Prof. Paul Haskell-Dowland
BSc (Hons), PGCE, PhD, FACS CP, FAISA, FBCS, FHEA
Professor of Cyber Security Practice &
Associate Dean for International and Strategic Partnerships
Paul has over 25 years of experience in cyber security research and education leadership in both the UK and Australia. He has delivered keynotes, invited presentations, workshops, professional development/training and seminars across the world for audiences including RSA Security, ITU and IEEE. He has appeared on local, national and international media (newspaper, radio and tv) commenting on current cyber issues with a global audience reach of more than four billion people. His contributions through articles published in The Conversation have reached over four million readers.
4 Billion
Global Audience Reach
100+
Peer-Reviewed Papers
60+
Invited Talks
$12M+
Research Funding
Education/qualifications
- 1998-2004 PhD, "User Authentication and Supervision in Networked Systems"
- 2000-2001 Postgraduate Certificate of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (LTHE)
- 1994-1998 B.Sc. (Hons) Computing and Informatics (1st Class)
Professional memberships
- FACS (Fellow of the ACS), Certified Professional (CP) and IP3P, December 2024
- Professional member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2022-2026
- FAISA (Fellow of the Australian Information Security Association), April 2021
- MAISA (Member of the Australian Information Security Association), September 2019
- MACS(Snr) (Senior Member of the ACS), Certified Professional (CP) and IP3P, 2016-2024
- SMIEEE (Senior Member of the IEEE), 2016-2026
- Member of the Council of Professors and Heads of Computing (CPHC), September 2015
- MIEEE (Member of the IEEE), 2015-2016
- FHEA (Fellow of the Higher Education Academy) - now AdvanceHE, 2013
- FBCS (Fellow of the British Computer Society), September 2010
- MBCS (Member of the British Computer Society), 2004-2010
Career
- Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia.
Professor of Cyber Security Practice
Associate Dean, International and Strategic Partnerships, School of Science (2026)
Associate Dean, Computing and Security, School of Science (2016-2026)
- University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
Apointed in 2000, with promotions through to Associate Professor.
Associate Head 2015-2016
CNET Subject Group Leader 2002-2015
Latest Publication
A Physically Unclonable Function Authentication Protocol to Secure IEEE C37.118 Communications
Griffiths T, Ahmed M, Haskell-Dowland PS (2026). Proceedings of the 25th European Conference on Cyber Warfare & Security (ECCWS 2026), Nottingham, UK, 29-30 June.
This paper outlines the need for security on the smart grid, specifically for Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) and Phasor Data Concentrators (PDCs). These devices are targeted due to their criticality to the smart grid and the insecure communication protocols used. Common attacks on these devices...
In The Media
PHP2Shell: the 14-year-old bugs that pulled cyber.gov.au and government sites worldwide offline
IT Wire, 23rd October 2026
PHP is a programming language used by a large proportion of the world’s website (with estimates of up to 75% of sites using it). The team behind PHP announced a critical vulnerability on the 20th October which was then followed by a patch (a software remedy) for the vulnerability the following day.
Recent Presentation
Cybersecurity Discussion Panel
WA Tech Summit - ACS, 19th June 2026, Perth, Australia
Panel session as part of the annual ACS WA Tech Summit. The panel explored topics such as: the maturity of cyber security; how AI is changing the cyber landscape; and, how can we measure the effectiveness of our cyber strategy.