Muhammad Ajmal Azad

Research output

Research output per year 2009 2019 2020 2021 2022 2024

• 59 Article
• 18 Conference contribution
• 1 Commissioned report
• 1 Chapter
• 2 More
  • 1 Review article
  • 1 Other contribution

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  Enhancing Security Awareness Through Gamified Approaches

  Ahmed, Y., Azad, M. A., Ben Farah, M., Yousefi, M., Mahmoud, H. & Ezealor, M., 2024, In: arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.09052.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Random transformations to improve mitigation of query-based black-box attacks

  Ali, Z. T. M., Azad, R. M. A., Azad, M. A., Holyhead, J., Rice, I. & Imran, A. S., 23 Nov 2024, In: Expert Systems with Applications.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Black-Box Attack 100%
  • Gaussian White Noise 33%
  • Classification Models 16%
  • Image Classification 16%
  • Residual Neural Network 16%

• Rapid Forecasting of Cyber Events Using Machine Learning-Enabled Features

  Ahmed, Y., Asyhari, A. T. & Azad, M. A., 11 Jan 2024, In: Information. 15, 1, 36.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  6 Citations (SciVal)

• Verify and trust: A multidimensional survey of zero-trust security in the age of IoT

  Azad, M. A., Abdullah, S., Arshad, J., Lallie, H. & Ahmed, Y. H., 27 May 2024, In: Internet of Things. 27, 101227.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Security and Privacy 100%
  • Internet-Of-Things 100%
  • Access Control 50%
  • Network Traffic 50%
  • Open Research 50%
  6 Citations (SciVal)
• 2023

  A Blockchain-Inspired Attribute-Based Zero-Trust Access Control Model for IoT

  Awan, S. M., Azad, M. A., Arshad, J., Waheed, U. & Sharif, T., Feb 2023, In: Information. 14, 2, p. 129 1 p., 129.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  35 Citations (SciVal)

• A Framework for Decentralized, Real-Time Reputation Aggregation in IoV

  Mahmoud, H., Azad, M. A., Arshad, J. & Aneiba, A., 1 Jun 2023, In: IEEE IoT Magazine. 6, 2, p. 44-48 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Reputation System 100%
  • Blockchain 40%
  • Security and Privacy 40%
  • Central Authority 20%
  • Security Concern 20%
  3 Citations (SciVal)

• Gabor Contrast Patterns: A Novel Framework to Extract Features From Texture Images

  Muzaffar, A. W., Riaz, F., Abuain, T., Abu-Ain, W. A. K., Hussain, F., Farooq, M. U. & Azad, M. A., 25 May 2023, In: IEEE Access. 11, p. 60324-60334 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Impulse Response 100%
  • Texture Feature 100%
  • Texture Classification 100%
  • Decimal Number 100%
  • Visual Content 100%
  5 Citations (SciVal)

• ROBO-SPOT: Detecting Robocalls by Understanding User Engagement and Connectivity Graph

  Azad, M. A., Arshad, J. & Farhan, R., 23 Nov 2023, In: Big Data Mining and Analytics. 7, 2, p. 340-356 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Telecommunication Network 100%
  • False Positive Rate 100%
  • Financial Information 100%
  • Detection Rate 100%
  • Proactive Approach 100%

• Spoofing Against Spoofing: Toward Caller ID Verification in Heterogeneous Telecommunication Systems

  Wang, S., Delavar, M., Azad, M. A., Nabizadeh, F., Smith, S. & Hao, F., 12 Dec 2023, In: ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security. 27, 1, 1.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Telecommunication System 100%
  • Spoofing 100%
  • Public Key Infrastructure 50%
  • Digital Signature 33%
  • Telephone 16%
  1 Citation (SciVal)

• Spoofing Against Spoofing: Towards Caller ID Verification In Heterogeneous Telecommunication Systems

  Wang, S., Delavar, M., Azad, M. A., Nabizadeh, F., Smith, S. & Hao, F., 27 Sept 2023, In: ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security. 26, 4

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Telecommunication System 100%
  • Spoofing 100%
  • Public Key Infrastructure 50%
  • Digital Signature 33%
  • Telephone 16%

• Threat Miner - A Text Analysis Engine for Threat Identification Using Dark Web Data

