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Dr. Muhammad Fahad Khan

Dr. Muhammad Fahad Khan

Associate Professor / Head of Department
Department of Cyber Security
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Profile summary

Dr. Muhammad Fahad Khan is a cybersecurity researcher and academician with over 16 years of experience in the areas of cybersecurity, cryptography, cipher design, cryptanalysis, and quantum cryptography. He serves as an Associate Professor at Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University and head of the cyber security department. Alongside academia, he has also served as the CTO of a UK-based startup, Director of the Pak-UK Trade Forum, Tech Consultant in Singapore, and CTO (Cyber Security) of a 1LINK-based payment gateway. He has published cumulative 57 impact-factor research publications, four patents, and one copyright. During his doctoral research, he identified and mitigated vulnerabilities in industry-standard ciphers, including the NIST-recognized Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and Magma, the official cipher of the Russian Federation. He received P1 recognition from NASA under its Vulnerability Disclosure Program for identifying critical vulnerabilities. He is also a Distinguished Trainer under the National Cyber Emergency Response Team (NCERT). As a Distinguished Trainer under the National CERT’s DTP, Dr. Fahad continues to promote innovation, capacity building, and cybersecurity excellence to strengthen Pakistan’s digital ecosystem. He established a HEC-recognized research journal in 2019 as its founding Managing Editor. He was honored with the Best IT Governance & Compliance Advisor Award from the Pak-UK Trade Forum and was also honored with the Best Cyber Security Advisor Award by the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at Governor House Peshawar.

Qualification

Degree Field Institution Year
PhD (CS) Information Security Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad 2024

Teaching experience

Position Institution Duration
Associate Professor Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad Since 2024
Assistant Professor Foundation University Islamabad 2016 – 2024
Lecturer Foundation University Islamabad 2013 – 2016
Lecturer Federal Urdu University of Arts Science and Technology, Islamabad 2009 – 2013

Professional experience

Position Organization Duration
Tech Consultant Uniway Technologies Singapore 2014 – 2015
CTO BRAINDESIGNER LIMITED 2017 – 2019
Director (IT) Pak-UK Trade Forum, UK 2019 – 2024
Distinguished Trainer National Cyber Security Emergency Response Team, Government of Pakistan Since 2025

Management experience

Position Organization Duration
HOD Department of Cyber Security, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad Since 2025
Managing Editor Foundation University Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences (FUJEAS) 2019 – 2024
MIS Head Federal Urdu University of Arts Science and Technology, Islamabad 2010 – 2013

Honors & awards

No. Award
1. Best Cyber Security Advisor Award from the KPK Governor at Governor House Peshawar
2. Best IT Governance & Compliance Advisor Award from the Pak-UK Trade Forum
3. Outstanding Achievement Award and cash prize from the Rector of Foundation University
4. Outstanding Employee Award by the Vice Chancellor
5. Official appreciation from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Vulnerability Disclosure Policy for identifying critical vulnerabilities
6. “P1” recognition in NASA’s Hall of Fame

Research areas

No. Research Area
1. Cyber Security
2. Cipher Design
3. Cryptographic Primitives Design and Analysis
4. Penetration Testing
5. Cryptanalysis
6. Post Quantum Cryptography

Patents

No. Patent Details
1. System and Method for Generating Substitution Box Based on N-Level Quantum Sensors Stream (IPO292)
2. System and Method for Generating Substitution and Permutation Box Using Quantum Random Bits (IPO291)
3. System and Method for Generating Substitution Box Using Thermal Image Partitions (IPO290)
4. System and Method of Substitution Box Construction for Quantum Computers using Quantum Depolarizing Noise (IPO196-2)

Copyright

No. Copyright Details
1. Blockchain Based Counterfeit Medicine Authentication System

