Keshav Sood

Dr. Keshav Sood is a Senior Lecturer at Deakin University's School of Information Technology, where he leads research in cybersecurity, AI, and next-generation networks. His affiliations include roles as Graduate Research Coordinator and South Asia Country Coordinator. He completed his PhD at Deakin University and a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Newcastle.

Research Interests: Dr. Sood focuses on securing distributed systems, with emphasis on:

• Federated learning for intrusion detection in IoT/5G networks
• Biometric privacy in immersive technologies (VR/AR)
• RF fingerprinting for IoT device authentication
• Quantum-resistant software-defined networks
• Adversarial robustness in voice authentication systems

His publications consistently explore AI-driven security frameworks, with recent work addressing data sparsity in IoT sensors, cross-domain IIoT authentication, and phishing mitigation using large language models.

Awards:

• Professor of IT Award (2016)
• IEEE TNSE Excellent Reviewer (2023)
• Deakin HDR Supervision Award (2023)
• Course Team Award for Industry Certification Alignment (2021)

Supervision & Grants: Dr. Sood currently advises 8 graduate researchers and has secured $655,313 in competitive funding. Key projects include:

• Smart Farming Cyber Resilience (DFAT Maitri Grant)
• Secure Access for Critical Infrastructure (Cyber CRC)
• IoT Data Integrity for Defense Systems (Australian Defence)

He leads the Deakin Cyber Research and Innovation Centre, focusing on scalable security solutions for industry partners.