  Deguara, N., Arshad, J., Paracha, A. & Azad, M. A., 26 Feb 2023, 2022 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data). Tsumoto, S., Ohsawa, Y., Chen, L., Van den Poel, D., Hu, X., Motomura, Y., Takagi, T., Wu, L., Xie, Y., Abe, A. & Raghavan, V. (eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 3043-3052 10 p. (Proceedings - 2022 IEEE International Conference on Big Data, Big Data 2022).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  • Dark Web 100%
  • Threat Identification 100%
  • Analysis Engine 100%
  • Machine Learning Technique 25%
  • Text Mining 25%
  9 Citations (SciVal)
• 2022

  A comprehensive survey on secure software-defined network for the Internet of Things

  Babiker Mohamed, M., Matthew Alofe, O., Ajmal Azad, M., Singh Lallie, H., Fatema, K. & Sharif, T., 2022, In: Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies. 33, 1, p. e4391

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  26 Citations (SciVal)

• A multivariant secure framework for smart mobile health application

  Butt, S. A., Jamal, T., Azad, M. A., Ali, A. & Safa, N. S., 2022, In: Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies. 33, 8, p. e3684

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  17 Citations (SciVal)

• DEEPSEL: a novel feature selection for early identification of malware in mobile applications

  Azad, M. A., Riaz, F., Aftab, A., Rizvi, S. K. J., Arshad, J. & Atlam, H. F., Apr 2022, In: Future Generation Computer Systems. 129, p. 54-63 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mobile Application 100%
  • Feature Selection 100%
  • Deep Feature 100%
  • Malware 100%
  • Feature Extraction 100%
  16 Citations (SciVal)

• Efficient NFS model for risk estimation in a risk-based access control model

  Atlam, H. F., Azad, M. A. & Fadhel, N. F., 2022, In: Sensors. 22, 5, p. 2005 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  6 Citations (SciVal)

• End-to-end verifiable cumulative voting without tallying authorities

  Bag, S., Azad, M. A. & Hao, F., 2022, In: International Journal of Applied Cryptography. 4, 2, p. 85-103 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Cryptographic Technique 100%

• Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) for connected vehicles in smart cities

  Safa, N. S., Mitchell, F., Maple, C., Azad, M. A. & Dabbagh, M., 2022, In: Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies. 33, 10, p. e4173

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  11 Citations (SciVal)

• REPUTABLE--A Decentralized Reputation System for Blockchain-Based Ecosystems

  Arshad, J., Azad, M. A., Prince, A., Ali, J. & Papaioannou, T. G., 26 Jul 2022, In: IEEE Access. 10, p. 79948-79961 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Blockchain 100%
  • Reputation System 100%
  • Reputation Value 40%
  • Anonymity 20%
  • Central Authority 20%
  18 Citations (SciVal)

• Role of Blockchain and AI in Security and Privacy of 6G

  Atlam, H. F., Azad, M. A., Altamimi, M. & Fadhel, N., 2022, AI and Blockchain Technology in 6G Wireless Network. Springer Nature Singapore Singapore, p. 93-115 23 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2021

  A first look at privacy analysis of COVID-19 contact-tracing mobile applications

  Azad, M. A., Arshad, J., Akmal, S. M. A., Riaz, F., Abdullah, S., Imran, M. & Ahmad, F., 1 Nov 2021, In: IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 8, 21, p. 15796-15806 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Security and Privacy 100%
  • Mobile Application 100%
  • Wi-Fi 50%
  • Security Measure 50%
  • Smartphone Application 50%
  42 Citations (SciVal)

• A Framework for Classification of Gabor Based Frequency Selective Bone Radiographs Using CNN

  Nemati, R. J., Riaz, F., Hassan, A., Abbas, M., Rehman, S., Hussain, F., Rubab, S. & Azad, M. A., 2021, In: Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. 46, p. 4141-4152 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  2 Citations (SciVal)

• An intelligent content caching protocol for connected vehicles

  Rahim, M., Ali, S., Alvi, A. N., Javed, M. A., Imran, M., Azad, M. A. & Chen, D., 2021, In: Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies. 32, 4, p. e4231

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  15 Citations (SciVal)

• CRT-BIoV: A Cognitive Radio Technique for Blockchain-Enabled Internet of Vehicles

