Personal Statement
Dr Mohamed Chahine Ghanem is a Associate Professor (visiting since 2026) in Cyber Security and AI within the School of Computer Science and Informatics at the University of Liverpool. Dr Ghanem retains a Senior Advisor position in Cyber Resilience in banking sector. Before joining academia, Dr Ghanem earned solid industry experience with over 15 years of practice in senior positions in law enforcement and corporations including as global cyber security auditing director for Kroll LLC and Nationwide bank. Dr Ghanem holds an Engineering Degree in Computer Systems from EMP/Algeria, an MSc in Digital Forensics & IT Security and a PhD in Cyber Security Engineering from City, University of London. Dr Ghanem is a Senior Fellow of the HEA (SFHEA) and holds a MA in Academic Practice, and has earned many reputable certificates, such as CISSP, CPCI, multi-GIAC certificates and Digital Forensics ACE & XRY. Dr Ghanem is currently leading research project in applied AI for Cyber Security as well as supervising research students on topics related to digital forensics, IoT, offensive cyber security and applied AI, He was general Chair for the IEEE 8th Conference on Cloud and IoT (CIoT-2025) and has published numerous research papers in Q1 journals. Dr Ghanem is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Cyber Security and Risk Auditing (Q1), an Editor with the ACM Digital Threats: Research and Practice journal, and a Guest Editor and Reviewer for many top cybersecurity venues, including JCP, IEEE TIFS and Elsevier Computers & Security.

Research Overview
Dr Ghanem is currently leading research project in applied AI for Cyber Security as well as supervising research students on topics related to digital forensics, IoT, offensive cyber security and applied AI, and has published numerous research papers in Q1 journals. Dr Ghanem is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Cyber Security and Risk Auditing (Q1), an Editor with the ACM Digital Threats: Research and Practice journal, and a Guest Editor and Reviewer for many top cybersecurity venues, including JCP, IEEE TIFS and Elsevier Computers & Security.