Paul Haskell-Dowland

Professor Paul Haskell-Dowland is the Professor of Cyber Security Practice and Associate Dean for International & Strategic Partnerships in the School of Science at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. Paul 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 almost four billion people. His contributions through articles published in The Conversation have reached over 4 million readers. Paul has more than 25 years of experience in cyber security research and education in both the UK and Australia.

Paul is the Australian representative and chair of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) Technical Committee 11 (TC11 - Security and Privacy Protection in Information Processing Systems) and a Fellow of the ACS, Australian Information Security Association, BCS and the Higher Education Authority.

Experience

  • 2026–present
    Associate Dean (International and Strategic Partnerships), Edith Cowan University
  • 2016–2026
    Associate Dean (Computing and Security), Edith Cowan University
  • 2000–2016
    Associate Head for Computing, University of Plymouth

Education

  • 2004 
    University of Plymouth, UK, PhD
  • 2001 
    University of Plymouth, UK, Postgraduate Certificate of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (LTHE)
  • 1998 
    University of Plymouth, UK, B.Sc. (Hons) Computing and Informatics

Professional Memberships

  • FBCS (Fellow of British Computer Society)
  • Secretary & Webmaster, IFIP TC11 Working Group 11.1 on Information Security Management
  • Member of the IFIP TC 11 Working Group 11.12 on Human Aspects of Information Security and Assurance
  • Member of the UK Council of Professors and Heads of Computing (CPHC)
  • Fellow of the Australian Information Security Association
  • Fellow of the ACS - Certified Professional FACS CP and IP3P
  • Chair of IFIP Technical Committee 11 (Information Security and Privacy)

Research Areas

  • Computer System Security (080303)

Contact Paul for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision