The research group 'Cybersecurity and Digitalization' (CYSECDIGITAL) is dedicated to the development, analysis, and enhancement of cybersecurity solutions and technologies that support digitalization concepts, services, and systems — including, but not limited to, the following areas:

• Smart City
• Smart Industry
• Autonomous Mobility
• Smart Healthcare

Team Members:

• Head of the group: Prof. Dr. Rahamatullah Khondoker
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lTWw1XkAAAAJ
• Member: Kompetenzzentrum für Informationstechnologie (KITE), IEEE, Hochschullehrerbund (hlb)
• Cooperative Member: Kompetenzzentrum für Automotive, Mobilität und Materialforschung (AutoM)

 

• PhD Candidate: Mr. Adnan Kujovic
• Topic: Zero Day Attack Detection and Mitigation in an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Infrastructure
• Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Rahamatullah Khondoker from THM, Prof. Dr. Thomas Bauschert from TU Chemnitz

• PhD Candidate: Mr. Beny Nugraha
• Topic: Robust, Adaptive, and Explainable AI-based DDoS Attack Detection
• Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bauschert from TU Chemnitz, Prof. Dr. Rahamatullah Khondoker from THM
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Qc6C2SgAAAAJ&hl=en

• PhD Candidate: Mr. Trung Phan Van
• Topic: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Intrusion Detection and Response in Software-Defined Networks
• Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bauschert from TU Chemnitz, Prof. Dr. Rahamatullah Khondoker from THM

• Personal Website: https://sites.google.com/site/pvtrung92

• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=vt3f1rEVFvAC&hl=de&oi=ao

• PhD Candidate: Mr. Kumar Saurabh
• Topic: A Trustworthy Resilient Security Framework for IIoT
• Supervisors: Prof. Dr. O. P. Vyas from IIIT Allahabad, Prof. Dr. Rahamatullah Khondoker from THM
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=T38GjMgAAAAJ

• PhD Candidate: Mr. Md. Zahirul Islam
• Topic: Resource Allocation & Network Slicing Management in Multi-Domain Heterogeneous 5G Networks
• Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Syed Md. Galib from Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST), Prof. Dr. Rahamatullah Khondoker from THM
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5G5qL94AAAAJ

•  PhD Candidate: Mr. Khandaker Mohammad Mohiuddin
• Topic: Cyber Security Framework for the Financial Institutions of Bangladesh
• Supervisors: Associate Prof. Dr. Md. Abu Layek from Jagannath University, Prof. Dr. Rahamatullah Khondoker from THM

 

• Research Assistant: Ms. Nadzeya Melnik
• Project: Intrusion Detection Framework for Solar Energy Systems
• Project Sponsor: Solargie GmbH

 

 

• Research Assistant: Mr. Canberk Yilmaz
• Project: Improving Security of Critical Infrastructures by Penetration Testing Methods
• Project Sponsor: Erasmus+

• Research Assistant: Ms. Irem Cesur
• Project: Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Security
• Project Sponsor: Erasmus+

  

• Research Assistant: Mr. Tarik Billa
  
• Project: Development and Implementation of a Network Monitoring Tool
• Project Sponsor: Erasmus+

 

  

• Research Assistant: Mr. Sharafatullah
  
• Project: Analysis and Reverse Engineering of Firmware in Widely Used Routers
• Project Sponsor: Erasmus+

  

• Research Assistant: Mr. Anubhab Nath
• Project: IDS for Solar Systems  
• Project Sponsor: Erasmus+

 

• Research Assistant: Mr. Aniket Gupta
• Project: IDS for Solar Systems  
• Project Sponsor: Erasmus+

 

Former Members:

 

• Research Assistant: Usama Abusnena
• Project: OS Fingerprinting
• Project Sponsor: Erasmus+
• Duration of Stay: April - June 2026

• Research Assistant: Esma Irem Tek
• Project: Cyber Security of Solar Systems
• Project Sponsor: Erasmus+
• Duration of Stay: September 2025

 

 

• Research Assistant: Mr. Alif Ruslan
  
• Project: Universal System Integrity Monitoring Framework
• Project Sponsor: Erasmus+
• Duration of Stay: April - June 2026 

 

 

