Dr. Rafiqul Islam is an Associate Professor at the School of Computing, Mathematics, and Engineering at Charles Sturt University CSU. He leads the CSU-led Cyber Security CRC and cybersecurity research at CSU. He has been involved as CI over 15 external grants, totalling more than $7 million. He has been awarded for these contributions, including Australian Cybersecurity Researcher of the Year, Research Excellence, Best Supervisor, Professional Excellence, EAI (European Alliance for Innovation), and Leadership awards. He has published four books and over 190 research papers and successfully supervised 12 HDR students to completion. Additionally, he has organised numerous national and international conferences/symposiums as Chair/Co-Chair and has delivered keynotes at various conferences.