Abdullah Abu Hussein

Abu Hussein joined the Department of Information Systems in the Herberger Business School in August 2016. He currently serves as an Associate Professor. Prior to this, he held many teaching positions throughout his long career in other institutions. 

Dr. Abuhussein received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Memphis in Tennessee, USA. In his Ph.D. research, Abdullah focused on pragmatic cloud security assessment framework and stakeholder's perspective in cybersecurity. He received his MSc. in Information Systems Management from Ferris State University in 2002 and a BSc. In Computer Science in 1999 from IPU.

Education

Ph.D in Computer Science, The University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, 2017.
MS in Information Systems Management, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan, 2003.
BSc. in Computer Science, IPU, Amman, Jordan, 1999.

Area of Teaching

• IA673 - Security Policy and IT Risk Management
• IA 658: Best Practices in Data Management
• IS 340: Management Information Systems
• IA 659: Cloud Security
• IS 483/583: Client/Server Security
• IS 543: Database Design, Implementation and Administration
• IA 683: Application Layer Security
• IA 693: Secure Electronic Commerce
• IA 681: Digital Forensics and Ethics 
• IA 680: Seminar in Information Assurance 
• IA 643: Database Application Security
• IA 673: Security Policy and IT Risk Management 
• IS 452/552 Unix Operating Systems Principles
• MBA 641-70 Information Technology

Research Interests

Cloud computing, Cloud Security, Security Economics, Internet-of-things (IoT), Software Engineering, Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), Social Engineering, Security and Privacy, and Security Metrics and Assessment

