Nalin Asanka
Biography
My name is Nalin Asanka Gamagedara Arachchilage. I currently work as Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Cyber Security Centre, Department of Computer Science at Oxford University. I obtained a BSc (MIS) Hons from University College Dublin, National University of Ireland and have completed a master's degree, MSc in Information Management and Security at the University of Bedfordshire, UK. I'm a Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) at Sun Microsystems (now Oracle), USA. I'm also a professional member of the British Computer Society (The Chartered Institute for IT) and a member of specialist groups in Information security (ISSG), Cybercrime Forensics, Information Risk Management and Assurance, Interactions, and e-Learning.
I hold a PhD in Usable Security entitled “Security Awareness of Computer Users: A Game Based Learning Approach” from Brunel University, London, UK (External examiner: Professor David Benyon). My research focused on developing a game design framework to protect computer users against "phishing attacks". During my PhD I have also led lectures, seminars and supervised undergraduates in the laboratory and taken a course on "Graduate Learning and Teaching Programme". My main research interests are Usable Security, Cyber Security, Information Security and Privacy, Trusted Computing, HCI, Mobile HCI, Serious Games and e-Learning.
Prior to undertaking my current position at Oxford University, I worked on a number of lecturing positions in Computer Science at Brunel University, University of Bedfordshire, Westminster University and Central Bedfordshire College in the UK. Apart from my academic career, I also worked on a number of software engineering roles ranging from Programmer, Software Engineer to IT Manager where I gained hands-on experience and skills in various technologies such as Java, Java EE, Java ME, Php, HTML, XML, R-DBMS, Oracle, MySQL, UML, Linux (Ubuntu), Android SDK, Netbeans and Eclipse. I have also gone through a Linux Network Administration training program at the Turnkey IT training Institute.
Since April 2014, I have moved to the Laboratory of Education and Research in Software Security Engineering (LERSSE) at the University of British Columbia, Canada to take up a Research Fellowship in Usable Security.
See also
Selected Publications
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A game design framework for avoiding phishing attacks
Nalin Asanka Gamagedara Arachchilage and Steve Love
In Computers in Human Behavior. Vol. 29. No. 3. Pages 706 − 714. 2013.
Details about A game design framework for avoiding phishing attacks | BibTeX data for A game design framework for avoiding phishing attacks | DOI (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2012.12.018) | Link to A game design framework for avoiding phishing attacks
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Gaming for Security
Nalin Asanka Gamagedara Arachchilage
In ITNOW. Vol. 55. No. 1. Pages 32−33. 2013.
Details about Gaming for Security | BibTeX data for Gaming for Security | DOI (10.1093/itnow/bws139) | Link to Gaming for Security
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Design a mobile game for home computer users to prevent from “phishing attacks”
Nalin Asanka Garnagedara Arachchilage and Melissa Cole
In Information Society (i−Society)‚ 2011 International Conference on. Pages 485–489. IEEE. 2011.
Details about Design a mobile game for home computer users to prevent from “phishing attacks” | BibTeX data for Design a mobile game for home computer users to prevent from “phishing attacks”