Dalal N Alharthi

Interests

Research

Cybersecurity in general, Cloud Security, Cloud Penetration Testing, Penetration Testing, Transportation Systems Engineering, Network Security, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Social Engineering, Usable Security and Security Policies/procedures, Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR), Cryptography, Automation, Intelligent Vehicles, Management Information System (MIS), Leadership

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Journals/Publications

• Wagner, P. E., & Alharthi, D. N. (2023). Leveraging VR/AR/MR/XR Technologies to Improve Cybersecurity Education, Training, and Operations. the Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice (JCERP).

Proceedings Publications

• Alharthi, D. N. (2023). Secure Cloud Migration Strategy (SCMS): A Safe Journey to the Cloud. In the 18th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security.
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  The paper proposed a comprehensive Secure Cloud Migration Strategy (SCMS) that organizations can adopt to secure their cloud environment. The proposed SCMS consists of three main repeatable phases/processes, which are preparation; readiness and adoption; and testing. Among these phases, the author addresses tasks/projects from the different perspectives of the three cybersecurity teams, which are the blue team (defenders), the red team (attackers), and the yellow team (developers). This can be used by the Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) as a checklist that covers defending the cloud; attacking and abusing the cloud; and applying the security shift left concepts. In addition to that, the paper addresses the necessary cloud security documents/runbooks that should be developed and automated such as incident response runbook, disaster recovery planning, risk assessment methodology, and cloud security controls. The ultimate goal is to support the development of a proper security system to an efficient cloud computing system to help harden organizations’ cloud infrastructures and increase the cloud security awareness level, which is significant to national security. Furthermore, practitioners and researchers can use the proposed solutions to replicate and/or extend the proposed work.
• Collier, H., MORTON, C., Alharthi, D. N., & Kleiner, J. (2023). Cultural Influences and Information Security. In ECCWS 22nd European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security.
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  The end goal of this research is to use culture, along with behaviour and social media usage as new metrics in measuring a person’s susceptibility to cybercrime. This information can then be used by information security teams to better prepare individuals to defend themselves from cyber threats! This paper is the start of the research process into how culture impacts a person’s susceptibility to cybercrime.
• O'Mara, A., Alsamadi, I., Aleroud, A., & Alharthi, D. N. (2023). Phishing Detection Based on Webpage Content: Static and Dynamic Analysis. In the IEEE Third Intelligent Cybersecurity Conference (ICSC2023).
• Straight, R. M., Alharthi, D. N., & Honomichl, R. J. (2023). Bridging Complexity and Distance: Designing an Online MS Program in Cyber and Information Operations. In the International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI).
• Wagner, P. E., & Alharthi, D. N. (2023). Comprehensive Cybersecurity Programs: Case-Study Analysis of a Four-Year Cybersecurity Program at a Secondary Education Institution. In The Computing Education and Information Systems Applied Research (ISCAP) Conference.

Presentations

• Alharthi, D. N. (2023). Attacking and Defending Public Cloud Environments. Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) 2023. Denver, CO..
• Galde, M. R., Wagner, P. E., & Alharthi, D. N. (2023). Who's Watching Who: Hacking IP Cameras. CactusCon11 2023. Mesa, AZ.