  Rathee, G., Ahmad, F., Kurugollu, F., Azad, M. A., Iqbal, R. & Imran, M., Jul 2021, In: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 22, 7, p. 4005-4015 11 p., 9146574.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  44 Citations (SciVal)

• On the design and implementation of a secure blockchain-based hybrid framework for Industrial Internet-of-Things

  Rathee, G., Ahmad, F., Sandhu, R., Kerrache, C. A. & Azad, M. A., 2021, In: Information Processing Management. 58, 3, p. 102526 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  58 Citations (SciVal)

• Risk-Based Access Control Model: A Systematic

  Atlam, H. F., Azad, M. A., Alassafi, M. O., Alshdadi, A. A. & Alenezi, A., 2021, In: Future Internet.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Securing resource-constrained iot nodes: Towards intelligent microcontroller-based attack detection in distributed smart applications

  Shalaginov, A. & Azad, M. A., 2021, In: Future Internet. 13, 11, p. 272 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  8 Citations (SciVal)

• Sharing is Caring: A collaborative framework for sharing security alerts

  Azad, M. A., Bag, S., Ahmad, F. & Hao, F., 2021, In: Computer Communications. 165, p. 75-84 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  7 Citations (SciVal)

• Spectrum of advancements and developments in multidisciplinary domains for generative adversarial networks (GANs)

  Rizvi, S. K. J., Azad, M. A. & Fraz, M. M., 2021, In: Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering. p. 1-19 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  20 Citations (SciVal)
• 2020

  An intrusion detection framework for energy constrained IoT devices

  Arshad, J., Azad, M. A., Abdeltaif, M. M. & Salah, K., Feb 2020, In: Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 136, p. 106436 1 p., 106436.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Intrusion Detection 100%
  • Internet-Of-Things 100%
  • Industrial Internet of Things 80%
  • Communication Overhead 40%
  • Resource Constraint 20%
  79 Citations (SciVal)

• A Review of Blockchain in Internet of Things and AI

  Atlam, H. F., Azad, M. A., Alzahrani, A. G. & Wills, G., 2020, In: Big Data and Cognitive Computing. 4, 4, p. 28 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  120 Citations (SciVal)

• A Review of Performance, Energy and Privacy of Intrusion Detection Systems for IoT

  Arshad, J., Azad, M. A., Amad, R., Salah, K., Alazab, M. & Iqbal, R., Apr 2020, In: Electronics. 9, 4, p. 629 1 p., 629.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Energy Performance 100%
  • Intrusion Detection System 100%
  • Internet-Of-Things 100%
  • Intrusion Detection 85%
  • Resource Constraint 14%
  68 Citations (SciVal)

• Decentralized self-enforcing trust management system for social Internet of Things

  Azad, M. A., Bag, S., Hao, F. & Shalaginov, A., 2020, In: IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 7, 4, p. 2690-2703 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  74 Citations (SciVal)

• Designing privacy-aware internet of things applications

  Perera, C., Barhamgi, M., Bandara, A. K., Ajmal, M., Price, B. & Nuseibeh, B., 2020, In: Information Sciences. 512, p. 238-257 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  77 Citations (SciVal)

• Large-scale Data Integration Using Graph Probabilistic Dependencies (GPDs)

  Zada, M. S. H., Yuan, B., Anjum, A., Azad, M. A., Khan, W. A. & Reiff-Marganiec, S., 2020, 2020 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies (BDCAT). p. 27-36 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  2 Citations (SciVal)

• Persation: an iot based personal safety prediction model aided solution

  Alofe, O., Fatema, K., Kurugollu, F. & Azad, M., 2020, In: International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems. 9, 6, p. 1034-1047 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Privacy-preserving crowd-sensed trust aggregation in the user-centeric Internet of people networks

  Azad, M. A., Perera, C., Bag, S., Barhamgi, M. & Hao, F., 2020, In: ACM Transactions on Cyber-Physical Systems. 5, 1, p. 1-24 24 p., 4.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  1 Citation (SciVal)

• Profiling high leverage points for detecting anomalous users in telecom data networks

  Tabassum, S., Azad, M. A. & Gama, J., 2020, In: Annals of Telecommunications. 75, p. 573-581 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  6 Citations (SciVal)

