Nathan Clarke

Teaching interests
Module Delivery

CNET115 Computer & Information Security* 
CNET117 Digital Forensics*
CNET235 Information Security Integrating Project*
CNET335/522 Cybercrime & Forensic Investigation* 

Previous Module Delivery:

SOFT230 Remote Data Access Technology
CNET221 Network Security
CNET232/525 Systems Security* 
COMP212 Software Engineering and High Level Programming
COMP223 High Level Programming
CNET338/538 Security for Mobile Systems*
CNET336/532 Cryptography & Applications*  
CNET520 Applications of Security 
CNET531 Intrusion Prevention, Detection & Response* 

*Developed module 

Staff serving as external examiners
Programme Approval of MComp/BSc (Hons) Computer Security with Forensics, Sheffield Hallam University (April 2011)
Programme Approval of BSc (Hons) Computer Forensics, Liverpool John Moores University (Beckett College) (March 2011)
Programme Approval of MSc Computer Systems and MSc Computer Applications, University of Bedfordshire (June 2010)
Programme Approval of MSc Web Technologies, MSc Media Technology Management and MSc Sound Engineering, Birmingham City University (May 2010)
External Examiner for MSc Computer Applications in Accounting and MSc Computer Systems Auditing, London Metropolitan University (2009 - Present)
Programme Approval of BSc (Hons) Mobile Communications Technology, University of Central England (March 2007)
External Examiner for MSc Computer Forensics & Security, University of Bedfordshire, UK (2007-Present)
Programme Approval of BSc (Hons) Computing & Information Security, Sheffield Halam University (March 2008)

Research Degree Examiner:
2011 Behavioural Profiling in Mobile Neworks, PhD Thesis, University of Plymouth (Internal Examiner), UK
2010 An Investigation into Remote Transactions, PhD Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Australia
2010 Intrusion Detection Method using a Combination of Neural Network Algorithms, MPhil Thesis, Wessex Institute of Technology, University of Wales, UK
2010 Parameter Based Identification, Authentication and Authorisation Method for Mobile Devices, PhD Thesis, City University, London, UK
2010 An Automatic Bank System for Client Credit Rating, MPhil Thesis, Wessex Institute of Technology, University of Wales, UK
2009 Smartcard Architecture for Dynamic and Secure Authentication, MSc, University of Pretoria, South Africa 
2008 Models and Methods of Information Security Risks Assessment in the Circumstances of Input Information Ambiguity, MPhil Thesis, Wessex Institute of Technology, University of Wales, UK 
2008 Adoption of Criminal Profiling to Combat Hacking, MPhil Thesis, University of Plymouth, UK - Internal Examiner
2007 Establishing Information Security Culture in Australian Small and Medium Enterprises, PhD Thesis, Deakin University, Australia
2007 A Key Management Framework for Secure Group Communication in Wireless Mobile Environments, PhD Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
2006 The Effectiveness of Graphical Authentication: An Exploratory Study, PhD Thesis, Deakin University, Australia
2006 Ontology Modelling for the Information Sharing Process within the Labour Market, MPhil Thesis, Wessex Institute of Technology, UK
2006 Corporate Information Risk: An Information Security Governance Framework, MTech Dissertation, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa. 

Research interests
Biometric Authentication
Digital Forensics

Information Systems Security
Intrusion Detection Systems
Security Management and Risk Assessment
Security Education and Awareness 

UoP Research group membership

Grants & contracts
EU Framework 7 Grant. Space Data Routers. 2010: £220,000 (Total Award: £1.6)
Knowledge Transfer Partnership. Absolute Software Limited. 2010: £183,094
Knowledge Transfer Partnership. K2 Medical Systems. 2008: £115,804.
Teaching Fellowship Award – Peer Assessment. University of Plymouth. 2008: £4900
Knowledge Transfer Partnership. Spinnaker International. 2008: £141,599
Knowledge Transfer Partnership. Westland Geoprojects Limited. 2008: £109,633
DTI Funded project into Behavioural Monitoring of Network Communications. 2007: £40,000
End Point Compliance. Symantec.2007: £7,000
Flexible and non-intrusive user authentication for mobile devices. EduServ Foundation. 2006: £80,390
Knowledge Transfer Partnership. Parker Hannifin 2005: £174,000
Subscriber Authentication via Keystroke Analysis on a mobile handset. Orange Personal Communication Services Limited. 2004. £19,814
Biometric Terminal, Phase 1. Orange Personal Communication Services Limited. 2003: £55,000
PC Integrity Testing. Plymouth Trading Standards. 2003-2004: £1,250
WinCPR Software Development. SAHFOS. 2002: £4,000 

