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Professor Vasilis Katos is a Professor in Cyber Security at Bournemouth University, specializing in digital forensics, incident response, and intellectual property security. With over 160 publications and extensive industry experience as an Information Security Consultant, he serves as an expert witness in criminal courts in both the UK and Greece. His research has significant impact in digital forensics for intellectual property infringement investigations through collaborations with the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and UNICRI.
Professor Katos holds a Diploma in Electrical Engineering from Democritus University of Thrace, an MBA from Keele University, and a PhD in Computer Science (network security and cryptography) from Aston University. He is a certified Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI) with extensive practical experience in cybersecurity.
His research primarily focuses on digital forensics and incident response, with recent emphasis on intellectual property infringement investigations, IoT security, blockchain applications, and traffic prediction systems. His work bridges academic research with practical security applications, particularly in intellectual property protection and smart city security frameworks. Professor Katos has coordinated significant research projects including Illegal IPTV in the European Union and IP Infringement on online trading platforms, funded by the EUIPO Observatory.
His extensive publication record shows strong trends in digital forensics, cybersecurity for intellectual property protection, IoT security, and increasingly in smart city security frameworks. The research demonstrates a progression from foundational cybersecurity work to specialized applications in intellectual property protection and circular economy security models, with recent incorporation of AI and machine learning techniques for threat intelligence and traffic prediction.
- Certified Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI)
- Editorial Board Member of Computers & Security Journal
Professor Katos has successfully supervised multiple PhD students including Amalia Damianou (Digital Forensics in Smart, Circular Cities), Christos Iliou (Machine Learning Based Detection and Evasion Techniques for Advanced Web Bots), and Mohammed Al Qurashi (Intrusion Detection for IoT). He has secured significant research funding including the ECHO project (European network of Cybersecurity centres), IDEAL-CITIES, and multiple EUIPO-funded initiatives focusing on intellectual property protection.
His work connects with the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management (CIPPM) at Bournemouth University, where he contributes to research on intellectual property in emerging technologies. Professor Katos maintains active collaborations with international organizations including UNICRI and the EU Intellectual Property Office, focusing on practical applications of digital forensics in intellectual property protection.
