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Biographies
M. Abomhara is currently pursuing his PhD at University of Agder, Norway.
His research work is in the area of computer security, information secu-
rity, information system management, cyber-security, and Internet of things.
He received a Master of Computer Science (Data Communication and
Computer Network) from University of Malaya, Malaysia in 2011. He also
received a Master of Business Administration (MBA, Information technology
management) from Multimedia University, Malaysia in 2013 and a Bachelor
of Computer Science from 7th October University, Libya in 2006.
G. M. Køien is an associate professor in security and privacy in ICT at the
University of Agder, Norge. He has previously worked for Ericsson Norway,
System Sikkerhet AS and Telenor R & D. During his time with Telenor
R & D he was the Telenor delegate to the SA3 (3GPP) work group on security.
He received his PhD for Aalborg University, Denmark in 2008.