Biography

Dr. Abdallah Handoura is an Assistant Professor in Cybersecurity, currently teaching at Muscat University. He also serves as the coordinator of Cybersecurity Program at MU, With extensive teaching experience across undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Dr. Handoura, conducted his research within the research group on Computer science, at the Institut-Mines Telecom Atlantique in France. His research includes Network Security, Information security, Quantum Information and Quantum Cryptography, Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning, Web services and Next Generation Network. He served also as Scientific Committee member in several National and international conferences including IEEE SOSE 2007 to 2008, IEEE ICACT 2010 to now, CoMeSySo 2017 to 2022, COMS2 Springer, CSOC , IEEE ICDEc, IEEE SETIT 2016 to now, … and reviewers in several journals such as International Journal of Network Security, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (Springer) and Modern Physics Letters B.

Education

• 2009 PhD, Information technologies and Communications (Network and Information Security) , University of Southern Brittany- IMT- Bretagne- France.  
• 1999, Certificate of distinction , Tunisia. 
• 1997, Master, Automatic (Artificial Intelligence), College of science and technologies at Tunis, Tunis University- Tunisia. 
• 1994, Bachelor’s in electrical engineering, College of science and technologies at Tunis, Tunis University- Tunisia. 

Professional Experience

• Lecturer in Cybersecurity at Muscat University (2025 – until now) 
• Cybersecurity Program Coordinator at Muscat University (2025 – until now) 
• Assistant Prof in Cybersecurity at the Arabeast Colleges at Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2024-2025). 
• Assistant Prof in Cybersecurity at the College of Telecom and Information- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2013-2024). 
• Assistant prof in Telecommunication at the ISSAT-ENIG – Tunisia University (2010-2013). 
• Lecturer in Telecommunication at Engineering School of Gabes- Gabes University-Tunisia (2003-2010). 
• Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at Higer Institute of Technological Studies of Gabes- Tunisia (1999-2003). 
• Speaker: International Organization for Standardization; ISO/TC 307 : Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. (2019-until now).

Publications / Achievements 

1. Author – “Intelligent network security with SIP and web services”; International Journal of Network Security; May 2024.
2. Author – “Securing the SIP communications with XML security mechanisms in intelligent network applications”;  International Journal on Computer Science and Network, Volume 6, Issue 2, pages 185-188. April 2017.
3. Author – “Securing the SIP Communications with XML Security Mechanisms in VoIP Application Awareness”; International Journal of computer Science and Networks and Communications Security, Volume 5, Issue 2, page 80-86. April 2017.
4. Author – “Secure a Telecom Services Using Quantum Cryptography Mechanisms”;    Book : Applied Cryptography and Network Security- Chapter 11; ISBN : 978-953-51-0218-2. March 2012. 
5. Author – “ Securing the SIP Communications with XML Security Mechanisms in VoIP Application”; International Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology (E ISSN 0976-3945), IJAET/Volume III/ Issue I/January-March 2012.