Dr. Shadab Alam is an Associate Professor at Jazan University, KSA, specializing in information security, blockchain, IoT, and smart healthcare. He earned his PhD, master’s, and bachelor’s degrees in Computer Science from Aligarh Muslim University, India. His diverse academic background includes roles as a Research Fellow in Malaysia and a Project Scientist in India. Dr. Alam has significantly contributed to the field with over 90 research papers in high-impact journals and major international conference proceedings. His innovative work has led to 05 international patents (US and Australia) and 03 national patents. He is a senior member of IEEE (SMIEEE) and holds memberships in CSI, CRSI, ACM, IAENG, CSTA, IACSIT, and ICSE, reflecting his active professional engagement. Dr. Alam is also an accomplished Academic Editor for PLOS ONE, Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, Computational and Mathematical Methods, Security and Communication Networks, and the Journal of Computational and Cognitive Engineering. These roles were facilitated through collaborations with Hindawi, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and BON VIEW PUBLISHING PTE. LTD, Singapore, which underscores his expertise and leadership in computer science.