Publications
Journal Papers:
1. Tjhai GC, Furnell SM, Papadaki M, Clarke NL. (2010). A preliminary two-stage alarm correlation and filtering system using SOM neural network and K-means algorithm
 
Computers & Security, Volume 29, Issue 6, pp712-723 , 2010.
2. Razak SA, Samian N, Ma’arof MA, Furnell SM, Clarke NL, Brooke PJ. 2009. A Friend Mechanism for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
 
Journal of Information Assurance and Security, Volume 4, Issue 5, pp440-448, 2009
3. Botha RA, Furnell SM, Clarke NL. 2009. From desktop to mobile: Examining the security experience, Computers & Security, Volume 28, Issues 3-4, pp130-137, 2009
4. Furnell SM, Clarke NL, Karatzouni S. 2008. Beyond the PIN: Enhancing user authentication for mobile devices. Computer Fraud & Security, Volume 2008, Issue 8, pp12-17, 2008
5. Razak SA, Furnell SM, Clarke NL, Brooke PJ. 2007. Friend-assisted intrusion detection and response mechanisms for mobile ad hoc networks. Ad Hoc Networks, doi:10.1016/j.adhoc.2007.11.004 , 2007
6. Clarke, NL, Mekala, AR. 2007. “The application of signature recognition to transparent handwriting verification for mobile devices”. Information Management & Computer Security, vol.15, issue. 3, pp.214-225, 2007
7. Clarke NL, Furnell SM. 2007. “Advanced user authentication for mobile devices”. Computers & Security, 2006
8. Clarke NL, Furnell SM. 2006. “A Composite User Authentication Architecture for Mobile Devices”. Journal of Information Warfare, vol. 5, no. 2, pp11-29, 2006
9. Clarke NL, Furnell SM. 2006. “Authenticating Mobile Phone Users Using Keystroke Analysis”. International Journal of Information Security, vol. 6, no. 1, pp1-14, 2006
10. Furnell SM, Katos V, Clarke NL. 2005. “The role of academic qualifications in the IT security profession”. DATAWATCH, Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) - London Chapter, Winter, pp8-15, 2005
11. Clarke NL, Furnell SM. 2005. “Authentication of users on mobile telephones - A survey of attitudes and practices”. Computers & Security, vol. 24, no. 7, pp519-527, 2005
12. Clarke NL, Furnell SM. 2005. “Biometrics - The promise versus the practice”. Computer Fraud and Security, September, pp12-16, 2005
13. Furnell SM, Clarke NL. 2005. “Biometrics: No silver bullets”. Computer Fraud & Security, August, pp9-14, 2005
14. Clarke NL, Furnell SM, Lines BL, Reynolds PL.2003. “Keystroke Dynamics on a Mobile Handset: A Feasibility Study”. Information Management and Computer Security, vol. 11, no. 4, pp161-166, 2003
15. Clarke NL, Furnell SM, Rodwell PM, Reynolds PL. 2002. “Acceptance of subscriber authentication methods for mobile telephony devices”. Computers & Security, vol. 21, no.3, pp220-228, 2002

Conference Papers: 
1. Hocking C, Furnell SM, Clarke NL, Reynolds PL. (2010) A distributed and cooperative user authentication framework
 
Proceedings of the 6th International Confernece on Information Assurance and Security (IAS 2010), Atlanta, USA, 23-25 August, pp304-310, 2010
2. Anuar NB, Papadaki M, Furnell SM, Clarke NL. (2010). An investigation and survey of response options for Intrusion Response Systems (IRSs)
 