• Risk-based access control model: a systematic literature review

  Atlam, H. F., Azad, M. A., Alassafi, M. O., Alshdadi, A. A. & Alenezi, A., 2020, In: Future Internet. 12, 6, p. 103 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  29 Citations (SciVal)
• 2019

  A privacy-preserving framework for smart context-aware healthcare applications

  Azad, M. A., Arshad, J., Mahmoud, S., Salah, K. & Imran, M., 16 May 2019, In: Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies. 33, 8, p. e3634 e3634.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Privacy Preservation 100%
  • Privacy Preserving 100%
  • General Data Protection Regulation 33%
  • Connected Device 33%
  • Smart Device 33%
  15 Citations (SciVal)

• A Trust framework to detect malicious nodes in cognitive radio networks

  Rathee, G., Ahmad, F., Kerrache, C. A. & Azad, M. A., 2019, In: Electronics. 8, 11, p. 1299 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  17 Citations (SciVal)

• Authentic Caller: Self-Enforcing Authentication in a Next-Generation Network

  Azad, M. A., Bag, S., Perera, C., Barhamgi, M. & Hao, F., 2019, In: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 16, 5, p. 3606-3615 10 p., 8844829.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  22 Citations (SciVal)

• COLIDE: A collaborative intrusion detection framework for Internet of Things

  Arshad, J., Azad, M. A., Mahmoud Abdellatif, M., Ur Rehman, M. H. & Salah, K., 1 Jan 2019, In: IET Networks. 8, 1, p. 3-14 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Intrusion Detection 100%
  • Internet-Of-Things 100%
  • Network Resource 20%
  • Energy Efficiency 20%
  • Intrusion Detection System 20%
  57 Citations (SciVal)

• Consumer-facing technology fraud: Economics, attack methods and potential solutions

  Ali, M. A., Azad, M. A., Centeno, M. P., Hao, F. & van Moorsel, A., 2019, In: Future Generation Computer Systems. 100, p. 408-427 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  41 Citations (SciVal)

• Decentralized document version control using ethereum blockchain and IPFS

  Nizamuddin, N., Salah, K., Azad, M. A., Arshad, J. & Rehman, MH., Jun 2019, In: Computers Electrical Engineering. 76, p. 183-197 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Blockchain 100%
  • Ethereum 100%
  • Filesystems 100%
  • Smart Contract 100%
  • Version Control 100%
  202 Citations (SciVal)

• Deterrence and prevention-based model to mitigate information security insider threats in organisations

  Safa, N. S., Maple, C., Furnell, S., Azad, M. A., Perera, C., Dabbagh, M. & Sookhak, M., 2019, In: Future Generation Computer Systems. 97, p. 587-597 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  67 Citations (SciVal)

• E2e verifiable Borda count voting system without tallying authorities

  Bag, S., Azad, M. A. & Hao, F., 26 Aug 2019, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, ARES 2019. Association for Computing Machinery, p. 1-9 9 p. 3339259. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
  2 Citations (SciVal)

• End-to-End Verifiable Cumulative Voting without Tallying Authorities

  Bag, S., Azad, M. A. & Hao, F., 2019, In: International Journal of Applied Cryptography.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Performance analysis of content discovery for ad-hoc tactile networks

  Arshad, J., Azad, M. A., Salah, K., Iqbal, R., Tariq, M. I. & Umer, T., May 2019, In: Future Generation Computer Systems. 94, p. 726-739 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • mobile ad-hoc network 100%
  • Performance Analysis 100%
  • Mobility Model 100%
  • Machine to Machines 50%
  • Fog Computing 50%
  8 Citations (SciVal)

• Pervasive blood pressure monitoring using Photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensor

  Riaz, F., Azad, M. A., Arshad, J., Imran, M., Hassan, A. & Rehman, S., Sept 2019, In: Future Generation Computer Systems. 98, p. 120-130 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Detection Algorithm 100%
  • Power Supply 100%
  • Conventional Method 100%
  • Good Performance 100%
  • Wearable Technology 100%
  59 Citations (SciVal)

• PriVeto: a fully private two-round veto protocol

  Bag, S., Azad, M. A. & Hao, F., 2019, In: IET Information Security. 13, 4, p. 311-320 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  4 Citations (Scopus)