Journal publications

No. Publication Details
1. Fahad Khan, et al. “Region of interest-based medical image encryption technique based on chaotic S-boxes.” Expert Systems with Applications 238 (2024): 122030
2. Alharbi, A. R., Jamal, S. S., Khan, M. F., Gondal, M. A., & Abbasi, A. A. (2023). Construction and Optimization of Dynamic S-Boxes based on Gaussian distribution. IEEE Access
3. M. Fahad Khan, K. Saleem, M. Alotaibi, M. Mazyad Hazzazi, E. Rehman et al., “Construction and optimization of trng based substitution boxes for block encryption algorithms,” Computers, Materials & Continua, vol. 73, no.2, pp. 2679–2696, 2022
4. Khan, M. F., Saleem, K., Hazzazi, M. M., Alotaibi, M., Shukla, P. K., Aqeel, M., & Tuncer, S. A. (2022). Human Psychological Disorder towards Cryptography: True Random Number Generator from EEG of Schizophrenics and Its Application in Block Encryption’s Substitution Box. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, 2022
5. Khan, M. F., Saleem, K., Shah, T., Hazzazi, M. M., Bahkali, I., & Shukla, P. K. (2022). Block Cipher’s Substitution Box Generation Based on Natural Randomness in Underwater Acoustics and Knight’s Tour Chain. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, 2022.
6. Khan, M. F., Saleem, K., Alshara, M. A., & Bashir, S. (2021). Multilevel information fusion for cryptographic substitution box construction based on inevitable random noise in medical imaging. Scientific reports, 11(1), 1-23
7. Ghafoor, R., Saleem, D., Jamal, S. S., Ishtiaq, M., Ejaz, S., Jamal Malik, A., & Khan, M. F. (2021). Survey on reversible watermarking techniques of echocardiography. Security and Communication Networks, 2021, 1-19.
8. Siddiqui, G. F., Iqbal, M. Z., Saleem, K., Saeed, Z., Ahmed, A., Hameed, I. A., & Khan, M. F. (2020). A dynamic three-bit image steganography algorithm for medical and ehealthcare systems. IEEE Access, 8, 181893-181903
9. Shah, T., Qureshi, A., & Khan, M. F. (2020). DESIGNING MORE EFFICIENT NOVEL S 8 S-BOXES. International Journal on Information Technologies & Security, 12(2).
10. Jamal, S. S., Anees, A., Ahmad, M., Khan, M. F., & Hussain, I. (2019). Construction of cryptographic S-boxes based on Mobius transformation and chaotic tent-sine system. IEEE Access, 7, 173273-173285.
11. Khan, M. F., Ahmed, A., Saleem, K., & Shah, T. (2019). A novel design of cryptographic SP-network based on gold sequences and chaotic logistic tent system. IEEE Access, 7, 84980-84991.
12. Baig, F., Khan, M. F., Beg, S., Shah, T., & Saleem, K. (2016). Onion steganography: a novel layering approach. Nonlinear Dynamics, 84, 1431-1446
13. Khan, Muhammad Fahad, Faisal Baig, and Saira Beg. “Steganography between silence intervals of audio in video content using chaotic maps.” Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing 33 (2014): 3901-3919.
14. Baig, F., Beg, S., & Khan, M. F. (2018). Speaker recognition based appliances remote control for severely disabled, low vision and old aged persons. INAE Letters, 3, 1-9.
15. Baig, F., Fahad Khan, M., & Beg, S. (2013). Text writing in the air. Journal of Information Display, 14(4), 137-148.
16. Khan, M. F., & Beg, S. (2012). Transference and retrieval of voice message over low signal strength in satellite communication. Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering, 8, 293-299.
17. Beg, S., Khan, M. F., & Baig, F. (2013). Transference and retrieval of compress voice message over low signal strength in satellite communication. International Journal of System of Systems Engineering, 4(2), 174-186
18. Baig, F., Beg, S., & Khan, M. F. (2013). Zigbee based home appliances controlling through spoken commands using handheld devices. International Journal of Smart Home, 7(1), 19- 26
19. Baig, F., Beg, S., Khan, M. F., & Nawaz, S. J. (2015). A method to control home appliances based on writing commands over the air. Journal of Control, Automation and Electrical Systems, 26, 421-429