• Research Assistant: Ms. Sumaya Kabir
• Topic: Detection and Prevention of Cyber Threats in Solar Energy Infrastructure
• Project Sponsor: Erasmus+
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lUK9KX8AAAAJ&hl=e
• Duration of Stay: April - June 2026

  

• Research Assistant: Mr. Mustakim Musully Pias
  
• Project: System Integrity Monitoring Using Wazuh
• Project Sponsor: Erasmus+
• Duration of Stay: October - December 2025

 

 

• Research Assistant: Mr. Jakir Hossain
  
• Project: Implementation of a Network Monitoring Tool
• Project Sponsor: Erasmus+
• Duration of Stay: October 2025 - March 2026

 

  

• Research Assistant: Mr. Aris Jakob
  
• Project: Bachelor Thesis
• Thema: Untersuchung der Wirksamkeit bestehender Sensibilisierungsmaßnbahmen zur IT-Sicherheit für Mitarbeitende der Sparkasse Oberhessen sowie Entwicklung von Verbesserungsansätzen.

 

 

• Research Assistant: Ms. Jaanvi Mehra
  
• Project: Internal Academic Project
• Project Sponsor: MND

 

• Research Assistant: Ms. Julia Trippe
  
• Project: Internal Academic Project
• Project Sponsor: MND

 

 

• Research Assistant: Mr. Marius Harbach
  
• Project: Internal Academic Project
• Project Sponsor: MND

 

• Research Assistant: Mr. Shahrear Famous
  
• Project: Master Thesis
• Project Sponsor: Erasmus+

• Research Assistant: Ms. Samia Sayed
  
• Project: Master Thesis
• Project Sponsor: Erasmus+

 

• Research Assistant: Mr. Md. Ashav Noman Mahin
  
• Project: Master Thesis
• Project Sponsor: Erasmus+

 

• Researcher: Mr. Ashutosh Kumar
• Topic: IoT Auditing
• Project Sponsor: Erasmus+

• Researcher: Dr. Nasim Adnan
  
• Project: Cybersecurity threat modeling
• Project Sponsor: THM

• Research Assistant: Mr. Saud Elmonawar
• Project: Cybersecurity threat modeling of digital railway systems and infrastructures in Frankfurt
• Project Sponsor: VGF

 

• Research Assistant: Mr. Hendrik Liebsher
• Project: Cybersecurity threat modeling of digital railway systems and infrastructures in Frankfurt
• Project Sponsor: VGF

 

• Research Assistant: Mr. Emir Yegnidemir
• Project: Cybersecurity threat modeling of digital railway systems and infrastructures in Frankfurt
• Project Sponsor: VGF

 

• Research Assistant: Mr. Fabian Schindler
• Project: Cybersecurity threat modeling of digital railway systems and infrastructures in Frankfurt
• Project Sponsor: VGF

 

 

 

• Research Assistant: Ms. Isil Otman
  
• Project: Cybersecurity threat modeling of digital railway systems and infrastructures in Frankfurt
• Project Sponsor: VGF

Lab/THM Visitors:

 

Visitors: Mr. Anubhab Nath & Mr. Aniket Gupta (Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad) , Duration of Visits: June - July 2026

Visitor: Mr. Vamsee Panneeru (Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad), Date of visit: 26. - 27.06.2026

 

 

 

Visitors: Ms. Sumaiya Kabir and Alif Ruslan (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh), Mr. Usama Abusnena (Izmir Institute of Technology)

Date of Visit: April - June 2026

 

Visitors: Prof. Dr. Shamim Kaiser (JU, BD), Prof. Dr. Shamsul Islam (ECU, AU), Prof. Dr. Zahidul Islam (IU, BD), Prof. Dr. Jashim Uddin (IU, BD), Prof. Dr. Hossen Asiful Mustafa (BUET, BD), Prof. Dr. Abdur Razzaque (DU, BD), Dr. Sandeep Kumar (IITD, IN), Prof. Dr. Venkatesan (IIIT-A, IN), Prof. Dr. Mukul Sutaone (IIIT-A, IN), etc. 

