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Dr Christopher Bolan

Dr Christopher Bolan

Dr Christopher Bolan

Senior Lecturer

Telephone: (61 8)  9370 6363  
Email: c.bolan@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Mount Lawley  
Room: ML13.238  

 

Current Teaching

  • Course Coordinator - Security and Networking

Background

Chris has over 15 years experience in the field of computing and has consulted with government and private industry on IT and digital security issues. He has taught at a range of institutions most recently the University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom.

Professional Memberships

  • Australian Computing Society
  • Australia Information Security Association
  • International Federation for Information Processing – TC11
  • Golden Key National Honours Society

Awards and Recognition

Other

  • 2009 - Best Information Security Management Paper – secau Congress

Research Areas and Interests

  • Radio Frequency Identification, Digital Forensics, Information Security, Computer Security and Forensics, Wireless Security, Digital Rights, Censorship and Anti-Censorship methods

Staff Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science Honours, Edith Cowan University .
  • Bachelor of Science, Edith Cowan University .
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2010 .

Research

Recent Research Grants

  • Update on Investigation into RFID Threats and Vulnerabilities,  Dept of the Prime Minister and Cabinet,  Grant - Research Support For National Security,  2011,  $9,091.
  • The Design, Development and Application of Active RFID Technology in Disaster Victim Identification and Routine Mortuary Practice / The Australian Future Forensics Innovation Network (AFFIN),  Griffith University,  Grant - NIRAP,  2011,  $3,184.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Conference Publications

  • Widya, C., Clarke, N., Bolan, C., (2011), Information Leakage Through Second Hand USB Flash Drives Within the United Kingdom. Proceedings of The 9th Australian Digital Forensics Conference, 33-38, Perth, Western Australia.
  • Cotton, H., Bolan, C., (2011), User Perceptions of End User License Agreements in the Smartphone Environment. Proceedings of the 9th Australian Information Security Management Conference, 69-75, Perth, Western Australia.
  • Bolan, C., (2011), A Proposal for Utilising Active Jamming for the Defence of RFID Systems Against Attack. Proceedings of the 9th Australian Information Security Management Conference, 56-62, Perth, Western Australia.
  • Barker, J., Hannay, P., Bolan, C., (2010), Using Traffic Analysis to Identify Tor Usage ? A Proposed Study. Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Security & Management, SAM 2010, 2(12-15 July ), 620-623, Las Vegas, USA.
  • Hannay, P., Bolan, C., (2010), The 2010 IDN Homograph Attack Mitigation Survey. Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Security & Management, SAM 2010, 2(July 12-15), 611-614, Las Vegas Nevada, USA.
  • Bolan, C., (2009), A Spoofing Attack Against an EPC Class One RFID System. Proceedings of the 7th Australian Information Security Management Conference, 18-23, Perth, WA.
  • Bolan, C., Hannay, P., (2009), Freegate: A Defence against the Pending Censorship of Australia?. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA 2009), 133-140, United Kingdom.
  • Hannay, P., Bolan, C., (2009), An Assessment of Internationalised Domain Name Homograph Attack Mitigation Implementations. Proceedings of the 7th Australian Information Security Management Conference, 82-87, Perth, Western Australia.
  • Bolan, C., (2008), A Review of the Electronic Product Code Standards for RFID Technology. Proceedings of the Seventh International Network Conference, 171-180, Plymouth. UK.
  • Bolan, C., (2008), RFID Communications - Who is Listening?. Proceedings of the 6th Australian Information Security Management Conference, 19 - 28, Edith Cowan University, Perth Western Australia.
  • Smart, J., Tedeschi, K., Meakins, D., Hannay, P., Bolan, C., (2008), Subverting National Internet Censors: An Investigation into Existing Tools and Techniques. Proceedings of the 6th Australian Digital Forensics Conference, 158-164, Edith Cowan University WA.