Information Security Engineering Technology
Labs and Facilities
Network Security Lab
Cyber defense, support in countering adversary information networks attacks and threat countermeasures. Assess the operating capabilities and vulnerabilities of threat equipment especially for military.
Hacking and Digital Forensics Lab
Hands-on experience on various forensic investigation techniques, standard forensic tools, and biometric based systems necessary to successfully carryout a computer forensic investigation
Cyber Security Lab
Plan, configure, implement, and maintain operating systems and services for end users on different Operating Systems, e.g., Windows and Linux interoperability, scripting, group policy, server modifications/ enhancements and services.
Wireless and Mobile Computing Security Lab
The Wireless and Mobile Computing lab conducts education and training in many areas of wireless networks and mobile computing, with an emphasis on designing and evaluating secure mobile systems, protocols, and applications.
SCADA/ICS Security Lab
The lab combines state-of-the-art operational system testing facilities with research, development, and training to discover and address critical security vulnerabilities and threats to the critical infrastructures.
Data Recovery and Malware Analysis Lab
Provide security analysis education and training on the skills required to perform thorough investigations of various incidents and malware’s function analysis both static and dynamic (e.g. rootkit, botnet, keylogger, etc.)
Research
Abu Dhabi Polytechnic used to operate with little focus on research activities and teaching have been in the center of its core business. Recently, Abu Dhabi Polytechnic started to focus more on scientific research and how it can be integrated into its mission. A “research and scholarly activities policy” was developed for this reason and it has been approved by all respective channels.
- Research Strategy
- Research Support
- Research Policy
- Research Expectations
- Cooperative Agreements
The Abu Dhabi Polytechnic Research Policy is now included in the Policies and Procedures Manual. The ISET faculty members are now actively involved in conducting research in the following areas:
- Network Security
- Digital Forensics and Malware Analysis.
- Cloud Security
- Wireless Security
- Intrusion Detection
- Cloud security
- Forensics and incident response
- Threat modelling
- Advanced Wireless Networking.
- Security of Computer Networks, and Computer & Information Systems.
- Computer Networks and Telecommunications.
- Wireless Networks and Communications.
- Security of E-based Systems.
- Wireless Networking and Mobile Computing
- Data mining