Proceedings of the 9th Annual Information Security South Africa Conference, Sandton, South Africa, 2 - 4 August, 2010
3. Shauchenka H, Bleimann U, Knoll M, Clarke NL. (2010). Service Quality Assessment in Distance Learning
 
Proceedings of the Eighth International Network Conference (INC 2010), Heidelberg, Germany, 8-10 July, ISBN: 978-1-84102-259-8, pp269-277, 2010
4. Thaul W, Bleimann U, Wentzel C, Clarke NL. (2010). E-Book readers in academic personal knowledge management
 
Plymouth e-Learning Conference 2010, Plymouth, UK, 08-09 April, 2010
5. Talib S, Clarke NL, Furnell SM. (2010). An Analysis of Information Security Awareness within Home and Work Environments
 
Fifth International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (“ARES 2010 – The International Dependability Conference”), Krakow, Poland, 15-18th Feb, , 2010
6. Stienne DS, Clarke NL, Reynolds PL. Strong Authentication for Web Services using Smartcards. Proceedings of the 7th Australian Information Security Management Conference (SECAU 2009), Perth, Australia, 1-3 December 2009.
7. Clarke NL, Dowland PS. A Critical Evaluation of an Online Peer Assessment System (OPAS). Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI 2009), Madrid, Spain, 16-18th November 2009.
8. Ibrahim T, Furnell SM, Papadaki M, Clarke NL. 2009. Assessing the Usability of Personal Internet Security Tools. 8th European Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ECIW), Military Academy, Lisbon & the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, 6-7 July, 2009
9. Clarke NL, Karatzouni S, Furnell SM. 2009. Flexible and Transparent User Authentication for Mobile Devices. Proceedings of the 24th IFIP TC 11 International Information Security Conference, Pafos, Cyprus, May 18-20, ISBN: 978-3-642-01243-3, pp1-12, 2009
10. Shauchenka H, Bleimann U, Knoll M, Clarke NL. 2009. Creation of logic-linguistic structure defining the educational services of Atlantis University. Plymouth e-Learning Conference 2009, Plymouth, UK, 23-24 April, 2009
11. Skrzypczyk W, Bleimann U, Trick U, Clarke NL. 2009. How recommender systems applied in personal knowledge management environments can improve learning processes. Plymouth e-Learning Conference 2009, Plymouth, UK, 23-24 April, 2009
12. Li F, Clarke NL, Papadaki M. 2009. Intrusion Detection System for Mobile Devices: Investigation on Calling Activity. Proceedings of the 8th Security Conference, April, Las Vegas, USA, 2009
13. Buchoux A, Clarke NL. 2008. Deployment of Keystroke Analysis on a Smartphone. Proceedings of the 6th Australian Information Security & Management Conference, 1-3 December, Perth, Australia, , 2008
14. Dimopoulos V, Furnell SM, Clarke NL. 2008. Effective Information Assurance for SMEs. Proceedings of he 11th Annual Working Conference on Information Security Management, 16-17 October, Richmond, USA, 2008
15. Tjhai GC, Papadaki M, Furnell SM, Clarke NL. 2008. Investigating the problem of IDS false alarms: An experimental study using Snort. Proceeding of the 23rd International Information Security Conference (SEC 2008), Milan, Italy, 8-10 September, pp253-267, 2008
16. Ibrahim T, Furnell SM, Papadaki M, Clarke NL. 2008. Assessing the challenges of Intrusion Detection Systems. Proceedings of the 7th Security Conference, Las Vegas, USA, 2nd-3rd June, 2008
17. Clarke NL, Karatzouni S, Furnell SM. 2008. Transparent Facial Recognition for Mobile Devices. Proceedings of the 7th Security Conference, Las Vegas, USA, 2nd-3rd June, 2008
18. Karatzouni S, Clarke NL, Furnell SM. 2007. Device- versus Network-Centric Authentication Paradigms for Mobile Devices: Operational and Perceptual Trade-Offs. 5th Australian Information Security Management Conference, Mount Lawley, Australia, 5th December, 2007
19. Razak, A., Furnell, SM., Clarke, NL., Brooke, P. 2007. Building a Trusted Community for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Using Friend Recommendation. Ad-Hoc, Mobile, Wireless Networks, LNCS vol. 4686, pp.129-141.
20. Karatzouni, S., Clarke, NL., Furnell, SM. 2007. Utilising Biometrics for Transparent Authentication on Mobile Devices. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Internet Technologies and Applications, Wresham, UK, ISBN: 978-0-946881-54-3, pp.549-557.
