Staff Profile

Dr Diane Gan
AC3 (Senior Lecturer)
Smart Systems Technologies Department

Telephone: +44 (0)20 8331 9709
Fax: +44 (0)20 8331 8665
Room: QM365
Email:
Personal Web Site

Qualifications
BSc (Hons) Computer Science
PhD, CEng MIET


External recognition
BCS,
CEng, MIET,
Member of the following specialist groups:-

BCS Cybercrime Forensics,
BCS Information Security, Specialist Group (ISSG),
BCS Information Risk Management and Assurance (IRMA)
BCS Women Specialist Group



Biography
I am a co-founder of the Cyber Security, Audit, Forensics and Education (C-SAFE) Centre, which is a research and teaching group within the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at the University of Greenwich. I have been instrumental in developing the university's Masters and short course programmes from cyber security and risk management to forensics and the law. I currently teach communications systems, digital forensics and cyber security at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. I have strong links with industrial organisations related to penetration testing and cyber security. I am currently supervising four PhD students, with research in Cyber-physical security of semi-autonomous vehicles, information leakage and security within the cloud, forensics within the cloud and analysing malware captured using honeypots.


Research/Scholarly interests
Network security - malware - worms and botnets, security and forensics tools, honeypot analysis


Course Coordinator 2012/13
Computer Crime and Forensics
Computer Forensics 2
Computer Forensics 3
Cyber Security
Network Implementation
Network Security

External examiner roles
University of Westminster (current)

Selected publications
S. Cecchini and D. Gan, The AMP Attacker: a Suite of Tools for Exploiting SQL Injection Vulnerabilities in Web Applications, International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics (IJESDF) – under review

D. Chadwick, D. Gan, G. Loukas, D. Frangiskatos, Intensive Teaching of Cyber Security for Mid-Career Physical Security Professionals, CFET 2012 – International Conference on Cybercrime, Forensics, Education and Training, Christ Church Canterbury, 1st to 6th Sept 2012

T. Vuong, D. Gan, A Targeted Malicious Email (TME) Attack Tool, CFET 2012 – International Conference on Cybercrime, Forensics, Education and Training, Christ Church Canterbury, 1st to 6th Sept 2012

C. Oso, D. Gan, A Forensics Approach to Digital Fingerprinting on Windows Servers, CFET 2012 – International Conference on Cybercrime, Forensics, Education and Training, Christ Church Canterbury, 1st to 6th Sept 2012

D. Gan, J. J. B. Andrade, A Forensics Investigation into Attacks on Linux Servers, University of East London, Cybercrime, Cybercrime, Security and Digital Forensics Conference, University of East London, May 14-15, 2012

S. Cecchini, D. Gan, The AMP Attacker: a suite of tools for exploiting SQL injection vulnerabilities in Web Applications, Cybercrime, Security and Digital Forensics Conference, University of East London, May 14-15, 2012

D. Chadwick, D. Gan, D. Frangiskatos, What makes a computer forensics project? 7th Annual Teaching Computer Forensics Workshop, University of Sunderland, 10th Nov 2011

D. Chadwick, D. Gan, D. Frangiskatos, An Educational Paradigm for Teaching Computer Forensics, Enhancing Student Employability, University of Derby, 5th July 2011

D. Chadwick, D. Gan, D. Frangiskatos, Two Artefacts to Enhance Student Employability, Enhancing Student Employability Theme, July 2011

M. Cisse, D. Gan, Snitch - the Ultimate Insider Threat, Contextualising the insider threat - LTN Conference - RUSI Science and Technology Conference, supported by the Home Office's Innovative Science and Technology for Counter-Terrorism (INSTINCT), 3rd June 2011

D. Chadwick, D. Gan, D. Frangiskatos, An Educational Paradigm for Teaching Computer Forensics, HEA Conference - Enhancing Employability of Computing Students, University of Derby, 16th Feb 2011

D. Frangiskatos, D. Gan, D. Chadwick, The Development of Challenging Assessments for Computer Forensics Students, 6th Annual Teaching Computer Forensics Workshop, University of Sunderland, 18th Nov 2010

D. Frangiskatos, M. Ghassemian, D. Gan, Is Green IT a threat to IT security? Technology perspective: International Conference on Information Security and Digital Forensics 2009, City University London 7th Sept – 8th Sept 2009

D. Chadwick, D. Gan, D. Frangiskatos, Universities - Victims Or Perpetrators Of Cyber Crime? 3rd International Conference on Global E-Security 2007, University of East London, 18 - 20 April 2007


School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences
University of Greenwich
Old Royal Naval College
Park Row
London SE10 9LS
UK