Victor Kebande

Dr. Victor Kebande is an Assistant Professor of IT Security in the Secure Distributed Systems (SDS) group at Blekinge Institute of Technology's Department of Computer Science (DIDA). He holds a PhD in Cyber and Information Security from 2018 and has held postdoctoral and visiting researcher roles at institutions like Luleå University of Technology and Colorado State University. His research focuses on cybersecurity, digital forensics, IoT/IIoT security, blockchain, and critical infrastructure protection. He is a member of IEEE, ACM, and IITPSA, and serves on the editorial board of Forensic Science International: Reports.

Education:

• PhD in Computer Science (Cyber and Information Security & Digital Forensics) - 2018

Research Interests: Cybersecurity, digital forensics, IoT/IIoT security, cloud security, blockchain, threat modeling, privacy-preserving techniques, and AI integration with immersive realities.

Projects:

• dAIEDGE: Horizon Europe-funded Network for trustworthy AI at the Edge
• DISS: Threat detection in IoT systems
• Symphony: Robust distributed service exposure

Awards: None explicitly mentioned, but he holds editorial and reviewer roles in top journals.

Grants & Advising: Supervised numerous theses on topics like IoT security, blockchain forensics, and cloud forensics. Active in funding projects like HINTS and Eclipse ArrowHead.

Labs/Teams: Part of SDS group, ATLAS Institute (CU Boulder), and collaborations with industry partners like Axis Communications.