21. Li F, Clarke NL, Bolan C. 2007. User Perception of the Security & Privacy Concerns of RFID Technology. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA 2007), Plymouth, UK, ISBN: 978-1-84102-174-4, pp156-169, 2007
22. Karatzouni S, Clarke NL. 2007. Keystroke Analysis for Thumb-based Keyboards on Mobile Devices. Proceedings of the 22nd IFIP International Information Security Conference (IFIP SEC 2007), Sandton, South Africa, 14-16 May, pp. 253-263, 2007
23. Karatzouni S, Furnell SM, Clarke NL, Botha RA. 2007. Perceptions of User Authentication on Mobile Devices. Proceedings of the ISOneWorld Conference, Las Vegas, USA, April 11-13, CD Proceedings (0-9772107-6-6), 2007
24. Marston J, Clarke NL. 2007. Web-Based Risk Analysis and Education for Home Users. Proceedings of the 6th Annual Security Conference, Las Vegas, USA, April 11-12, CD Proceedings (ISBN: 0-9772107-5-8), 2007
25. Jaeger M, Clarke NL. 2006. “The Awareness and Perception of Spyware Amongst Home PC Computer Users”. Proceedings of the 7th Information Warfare & Security Conference, Perth, Australia, 4-5th December, 2006
26. Clarke NL, Mekala AR. 2006. “Transparent Handwriting Verification for Mobile Devices”. Proceedings of the Sixth International Network Conference (INC2006), Plymouth, UK, 11-14 July, pp277-288, 2006
27. Razak SA, Furnell SM, Clarke NL, Brooke PJ. 2006. “A Two-Tier Intrusion Detection System for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks – A Friend Approach”. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference (ISI 2006), San Diego, CA, USA, pp590-595, May 23-24, 2006
28. Papadaki M, Furnell SM, Clarke NL, Abu-Bakar UA, Pinkney G. 2006. “Attack Pattern Analysis: Trends in Malware Variant Development”. Proceedings of the 5th Security Conference, Las Vegas, April 19 -20, 2006
29. Furnell SM, Katos V, Clarke NL. 2005. “Considering the role of academic qualifications for IT security professionals”. Proceedings of the 1st Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education, Asia Pacific, Adelaide, Australia, 21-22 November, pp1-11, 2005
30. Clarke NL, Furnell SM. 2005. “User Authentication for Mobile Devices: A Composite Approach”. Proceedings of the 6th Australian Information Warfare and Security Conference, Geelong, Australia, 25-26 November, pp48-56, 2005
31. Lecomte J, Clarke NL, Furnell SM. 2005. “Artificial Impostor Profiling for Keystroke Dynamics on a Mobile Handset”. Proceedings of Fifth International Network Conference (INC 2005), July 5-7, Samos, Greece, pp199-206, 2005
32. Furnell SM, Clarke NL. 2005. “Organisational Security Culture: Embedding Security Awareness, Education and Training”. Proceedings of the 4th World Conference on Information Security Education WISE 2005, 18-20 May, Moscow, Russia, pp67-74, 2005
33. Aupy A, Clarke NL. 2005. “User Authentication by Service Utilisation Profiling”. Proceedings of the ISOneWorld 2005, Las Vegas, USA, 30 March - 1 April, 2005
34. Clarke NL, Furnell SM, Lines BL, Reynolds PL. 2004.”Application of Keystroke Analysis to Mobile Text Messaging”. Proceedings of the 3rd Security Conference, Las Vegas, USA, 14-15 April, 2004
35. Clarke NL, Furnell SM, Lines BL, Reynolds PL. 2003. “Using Keystroke Analysis as a mechanism for Subscriber Authentication on Mobile Handsets”. Proceedings of the IFIP SEC 2003 Conference, Athens, Greece, May, pp97-108, 2003
36. Clarke NL, Furnell SM, Reynolds PL. 2002. “Biometric Authentication for Mobile Devices”. Proceedings of the 3rd Australian Information Warfare and Security Conference, Perth, Western Australia, 28-29 November 2002, pp61-69, 2002
37. Clarke NL, Furnell SM, Lines BL, Reynolds PL. 2002. “Subscriber Authentication for Mobile Phones through the Implementation of Keystroke Dynamics”. Proceedings of the Third International Network Conference (INC 2002), Plymouth, UK, 16-18 July, pp347-355, 2002
38. Clarke NL, Furnell SM, Reynolds PL, Rodwell PM. 2002. “Advanced Subscriber Authentication Approaches For Third Generation Mobile Systems”. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on 3G Mobile Communication Technologies, London, UK, 8-10 May, 2002