Publications

• Abuhussein, Abdullah, and Faisal S. Alsubaei. "Security in Cryptocurrency Wallets." Telematique 22, no. 01 (2023): 2544-2575.
• Wang, Jieyu; Chen, Jim; Kang, Dingfang; AbuHussein, Abdullah; and Collen, Lynn A., "Designing a Conversational Agent for Education: A Personality-based Approach" (2023). MWAIS 2023 Proceedings. 6.
• Aleisa, Mohammed A., Abdullah Abuhussein, Faisal S. Alsubaei, and Frederick T. Sheldon. "Novel security models for IoT–fog–cloud architectures in a real-world environment." Applied Sciences 12, no. 10 (2022): 4837.
• Mahfouz, Ahmed M., Abdullah Abuhussein, Faisal S. Alsubaei, and Sajjan G. Shiva. "Toward A Holistic, Efficient, Stacking Ensemble Intrusion Detection System using a Real Cloud-based Dataset." International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications 13, no. 9 (2022).
• Wang, Jieyu, Abdullah Abuhussein, Hanwei Wang, Tian Qi, Xiaoyue Ma, Amani Alqarni, and Lynn Collen. "Helping People with Social Anxiety Disorder to Recognize Facial Expressions in Video Meetings." International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications 13, no. 3 (2022).
• Aleisa, Mohammed A., Abdullah Abuhussein, Faisal S. Alsubaei, and Frederick T. Sheldon. "Examining the Performance of Fog-Aided, Cloud-Centered IoT in a Real-World Environment." Sensors 21, no. 21 (2021): 6950.
• Aleisa, Mohammed A., Abdullah Abuhussein, Faisal S. Alsubaei, and Frederick T. Sheldon. "Novel security models for IoT–fog–cloud architectures in a real-world environment." Applied Sciences 12, no. 10 (2022): 4837.
• Mahfouz, Ahmed M., Abdullah Abuhussein, Faisal S. Alsubaei, and Sajjan G. Shiva. "Toward A Holistic, Efficient, Stacking Ensemble Intrusion Detection System using a Real Cloud-based Dataset." International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications 13, no. 9 (2022).
• Wang, Jieyu, Abdullah Abuhussein, Hanwei Wang, Tian Qi, Xiaoyue Ma, Amani Alqarni, and Lynn Collen. "Helping People with Social Anxiety Disorder to Recognize Facial Expressions in Video Meetings." International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications 13, no. 3 (2022).
• Al-Rousan, Suhaib. Abuhussein, Abdullah. , Alsubaei, Faisal, Collen, L. , and Shiva, S., Ads-Guard: Detecting Scammers in Online Classified Ads , in 2020 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI)At: Canberra, Australia, December 2020.
• Al-Rousan, S. Abuhussein, A. , Alsubaei, F., Kahveci, O., Farra, H. , and Shiva, S., Social-Guard: Detecting Scammers in Online Dating , in 2020 IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology, Jul. 2020.
• Aleisa, M. A., Abuhussein, A. , Sheldon, F. T. Performance Analysis of Two Cloud-Based IoT Implementations: Empirical Study , in The 6th IEEE International Conference on Edge Computing and Scalable Cloud (IEEE EdgeCom 2020), New York, USA
• Mahfouz, A. M., Abuhussein, A. , Venugopal, D., & Shiva, S., Network Intrusion Detection Model Using One-Class Support Vector Machine , In Advances in Machine Learning and Computational Intelligence (pp. 79-86). Springer, Singapore.
• Aleisa, M. A., Abuhussein, A. , & Sheldon, F. T. (2020). Access Control in Fog Computing: Challenges and Research Agenda , IEEE Access, 8, 83986-83999.
• Albulayhi, K., Abuhussein, A. , Alsubaei, F., & Sheldon, F. T. (2020, January). Fine-Grained Access Control in the Era of Cloud Computing: An Analytical Review , In 2020 10th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC) (pp. 0748-0755). IEEE.
• Abuhussein, A. , Alsubaei, F., & Shiva, S. (2020). Toward an effective requirement engineering approach for cloud applications , In Software Engineering in the Era of Cloud Computing (pp. 29-50). Springer, Cham.
• Faisal Alsubaei, Abdullah Abuhussein, Vivek Shandilya snf Sajjan Shiva, "IoMT-SAF: Internet of Medical Things Security Assessment Framework", Elsevier Journal Internet of Things, October 2019, p. 100123, ISSN 2542-6605, doi: 10.1016/j.iot.2019.100123.
• Al-Rahayfeh, Amer, Saleh Atiewi, Abdullah Abuhussein, and Muder Almiani. "Novel Approach to Task Scheduling and Load Balancing Using the Dominant Sequence Clustering and Mean Shift Clustering Algorithms." Future Internet 11, no. 5 (2019): 109.
• Alsubaei, Faisal, et al. “Ontology-Based Security Recommendation for the Internet of Medical Things.” IEEE Access, vol. 7, 2019, pp. 48948–48960., doi:10.1109/access.2019.2910087.
• Swapnika Putta, Abdullah Abuhussein, Faisal Alsubaei , Sajjan Shiva, and Saleh Atiewi, "Security Benchmarks for Wearable Medical Things: Stakeholders-Centric Approach",  Fourth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology ICICT 2019, London.
• Saleh Atiewi, Abdullah Abuhussein, and Mohammad Abu Saleh"Impact of Virtualization on Cloud Computing Energy Consumption: Empirical Study", 2018 International Conference on Cyber Physical Systems and IoT (CPSIOT 2018), Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 21-23. 2018.
• Brian Volkmuth and Abdullah Abu Hussein, "Electronic Payment Methods: Security, Privacy, and Trust". Book Chapter accepted In E-commerce data security with Cloud Computing. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, United Kingdom, August, 2018. 
• Faisal Alsubaei, Abdullah Abuhussein, and Sajjan Shiva, An Overview of Enabling Technologies for the Internet of Things, Internet of Things A to Z: Technologies and Applications. Book Chapter, Book Title: Internet of Things A to Z: Technologies and Applications, by Q. F. Hassan, Internet of Things A to Z: Technologies and Applications. Wiley, 2018.
• Faisal Alsubaei, Abdullah Abuhussein, and Sajjan Shiva,  A Framework for Ranking IoMT Solutions Based on Measuring Security and Privacy, IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium 2018, Taipei, Taiwan, April 2018
• Swapnika Putta, and Abdullah Abuhussein   Wearable Internet of Medical Things Security: Stakeholder’s Perspective, WiCyS - Women in CyberSecurity 2018, March 2018.
• Faisal Alsubaei, Abdullah Abuhussein, and Sajjan Shiva,  Quantifying Security and Privacy in Internet of Things Solutions, Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2018, Vancouver, BC, Canada, November 2018.
• Faisal Alsubaei, Abdullah Abuhussein, and Sajjan Shiva, Security and Privacy in Internet of Medical Things: Taxonomy and Risk Assessment, The 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Networks of Sensors, Wearable, and Medical Devices, Singapore, October 9-12, 2017.
• Parves Kamal, Abdullah Abuhussein, and Sajjan Shiva, Identifying and Scoring Vulnerability in SCADA Environments, IEEE Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 29-30 November 2017.
• Abdullah Abuhussein, and Sajjan G. Shiva, A Framework for Cloud Security Assessment: A Scenario-based, Stakeholder-Oriented Approach, Ist Annual Research Workshop on Advances & Innovations in Cyber Security, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA, June 9, 2016.
• Abdullah Abuhussein, Sajjan G. Shiva, and F.T Sheldon, CSSR: Cloud Services Security Recommender, IEEE 11th World Congress on Services (SERVICES) - Emerging Technology Track: Dependable and Secure Services (DSS 2016), San Francisco, USA, Jun2 26- July 3, 2016.
• Abdullah Abuhussein, Faisal Alsubaei, Sajjan G. Shiva, and F.T Sheldon, Evaluating Security and Privacy in Cloud Services, In the 2016 IEEE NATA-COMPSAC Symposium on Novel Applications and Technology Advances in Computing, the 40th Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA - June 10-14, 2016
• Eman Aldhahri, Abdullah Abuhussein, and Sajjan G. Shiva, Leveraging Crowdsourcing In Cloud Application Development, in the Proceedings of the 2015 IASTED International Software Engineering and Applications, Marina del Rey (SEA 2015), October 2015
• Abdullah Abuhussein, Harkeerat Bedi, and Sajjan G. Shiva, Exploring Security and Privacy Risks of SoA Solutions Deployed on the Cloud, GCA 2014, Las Vegas, NV, July 2014.
• Md Fahad Polash, Abdullah Abuhussein, and Sajjan G. Shiva, A Survey of Cloud Computing Taxonomies: Rationale and Overview Int. Conf. on Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST), London, 2014.
• Abdullah Abuhussein, Harkeerat Bedi, and Sajjan G. Shiva, Towards a Stakeholder-Oriented Taxonomical Approach for Secure Cloud Computing, 6th IEEE Int. Conf. on Cloud Computing, Santa Clara, CA, July 2013.
• Abdullah Abuhussein, Harkeerat Bedi, and Sajjan G. Shiva, Towards a Taxonomical Approach for Secure Cloud Computing, 6th IEEE Int. Conf. on Cloud Computing, Santa Clara, CA, July 2013.
• Abdullah Abuhussein, Harkeerat Bedi, and Sajjan G. Shiva,   Evaluating Security and Privacy in Cloud Computing Services: A Stakeholder's Perspective, 7th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST), London, Dec. 2012.