I have joined the Computer Science Department at Purdue University in January 2011. Before that, I attended the Information Security Masters program offered by ISG at Royal Holloway, University of London (RHUL) and graduated with a distinction. I have also earned my Bachelor in Computer Science from King Saud University (KSU) graduating with First Class Honor. I have worked in the consultancy business for around two years before joining Purdue. I have also worked as a full time TA at King Saud University and currently working as a TA at Purdue. You can get my resume from here.
Research Interests
My current research interest is in Information Security. More specifically, I am currently working in the area of Authentication and Covert Communication. My research also intersects with area of Privacy and Economics of Information Security. I am currently advised by Prof. Eugene Spafford (spaf) and Prof. Mikhail Atallah (Mike) .
Activities at Purdue
Secured the 3rd position in the CERIAS Security Symposuim poseters competition.
RA working under the supervision of Prof. Mikahil Atallah.
TA for the Data Structures and Algorithms Course (CS251) - Fall 2012.
TA for the Information Security Course (CS536) - Spring 2012.
Affiliated with CERIAS and the Science and Engineering Business Club.
Publications
M. Almeshekah, M. Atallah and E. Spafford 'Covert Channels Can Be Useful! - Layering Authentication Channels to Provide Covert Communication', 21st International Security Protocols Workshp, Cambridge, UK, March 2013. [pdf]
M. Almeshekah'Economics of Identity Management Systems - Towards and Economically Incentivesed User-Centric IdMS', Masters Thesis, Sep. 2010. [pdf]
M. Almeshekah and W. Alrodhan, ‘Why did Microsoft Passport fail, and how good is the CardSpace solution?’, in: Proceedings of the 4th Saudi International Conference (SIC’10), Manchester, UK, 2010. [pdf]