Dr Sarfraz Brohi

Dr. Brohi is a distinguished researcher and senior educationist in Cybersecurity for Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Drones (IoD), Internet of Things (IoT) and Cloud.

Currently a Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security and Programme Leader of MSc IT at UWE, Bristol, he has over a decade of Computer Science and Cybersecurity teaching experience at top-ranked universities. Recently, he led MSc IT to achieve 100% overall satisfaction in PTES 2025, reflecting his commitment to academic excellence, inclusive pedagogy, state-of-the-art T&L and high-impact educational leadership. He also serves as an External Examiner for the University of Gloucestershire and the University of Technology, Bahrain. During his previous roles, he held significant responsibilities such as Coordinator of T&L, staff recruitment, and overseeing university programme validations.

He is recognised for his research on addressing adversarial risks in AI. His work quantifies and mitigates vulnerabilities such as data poisoning, adversarial perturbations and evasion attacks to enhance the robustness and trustworthiness of AI models. Additionally, his IoD research focuses on designing lightweight algorithms to secure drone-to-drone communications. A testament to his research excellence, he has secured grants totalling £200,315 from prestigious organisations, including the British Council and the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia.

He has received multiple accolades: Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Technology Innovation and Data Science (2019), Outstanding Student Award for his MSc in Software Engineering at Staffordshire University (2010), and International Doctoral Fellowship for his PhD research on Cloud Security from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (2011/12).

He has supervised and examined PhD research on container security, IoT defences, UAV protocols, digital twins, blockchain variants, and software fuzzing using cryptography. His supervision of over 50 Master's projects further underscores his dedication to mentoring the next generation of researchers.

He reviews for IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Elsevier Journal of Information Security and Applications, Computers in Biology and Medicine, and Computers & Security. His participation in outreach activities complements his commitment to advancing technology and education. Supported by collaborations with industry and academia, his work addresses critical challenges in IoT, AI, Cloud, and IoD security, contributing to the development of secure and resilient solutions.