People

Dr Insaf Ullah

Research Fellow (IADS)
School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Dr Insaf Ullah

Research and professional activities

Research interests

Cryptography

Key words: Signature and Signcryption
Open to supervise

Teaching and supervision

Current teaching responsibilities

  • Team Project Challenge (CE101)

  • Computer Security (CE708)

Publications

Journal articles (25)

Ullah, I., Khan, MA., Abdullah, AM., Noor, F., Innab, N. and Chen, C-M., Enabling Secure Communication in Wireless Body Area Networks with Heterogeneous Authentication Scheme. Sensors. 23 (3), 1121-1121

Iqbal, A., Zubair, M., Khan, MA., Ullah, I., Ur-Rehman, G., Shvetsov, AV. and Noor, F., An Efficient and Secure Certificateless Aggregate Signature Scheme for Vehicular Ad hoc Networks. Future Internet. 15 (8), 266-266

Jamroz, Z., Ullah, I., Hassan, B., Amin, NU., Khan, MA., Lorenz, P. and Innab, N., An Optimal Authentication Scheme through Dual Signature for the Internet of Medical Things. Future Internet. 15 (8), 258-258

Khan, MA., Alhakami, H., Alhakami, W., Shvetsov, AV. and Ullah, I., A Smart Card-Based Two-Factor Mutual Authentication Scheme for Efficient Deployment of an IoT-Based Telecare Medical Information System. Sensors. 23 (12), 5419-5419

Mahwish, B., Umair, H., Jawaid, I., Hassan, M. and Ullah, I., Safe and Quickest Medical Image Encryption using Logistic Map-Derived S-Boxes and Galois Field. Computational and Mathematical Methods

Junaid, Hassan, M., Fahad, A. and Ullah, I., Post-Quantum Protected Federated Learning with Explainable and Adaptive Intelligence for Smart City Transportation. Internet of Things

Ullah, I., Shah, ST., Khan, WU., A. Shawky, M., Almogren, A. and Mouratidis, H., An Improved Aggregation-Based Signcryption for Secure Drone to Ground Station Communication System. Internet of Things

Armayau, HH., Wu, J., Akbar, W., Li, S., Hussain, A., Ullah, I., Hussain, T., Alam, M. and Jiang, W., (2026). Dynamic Vehicle Routing Optimization for Urban Distribution Under Real-Time Demand Fluctuations. IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems. 7, 313-336

Ullah, I., (2026). Robust Motion Detection and Classification in Real-Life Scenarios Using Motion Vectors. PLoS ONE. 21 (1), e0333191-e0333191

Ullah, I., Alam, A., Umer, A. and Alsayat, A., (2026). AI-Enabled Cybersecurity Framework for Future 5G Wireless Infrastructures. Scientific Reports

Habib, U., Bano, M., Iqbal, J., Hajjej, F. and Ullah, I., (2026). Integrating blockchain with lattice-based cryptography for privacy-preserving and quantum-secure smart grid communications. Frontiers in Physics. 13

Khan, MA., Ullah, I., Kumar, N., Akhunzada, A., Anisi, MH., Alqhatani, A., Afghah, F., Barb, G. and Waqas, A., (2025). An Improvised Certificate-Based Proxy Signature Using Hyperelliptic Curve Cryptography for Secure UAV Communications. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 26 (4), 5264-5275

Khan, MA., Kumar, N., Alsamhi, SH., Barb, G., Zywiołek, J., Ullah, I., Noor, F., Shah, JA. and Almuhaideb, AM., (2025). Security and Privacy Issues and Solutions for UAVs in B5G Networks: A Review. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. 22 (1), 892-912

Sakraoui, S., Derdour, M., Ahmim, A., Almukhlifi, R., Ahmim, M. and Ullah, I., (2025). TL2AB : Trusted lightweight authentication using AI and blockchain for 6G networks. Internet of Things. 33, 101661-101661

Ullah, R., Mehmood, A., Khan, MA. and Ullah, I., (2025). Provably secure multilayers certificateless proxy signature for industrial internet of things. Cluster Computing. 28 (5), 312-

Ullah, I., (2025). A hyperelliptic curve-based authenticated key agreement scheme for unmanned aerial vehicles in cross-domain environments. Chinese Journal of Aeronautics. 38 (10), 103495-103495

