Publications

Publications:

• K. Abdullah, G. Conti and R. Beyah “A Visualization Framework for Self-monitoring of Web-based Information Disclosure ;” IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), May 2008.

• K. Abdullah, G. Conti and E. Sobiesk. “Self-monitoring of Web-based Information Disclosure ;”
  Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society (WPES); October 2007.

• Cited in: G. Conti; Googling Security, Addison Wesley; November 2008.
• K. Abdullah, J. A. Copeland;”High alarm count issues in IDS RainStorm ;” VizSec; ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security’s Workshop on Visualization and Data Mining for Computer Security (VizSEC); , November 2006.

• K. Abdullah, C. Lee, G. Conti and J. Copeland. “Processing Data to Construct Practical Visualizations for Network Security,” Information Assurance Newsletter, Information Assurance Technology Analysis Center, United States Department of Defense, Summer 2006.

• G. Conti, K. Abdullah, J. Grizzard, J. Stasko, J. Copeland, M. Ahamad, H. Owen and C. Lee;”Countering Security Analyst and Network Administrator Overload Through Alert and Packet Visualization;” IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (CG&A), March 2006. [8.6MB]

• K. Abdullah, C. Lee, G. Conti, J. Copeland and J. Stasko; “IDS RainStorm: Visualizing IDS Alarms;” IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization’s Workshop on Visualization for Computer Security (VizSEC); October 2005. Presentation Slides [PDF] (1.8 M)
• Cited in: G. Conti; Security Data Visualization , No Starch Press; September 2007

• K. Abdullah, C. Lee, G. Conti and J. Copeland; “Visualizing Network Data for Intrusion Detection” IEEE Information Assurance Workshop (IAW); June 2005. Presentation Slides [PDF] (0.7M)

• G. Conti and K. Abdullah,“Passive Visual Fingerprinting of Network Attack Tools”, ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security’s Workshop on Visualization and Data Mining for Computer Security (VizSEC); October 2004. Presentation Slides [PPT] (1.8M)

Proposal:

Kulsoom Abdullah, “Scaling and Visualizing Network Data for Intrusion Detection,” Thesis Proposal, Georgia Institute of Technology, October 2004. [PDF] Presentation [PDF].

Thesis:

K. Abdullah, “Scaling and Visualizing Network Data to Facilitate in Intrusion Detection Tasks ,” Dissertation, Georgia Institute of Technology, April 2006.

Summary: Current practices of textual and textual image representation of intrusion detection data are not efficient in identifying potential attacks on the network. This problem worsens as networks grow larger, IDS data increase follows. Using graphical and visualization techniques, this data can be processed and analyzed much more efficiently by the user.

Technical Reports

• Kulsoom Abdullah, Raheem Beyah, and John Copeland. “UDP Traffic Simulation and Results.” May 2002. Scientific Atlanta. PROPRIETARY
• Kulsoom Abdullah, Cherita Corbett, and John Copeland. “Lucent WaveLAN Throughput Testing.” March 2002. [PDF]

About Me

I recieved my PhD at the Georgia Institute of Technology (go Jackets), in the department of Electrical Engineering. My research area was in networking, specifically visualization for network security. My adviser was Dr. John A. Copeland in the Communications Systems Center group. I did my undergraduate degree at the University of Central Florida in Computer Engineering.Please check out the other links on my page for more information.
email:Removed for now you can contact me via my other website: http://www.liftingcovered.com/Currently, I am working as a visiting scholar in the Communications Assurance & Performance Group (CAP) & School of Interactive Computing

Interest Areas: Applied Humanitarian Research, Human Computer Interaction, Information Networks, Security, & Visualization

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Do not be fooled by my name. I was born in Kansas.  I am an engineer but I am not a male.  Just wanted to clarify some common generalizations

Resume

My resume in pdf format (to be updated)

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