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Mr David Cook

Mr David Cook

Mr David Cook

Lecturer

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 5104  
Facsimile: (61 8)  6304 2599  
Email: d.cook@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO18.245  

 

Responsibilities

  • Lecturer in Security, School of Computer and Security Science
  • CEED coordinator for ECU
  • Coordinating Editor for the Journal of Information Warfare

Current Teaching

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection
  • Systems Resilience
  • Physical Security
  • Aviation Security

Background / Employment History

David has extensive business and academic experience within South-east Asia, especially in Indonesia. He previously held the position of Manager in the SECAU Security Research Centre and has held a number of directorships and board appointments. David has won numerous academic awards including:

  • Dean’s Award for Excellence
  • The WA Police Award for the Best Counter Terrorism paper, 2010 SECAU Security Congress
  • Australian Computer Society “Education Across the Nation” Guest Keynote Lecturer for 2010

Staff Qualifications

  • BA (Hons First Class)
  • B Asian Studies (Specialist in Indonesian)
  • MBA

Professional Memberships

  • ACS – MACS
  • AISA
  • ASIS

Awards and Recognition

  • Dean’s Award for Excellence 2009
  • The WA Police Award for the Best Counter Terrorism paper, 2010 SECAU Security Congress
  • Australian Computer Society “Education Across the Nation” Guest Keynote Lecturer for 2010

Research

Research Interests

  • Counter Terrorism
  • Anti Terrorism
  • Money Laundering
  • Information Security
  • CPTED

Current Research Areas

  • Radicalisation and Governance in Indonesia

Recent Publications (with the last five years)

Conference Papers

  • Cook, D. and Smith, T. “The Malarkey of Money Transfers: Overlooking e-Bay whilst the Hawaladars are Hunted” , 1st Australian Counter-Terrorism Conference.
  • Cook, D. “The use of governance to identify cyber threats through social media” ,  2010 International Cyber Resilience Conference ICR 2010.
  • Cook, D. “Mitigating cyber-threats through public private partnerships: low cost governance with high impact returns, 2010 International Cyber Resilience Conference ICR 2010.