| 2019 | ECSA (EC-Council Certified Security Analyst, EC- Council India) |
| 2019 | CSCU (Certified Secure Computer User, EC- Council India) |
| 2018 | CCNA CYBER OPS, Instructor Training (Cisco Certified Network Associate, Cyber Operations) |
| 2018 | CHFI (Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator, EC- Council India) |
| 2017 | Best Paper Award in “Forensic Analysis of Cyber Crimes” for the paper on “Linking Hazy Dots in Favor of Digital Evidences – PoC using Metadata Association” at The International Conference on Data Security-INCODS2017 (12th December), Department of Information Technology, Kalasalingam University, Krishnankoil, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. |
| 2017 | CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker, EC-Council India) |
| 2017 | Best Paper Award in “Web Services and Semantic Web” for the paper on “The Forensic Future of Social media Analysis using Web Ontology” at International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communication Systems (7th January) Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, Coimbatore. |
| 2016 | FAFE (Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination #CQUAP8BYY6L4 – West Virginia University) |
| 2015 | Coursework on CEC (Certified Ethical Cracker – InfySEC) |
| 2012 | PGCCL (Post-Graduate Certificate in Cyber Law-IGNOU) |
| 2011-2012 | Coursework on CPCL(Certificate Program in Cyber Law-SYMBIOSIS) and ACISE(Advanced Certificate in Information Security-IGNOU) |
| 2010 | DCL (Diploma in Cyber Laws) |
| 2009 | RHCT (Red Hat Certified Technician) |
| 2008 | Coursework on CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) and MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) |
| 2007 | Coursework on A+ and N+ (Hardware and Networking – IIHT) |
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