Ali Kashif Bashir

Dr. Ali Kashif Bashir

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
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Academic Career Length

21Years (2006-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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15 June 2020 in IEEE Internet of Things Journal
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Muhammad ShafiqMuhammad Shafiq
Muhammad Shafiq
Zhihong TianZhihong Tian
Zhihong Tian
Ali Kashif BashirAli Kashif Bashir
Ali Kashif Bashir
Xiaojiang DuXiaojiang Du
Xiaojiang Du
Mohsen GuizaniMohsen Guizani
Mohsen Guizani
Identification of anomaly and malicious traffic in the Internet of things (IoT) network is essential for the IoT security to keep eyes and block unwanted traffic flows in the IoT network. For this purpose, numerous machine learning (ML) technique models are presented by many researchers to block malicious traffic flows in the IoT network. However, due to the inappropriate feature selection, several ML models prone misclassify mostly malicious traffic flows. Nevertheless, the significant problem still needs to be studied more in-depth that is how to select effective features for accurate malicious traffic detection in IoT network. To address the problem, a new framework model is proposed. Firstly, a novel feature selection metric approach named CorrAUC proposed, and then based on CorrAUC, a new feature selection algorithm name Corrauc is develop and design, which is based on wrapper technique to filter the features accurately and select effective features for the selected ML algorithm by using AUC metric. Then, we applied integrated TOPSIS and Shannon Entropy based on a bijective soft set to validate selected features for malicious traffic identification in the IoT network. We evaluate our proposed approach by using the Bot-IoT dataset and four different ML algorithms. Experimental results analysis showed that our proposed method is efficient and can achieve >96% results on average.

1 February 2020 in Computers & Education
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HRHamaad Rafique
Hamaad Rafique
AAAlaa Omran Almagrabi
Alaa Omran Almagrabi
ASAzra Shamim
Azra Shamim
FAFozia Anwar
Fozia Anwar
Ali Kashif BashirAli Kashif Bashir
Ali Kashif Bashir

19 April 2023 in Sensors
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Usman TariqUsman Tariq
Usman Tariq
IAIrfan Ahmed
Irfan Ahmed
Ali Kashif BashirAli Kashif Bashir
Ali Kashif Bashir
Kamran ShaukatKamran Shaukat
Kamran Shaukat
The emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology has brought about tremendous possibilities, but at the same time, it has opened up new vulnerabilities and attack vectors that could compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of connected systems. Developing a secure IoT ecosystem is a daunting challenge that requires a systematic and holistic approach to identify and mitigate potential security threats. Cybersecurity research considerations play a critical role in this regard, as they provide the foundation for designing and implementing security measures that can address emerging risks. To achieve a secure IoT ecosystem, scientists and engineers must first define rigorous security specifications that serve as the foundation for developing secure devices, chipsets, and networks. Developing such specifications requires an interdisciplinary approach that involves multiple stakeholders, including cybersecurity experts, network architects, system designers, and domain experts. The primary challenge in IoT security is ensuring the system can defend against both known and unknown attacks. To date, the IoT research community has identified several key security concerns related to the architecture of IoT systems. These concerns include issues related to connectivity, communication, and management protocols. This research paper provides an all-inclusive and lucid review of the current state of anomalies and security concepts related to the IoT. We classify and analyze prevalent security distresses regarding IoT’s layered architecture, including connectivity, communication, and management protocols. We establish the foundation of IoT security by examining the current attacks, threats, and cutting-edge solutions. Furthermore, we set security goals that will serve as the benchmark for assessing whether a solution satisfies the specific IoT use cases.

2 June 2020 in IEEE Access
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EAEman M. Abou-Nassar
Eman M. Abou-Nassar
Abdullah Iliyasu (aka Abdul M. Elias)Abdullah Iliyasu (aka Abdul M. Elias)
Abdullah Iliyasu (aka Abdul M. Elias)
PEPassent M. El-Kafrawy
Passent M. El-Kafrawy
Oh-young SongOh-young Song
Oh-young Song
Ali Kashif BashirAli Kashif Bashir
Ali Kashif Bashir
AEAhmed Abd El-Latif
Ahmed Abd El-Latif
Today, internet and device ubiquity are paramount in individual, formal and societal considerations. Next generation communication technologies, such as Blockchains (BC), Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, etc. offer limitless capabilities for different applications and scenarios including industries, cities, healthcare systems, etc. Sustainable integration of healthcare nodes (i.e. devices, users, providers, etc.) resulting in healthcare IoT (or simply IoHT) provides a platform for efficient service delivery for the benefit of care givers (doctors, nurses, etc.) and patients. Whereas confidentiality, accessibility and reliability of medical data are accorded high premium in IoHT, semantic gaps and lack of appropriate assets or properties remain impediments to reliable information exchange in federated trust management frameworks. Consequently, We propose a Blockchain Decentralised Interoperable Trust framework (DIT) for IoT zones where a smart contract guarantees authentication of budgets and Indirect Trust Inference System (ITIS) reduces semantic gaps and enhances trustworthy factor (TF) estimation via the network nodes and edges. Our DIT IoHT makes use of a private Blockchain ripple chain to establish trustworthy communication by validating nodes based on their inter-operable structure so that controlled communication required to solve fusion and integration issues are facilitated via different zones of the IoHT infrastructure. Further, C] implementation using Ethereum and ripple Blockchain are introduced as frameworks to associate and aggregate requests over trusted zones.

1 July 2020 in Computers & Security
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MSMuhammad Shafiq
Muhammad Shafiq
Zhihong TianZhihong Tian
Zhihong Tian
Ali Kashif BashirAli Kashif Bashir
Ali Kashif Bashir
XDXiaojiang Du
Xiaojiang Du
MGMohsen Guizani
Mohsen Guizani

31 December 2019 in IEEE Internet of Things Journal
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HLHaijun Liao
Haijun Liao
Zhenyu ZhouZhenyu Zhou
Zhenyu Zhou
Xiongwen ZhaoXiongwen Zhao
Xiongwen Zhao
LZLei Zhang
Lei Zhang
Shahid MumtazShahid Mumtaz
Shahid Mumtaz
Ali Kashif BashirAli Kashif Bashir
Ali Kashif Bashir
Edge computing provides a promising paradigm to support the implementation of industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) by offloading computational-intensive tasks from resource-limited machine-type devices (MTDs) to powerful edge servers. However, the performance gain of edge computing may be severely compromised due to limited spectrum resources, capacity-constrained batteries, and context unawareness. In this paper, we consider the optimization of channel selection which is critical for efficient and reliable task delivery. We aim at maximizing the long-term throughput subject to long-term constraints of energy budget and service reliability. We propose a learning-based channel selection framework with service reliability awareness, energy awareness, backlog awareness, and conflict awareness, by leveraging the combined power of machine learning, Lyapunov optimization, and matching theory. We provide rigorous theoretical analysis, and prove that the proposed framework can achieve guaranteed performance with a bounded deviation from the optimal performance with global state information (GSI) based on only local and causal information. Finally, simulations are conducted under both single-MTD and multi-MTD scenarios to verify the effectiveness and reliability of the proposed framework.