Department of Computing and Information Systems,University of Melbourne,
Australia

Atif Ahmad is an information security researcher and independent security consultant based at the Department of Information Systems, University of Melbourne. His research interests are in asymmetric warfare and information security risk assessments especially where knowledge artefacts are concerned. In previous years Atif has worked as a consultant for Pinkerton and WorleyParsons where he applied his expertise to Internet corporations and critical infrastructure installations. Atif is a Board Certified Protection Professional (CPP) with the American Society for Industrial Security and holds an adjunct position at the Security Research Institute at Edith Cowan University.