AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Main strength of ISEH lies in integration of highly specialized professionals, focused quality education and trainings with exceptional ability to blend current and future concepts. In addition, eminence is the schema of increasing beneficiary’s awareness from a common man to the organizational, national and then to global levels. Our expertise, in general, spans over following:
Information & Cyber Security Awareness
Technology alone can't always safeguard computer systems and information. Being aware of Information & Cyber Security issues and observing best practices are excellent ways to protect oneself, family, business and the community. Information & Cyber Security awareness is imparting common man a knowledge that focuses on raising consciousness about possible hazards to individual as well as organizational information, which occur due to rapidly evolving technologies as well as ignorant human behavior. ISEH is very active in spreading information and cyber security awareness by conducting seminars, lectures, workshops across Public and Private sectors. As part of this initiative, ISEH observes the first week of every December as the Information and Cyber Security Week encompassing various activities. Our Information & Cyber Security Awareness program aspires on overall view of inevitable need for data and information assets protection at work and at home.
Information & Cyber Security
Important sensitive data of individuals and of organizations, whether intellectual property, financial data, personal information or other types, falling in wrong hands can damage the individuals as well as organizations alike. Consequently, it can lead to immense losses in terms of repute, capital or result in crimes and fraud. Therefore, data, software, devices, and other technologies need to be protected from unauthorized access to avoid hazardous consequences. The processes and techniques to safe guard internet-connected systems, which include hardware, software and data, from intruders is termed Information & Cyber Security. It is implemented by organizations to guard against unauthorized access to data and systems to protect IT assets from intruders with malicious intent. Information & Cyber Security specialists and Experts work in organizations to do just the job by determining who needs access to which information and then plan, coordinate and implement Information & Cyber Security programs. The track aims at imparting a practical skill-set to triumph over all unauthorized access to protect IT and digital assets from a beginner to expert level.
Network & Digital Infrastructure Security
In the course of doing businesses, organizations need to transmit sensitive data & information over the network infrastructure. Network infrastructure is the hardware and software resources that enable network connectivity, communication, operations and management of an enterprise’s network. It provides the communication path and services between users, processes, applications, services, external networks & the internet. The use of the network infrastructure enormously exposes data to unauthorized access, thus, there is dire need to secure the network infrastructure. Network & Digital Infrastructure Security are the techniques of protecting the network infrastructure in order to protect sensitive data from unauthorized access or attacks that are aimed at exploitation. It is achieved by limiting unnecessary lateral communications; hardening network devices, securing access to infrastructure devices and performing Out-of-Band network management. In this track student will learn to become a network and digital infrastructure security specialist and expert.
Digital Fraud Prevention and Digital Forensics
In simple words; Fraud is intentional deception for undue gain or to depriving another individual or organization of entities such as money or valuables, whereas Forensic is the pursuit for evidence that can be produced before the court of law. Digital convergence has transformed the workplace, shopping and business into virtual platforms and the current era users spend most of their daily time on digital devices using digital spectrum. With increasing levels of online business activities and dependency on IT, sophisticated kinds of Digital Frauds are emerging. Digital Fraud is one of the vital threats and cyber criminals exploit weaknesses of the cyber users and cause damaging impact to individuals and organizations. However, no matter how clever the digital/ cyber criminals are they always leave some trace of evidence behind. Digital forensic investigation is the process of finding such evidence to detect digital frauds, hacking attacks and properly extracting evidence not only to report the crime but also preparing evidence that can be used in a court of law. These techniques are used by police, government and corporate entities globally. The forensic analyst works with both law enforcement agencies as well as private organizations in hunting down crime evidence hidden in the virtual world and tracing it back to its owner in the real world. This pathway trains individuals in digital fraud prevention along with digital forensic discipline to investigate and prevent cyber & digital crimes effectively.
Information and Cyber Security Research
Besides its regular activities of imparting quality information & cyber security education and training; ISEH also actively supports Information & Cyber Security Research. Our broad research areas are Software Security, Computer Application Security, Software Code Security, Data Capturing Devices Security, Web Applications & Services Security, Network Security, Mobile Security, Wireless & Sensor Network Security, IoTs and Cloud Security. To accomplish this ISEH has spanned over to following:
1. PSA (Pakistan Students' Association)
In major colleges and universities students’ chapters of ISEH are in service with the objectives of organizing research seminars, arranging internships for interested students, arranging workshops and to perform as internees with experts.
2. ICT Security Research Journal
An international level research journal of information and cyber security is in the process of launch to benefit individuals, organizations, academic and industrial spheres from the quality research work from across the globe.
3. RAIS (Research Association for ICT Security)
ISEH’s sister organization, the Research Association for ICT Security (best known as RAIS) is an information and cyber security research organization. It is a registered as non-profit organization which focuses on various aspects of ICT Security. RAIS’ privileged interests focus on senior level executive/ leader programs and future ICT defense strategies etc.
4. InfoSec Experts’ Forum
A dedicated free portal is being launched to provide collaborative environment to experts for sharing their opinions and study in the field of information & cyber security.
5. ICT Magazine
It would be a quarterly magazine in which all members of ISEH, Pakistan Students' Association, Research Association of ICT and InfoSec Experts Forum can share their thoughts/ experiences and different happenings in their work life in the shape of articles, cartoons and pictures.