Dahou, A., Shah, ST., Ullah, I., Mahboob, T., Abdellatif, AG., Elaziz, MA., Almogren, A. and Shawky, MA., (2025). Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Enhanced Localisation Advancing Performance with KAN-Based Deep Learning Models. Internet of Things. 34, 101813-101813

Abid, T., Ahmim, A., Maazouzi, F., Chefrour, D., Ullah, I., Ahmim, M. and Almukhlifi, R., (2025). A novel IoT threat detection using GWO feature selection and CNN-enhanced LightGBM. Journal of Cloud Computing. 14 (1)

Ahmim, M., Ouafi, N., Ullah, I., Ahmim, A., Chefrour, D. and Almukhlifi, R., (2025). LSAP-IoHT: Lightweight Secure Authentication Protocol for the Internet of Healthcare Things. Computers, Materials & Continua. 85 (3), 5093-5116

Bari, N., Saleem, T., Shah, M., Algarni, A., Patel, A. and Ullah, I., (2025). A Filter-Based Feature Selection Framework to Detect Phishing URLs Using Stacking Ensemble Machine Learning. CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences. 145 (1), 1167-1187

Khan, MA., Javaid, S., Mohsan, SAH., Tanveer, M. and Ullah, I., (2024). Future-Proofing Security for UAVs With Post-Quantum Cryptography: A Review. IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society. 5, 6849-6871

Asghar Khan, M., Ullah, I., Kumar, N., Afghah, F., Barb, G., Noor, F. and Alqahtany, S., (2024). A Certificate-Based Ring Signcryption Scheme for Securing UAV-Enabled Private Edge Computing Systems. IEEE Access. 12, 83466-83479

Ullah, I., Khan, MA., Kumar, N., Abdullah, AM., AlSanad, AA. and Noor, F., (2023). A Conditional Privacy Preserving Heterogeneous Signcryption Scheme for Internet of Vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 72 (3), 3989-3998

Khan, MA., Kumar, N., Mohsan, SAH., Khan, WU., Nasralla, MM., Alsharif, MH., Żywiołek, J. and Ullah, I., (2023). Swarm of UAVs for Network Management in 6G: A Technical Review. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management. 20 (1), 741-761

Ali, U., Idris, MYIB., Frnda, J., Ayub, MNB., Khan, MA., Khan, N., Beegum T, R., Jasim, AA., Ullah, I. and Babar, M., (2023). Enhanced lightweight and secure certificateless authentication scheme (ELWSCAS) for Internet of Things environment. Internet of Things. 24, 100923-100923

Conferences (5)

Salama, AA., Shah, ST., Ullah, I., Gamal Abdellatif, A. and Shawky, MA., Compressed Sensing for High-Speed Maneuvering Radar Targets: A Fundamental Analysis

Khan, S., Luo, F., Khan, M., Ullah, I., Amin, F., Ullah, S. and Rahim, MA., (2025). Differential Privacy-based Avatar Update in Cooperative Intelligent Transportation System Metaverse

Hadi, HJ., Cao, Y., Hussain, FB., Ahamad, N., Alshara, MA., Ullah, I., Javed, Y., He, Y. and Jamil, AM., (2025). Reducing False Positives in Intrusion Detection System Alerts: A Novel Aggregation and Correlation Model

Shawky, MA., Shah, ST., Gamal, A., Khan, WU., Ullah, I., Sohaib, RM. and Aujla, GS., (2025). Revolutionising Vehicular Security: Lightweight Handover Authentication in RIS-Aided VANETs

Riaz, SW., Khan, F., Ullah, I., Alshawi, B., Alturki, R. and Wedyan, M., (2024). A Secured and Optimized Broadcast Authentication Scheme for the Internet of Medical Things

Grants and funding

2026

Cybersecurity Audit & Framework for SMD Sensors Ltd

University of Essex

2025

Cybersecurity Audit & Framework for East Harbour Group

Innovate UK (formerly Technology Strategy Board)

Cybersecurity Audit & Framework for Construction Training Services

Innovate UK (formerly Technology Strategy Board)

Sparc: Secure Platform for Authenticated and Reliable data exchange in Connected vehicles

Innovate UK (formerly Technology Strategy Board)

2024

Climbing Trees KTP

Innovate UK (formerly Technology Strategy Board)

Contact

insaf.ullah@essex.ac.uk

Location:

Colchester Campus