Sajal Bhatia, Ph.D.
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Dr. Sajal Bhatia is Director of Cybersecurity within the School of Computer Science & Engineering at Sacred Heart University. His primary research interest revolves around Network Security, in particular areas such as Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks, synthetic traffic generation, critical infrastructure security, and intrusion detection. More recently he has been interested in exploring industrial control system security, cyber-physical system security, and cybersecurity education. Dr. Bhatia’s teaching interests includes network security, intrusion detection, capstone and senior projects, network penetration testing, and computer networks.
Prior to joining Sacred Heart in 2017, Dr. Bhatia worked as Postdoctoral Faculty and Visiting Assistant Professor at Fordham University and as Postdoctoral Research Scholar at Vanderbilt University where he was exploring the area of secure and resilient cyber-physical systems.
Degrees & Certifications
- Ph.D., Queensland University of Technology, Australia, 2013
- BTech, LNM Institute of Information Technology, India, 2008
Teaching Responsibilities
- Network Security
- Cybersecurity Explorations
- Computer Networks
- Research Project Seminar
Research Interests
- Denial-of-Service (DoS) Attacks
- Critical Infrastructure Security
- Cyber-physical System Security
- Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems
- Cybersecurity Education
Research Grants
- CyberTraining: Implementation: Small: Using Problem-Based Learning for Vocational Training in Cyberinfrastructure Security at Community Colleges, National Science Foundation (NSF) - Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (CyberTraining), Role: PI (PI: Irfan Ahmed from Virginia Commonwealth University), Funding: $499,661, Project Duration: 3 years (2020 - 2023)
- Identifying Best DDoS Protection Practices for Power Utility Practitioners, Protect Our Power, Role: PI, Funding: $25,000, Project Duration: 0.5 year (2020 - 2021)
- Instructional Material for SCADA Security Course, National Security Agency (NSA), Role: Co-PI (PI: Irfan Ahmed and Co-PI: Vassil Roussev from University of New Orleans), Funding: $187,964, Project Duration: 1 year (2017 - 2018)