Tariq Alwada’n has been a Senior Lecturer in Computer Networks/Cybersecurity at the School of Computing, Engineering and Digital Technologies at Teesside University, United Kingdom since July 2020. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from De Montfort University, UK, awarded in 2012. His master’s degree is in Computer and Information Networks from University of Essex, UK in 2007. His BS is in Computer Engineering from Al Balqa Applied University, Jordan in 2005. His main research interests are cloud computing, fog computing, grid computing, IoT, Big Data mobility in distributed systems, and security. He was certified and licensed as a CCNA instructor from Cisco Network Academy before joining Teesside University, He worked as a lecturer at the Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE between 2019 and 2020. He also worked as an Associate Professor of Computer Science at WISE University, Jordan between 2012 and 2019. He can be contacted at: t.alwadan@tees.ac.uk.