• Date of Visit: International Research and Teaching Week, 07.06.2026 - 13.06.2026 
• From: BUET, DU, IU, JU, ECU, IIT-D, IIIT-A

 

• Visitor: Prof. Dr. Shaikh Anowarul Fattah, Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Date of Visit: 30.04.2026
• From: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Visitor: Dr. Volkan Altuntas, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Engineering
• Duration of Visit: 20 - 24th of April 2026
• From: Bursa Technical University, Turkey

 

 

 

 

 

• Visitors: Dr. S. Venkatesan, Dr. Ashutosh MIshra, Mr. Ashutosh Kumar, Mr. Tarik Billa, Mr. Ashav Noman Mahin, Mr. Muammar Shahrear Famous, Ms. Samia Sayed
  
• Duration: April - September 2025
• From: Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad

• Visitors: Dr. Anton Rassõlkin and Dr. Even Sekhri
  
• Month: April 2025
• From: Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

 

 

• Visitors: Tariq Billa and Md Ashav Noman (JUST), Samia Sayed and Muammar Shahrear (JU), Ashutosh Kumar (IIIT-A) 
  
• Month: April - July 2025
• From: Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST), Jahangirnagar University (JU), Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad (IIIT-A) 

• Visitors: Dr. OM Prakash Vyas, Dr. Muneendra Ojha, Dr. Manish Kumar, Dr. S. Venkatesan, Dr. Saurabh Mishra, Dr. Ashutosh Mishra and Bagesh Kumar (IIIT-A), Dr. Sataskshi (SHAUTS), Dr. Abu Layek (JnU)
  
• Month: June 2024
• From: Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad (IIIT-A) India, Jagannath University (JnU) Bangladesh

• Visitors: Ms. Gabriele Haulmark and Dr. Ahmed Elkassabgi (ATU)
  
• Month: May 2024
• From: Arkansas Tech University (ATU) USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Visitors: Prof. Dr. Pran Kanai Saha and Prof. Dr. Monjur Morshed (BUET)
  
• Month: May 2024
• From: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

• Visitor: Mr. Zahirul Islam (JUST)
  
• Month: Jan. - June 2023
• From: Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST)

 

 

• Visitor: Dr. Nasim Adnan (JUST)
  
• Month: April - June 2023
• From: Jashore University of Science and Technology (JUST)

 

 

Projects:

Project Short Title: Erasmus+ KA171

Research Topics: Cyber Security 

Duration: 01.08.2026 - 31.07.2029

Funding Organization: European Commission / DAAD

Partner Universities: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka University (DU), Jahangirnagar University (JU), Jagannath University (JnU)

Project Short Title: MBCE-AT

Title: Integrating Model-Based Cybersecurity Engineering into IT Security Education Using Ansys Tools 

Duration: 01.07.2026 - 30.09.2028

Funding Organization: Ansys/Synopsys

Project Short Title: Erasmus+ KA171

Research Topics: Cyber Security

Duration: 01.09.2025 - 31.08.2028

Funding Organization: European Commission / DAAD

Partner Universities: Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand

Project Short Title: Erasmus+ KA171

Research Topics: AI for Cyber Security, Cyber Security for AI, AI for Cardiology

Duration: 01.09.2023 - 31.08.2026

Funding Organization: European Commission / DAAD

Partner Universities: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka University, Jahangirnagar University, Jagannath University, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Islamic University, Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad

Project Short Title: ZDayIIoTSec

Project Title: Zero Day Attack Detection and Mitigation in an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Infrastructure

Planned Duration: 01.04.2025 - 31.03.2028

Funding Organization: THM Strategic Fund

Project Short Title: CyModeB

Project Title: Cyberdbedrohungsmodellierung digitaler Bahnsysteme und Infrastrukturen in Frankfurt

Duration: 01.01.2023 - 30.06.2024

Funding Organization: Stadtwerke Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt Am Main Mbh (VGF)

Project Title: Autonomous Policy-based Cyber Security Management

Duration: 01.08.2022 - 30.06.2023

Funding Organization: THM Strategic Fund

Latest Update:

Category: Autonomous Mobility

The open access article on "Strengthening Automotive Cybersecurity: A Comparative Analysis of ISO/SAE 21434-Compliant Automatic Collision Notification (ACN) Systems" is now online. Here is the link to download: https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8921/5/4/96

 The open access article on "Cybersecurity Comparison of Brain-based Automotive Electrical and Electronic Architectures" is online. Here is the link to download: https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/13/11/518/htm