Books

1. Clarke NL. Computer Forensics. IT Governance Ltd. ISBN: 978-1-84928-039-6, 2010.

Book Chapters

1. Clarke NL, Dowland PS, Furnell SM. User Authentication Technologies in Securing Information and Communications Systems: Principles, Technologies, and Applications. S.M.Furnell, S.K.Katsikas, J.Lopez and A.Patel (Eds), Artech House, ISBN 978-1-59693-228-9, pp35-59, 2008
 
 

Reports & invited lectures
Invited Presentation, "Security and Privacy", Brunel University, London, November 2009
Invited Presentation, "The Future of Biometrics in E-Learning Systems ", Biometric Consortium Conference, Florida, USA, September 2009
Invited Presentation, "Effective User Authentication for Mobile Devices", University of Nevada, London, July 2009
Invited Presentation, "Applications Security", University of Tunis-Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia, March, 2009
Invited Presentation, "Biometrics - No Silver Bullet", University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK, January 2009
Invited Lecturer, IPICS Summer School, Regensburg, Germany, July 2008
Invited Presentation, "Flexible and Transparent User Authentication for Mobile Devices", Oviedo, Spain, May 2008
Invited Presentation, "User Authentication for Mobile Devices", University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK, March 2007
Invited Presentation, "Biometric Authentication for Mobile Devices", Aston University, Birmingham, UK, Feburary 2007
Keynote Speech, The Art of Computing Technology 2006, "Biometrics: The Future of Personal Authentication", University of Technology Malaysia, March 2006
Invited Lecturer/Scholar, University of Technology Malaysia, March/April 2006
Keynote Speech, 11th Conference on Human Computer Interaction, "Biometrics: The Promise Versus the Practice", Oviedo, Spain, 22-24 March 2006
Invited Lecturer/Scholar, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, August/September 2005
Invited Lecturer, IPICS Summer School, Chios, Greece, July 2005
Invited Lecturer, IPICS Winter School, Oulu, Finland, April 2005 

Conferences organised
Co-Chair: Workshop on Digital Forensics and Incident Analysis (WDFIA 2009), Port Elizabeth, South Africa, May 2010.
Co-Chair: Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA 2010), Port Elizabeth, South Africa, May 2010.
Co-Chair: Workshop on Digital Forensics and Incident Analysis (WDFIA 2009), Athens, Greece, June 2009.
Co-Chair: Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA 2009), Athens, Greece, June 2009. 
Co-Chair: Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA 2008), Plymouth, UK, July 2008. 
Co-Chair: Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA 2007), Plymouth, UK, July 2007. 
Track Chair: Mobility & Security, 6th Security Conference, Las Vegas, USA, April 2007. 
Local organising committee: International Networking Conference (INC2006), Plymouth, UK, July 2006. 
Local organising committee: International Networking Conference (INC2004), Plymouth, UK, July 2004
 

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