- A307, 22 Portland Square, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
- +44 1752 586305
- kimberly.tam@plymouth.ac.uk

Profiles
Dr Kimberly Tam
Lecturer in Cyber Security
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
I am currently a lecturer in cybersecurity and researching maritime cybersecurity.
Qualifications
- Ph.D. (2016) in Information Security, Royal Holloway University of London, UK
- B.S. (2012) in Computer and System Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
- 2017-2019. Research Fellow University of Plymouth in Maritime Cyber Security
- 2015-2017. Research Engineer, Security and Manageability Lab, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Bristol, UK
- Summer 2014. Research Engineering Intern. Malware Lab, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Bristol, UK
- Summer 2012. Cyber Security Intern. MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts, USA
- Summer 2011. Cyber Security Researcher. James A Clark, Univeristy of Maryland, Maryland, USA
- Summer 2010. Engineering Intern. Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, USA
Professional membership
Fellow of The Higher Education Academy (PGCAP/PDAP 2019)
Key publications
Teaching interests
Research interests
I am interested in many of the "newer" niche areas of cybersecurity. My PhD was focused around smartphone security (Android) and my current research is on maritime, which broadly includes IT, OT, and human elements. I enjoy working with other disciplines outside of computting including (but not limited to), maritime, psychology, history, statistics, gaming, robotics, and (homomorphic) cryptography.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamk3/
Research degrees awarded to supervised students
Supervising 5 Research fellows
Grants & contracts
Cyber-MAR will develop simulation environment for maritime logistics, combining a knowledge-based platform and decision support tool, incorporating novel risk analysis and econometric models. 13 Maritime logistics organizations will increase cyber-awareness and validate their business continuity management in a 6 Million Euro Project or which 650 K Euro will go to Plymouth for a forensics lab, able to host a number of virtual machines and a portable ship simulator.
RED Cyber-SHIP LabKey publications
Kimberly Tam, Kemedi Moara-Nkwe, Kevin Jones "A Conceptual Cyber-Risk Assessment of Port Infastructure" World of Shipping Portugal, An International Research Conference on Maritime Affairs 2020
SK Dash, G Suarez-Tangil, S Khan, K Tam, M Ahmadi, J Kinder, Droidscribe: Classifying android malware based on runtime behavior 2016 IEEE Security and Privacy Workshops (SPW), 252-261
Kimberly Tam, Kevin D Jones " A Cyber-Security Review of Emerging Technology in the Maritime Industry " International Conference of Maritime Science & Technology NAŠE MORE 2019/10/17
Key publications are highlighted
JournalsTam K, Jones K. "Situational Awareness: Examining Factors that Affect Cyber-Risks in the Maritime Sector" International Journal On Cyber Situational Awareness (IJCSA). 2019 ISSN: (Print) 2057-2182 ISSN: (Online) 2057-2182 DOI: 10.22619/IJCSA
Tam K, Jones K. "MaCRA: A Model-Based Framework for Maritime Cyber-Risk Assessment", WMU Journal of Maritime Affairs, 2019. DOI:10.1007/s13437-019-00162-2
Tam K, Jones K. "Maritime cybersecurity policy: the scope and impact of evolving technology on international shipping". Journal of Cyber Policy, Accepted 03 Aug 2018, Published online: 29 Aug 2018 DOI:10.1080/23738871.2018.1513053
Kimberly Tam, Ali Feizollah, Nor Badrul Anuar, Rosli Salleh, and Lorenzo Cavallaro. "The Evolution of Android Malware and Android Analysis Techniques". ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR), 49(4), 2017. DOI: 10.1145/3017427
K Tam, N Edwards, L Cavallaro "Detecting Android malware using memory image forensics" Engineering Secure Software and Systems (ESSoS) Doctoral Symposium 2015 [ResearchGate]
[Thesis] Analysis and Classification of Android Malware 2016 [ResearchGate]