An academic leader, cybersecurity researcher, and digital-transformation specialist, Naveed Ahmad holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science with a specialization in cybersecurity from the University of Surrey, United Kingdom. His research and professional interests include cybersecurity, artificial intelligence for cybersecurity, open-source intelligence, digital forensics, blockchain, privacy and security architectures, intelligent transportation systems, digital government, management information systems, and ICT for sustainable development. <\/p>\n
Previously, he served as Associate Professor at the Pak-Austria Fachhochschule Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Assistant Professor at the University of Peshawar, and Research Assistant at the University of Surrey. He has also undertaken consultancy and solution-architecture assignments for the United Nations, UNDP, UNODC, USAID, the World Bank, GIZ\/GTZ, law-enforcement agencies, government departments, and technology organizations, contributing to cybersecurity capacity building, digital investigations, e-governance, enterprise systems, and public-sector digital transformation. <\/p>\n
He has led multidisciplinary teams, research laboratories, funded projects, and large-scale software-development initiatives and has delivered professional training to government officials, police personnel, civil servants, researchers, and technology professionals. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7189,"parent":0,"template":"","tags":[],"person-role":[5],"class_list":["post-7171","person","type-person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icegov.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person\/7171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icegov.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icegov.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/person"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icegov.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icegov.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icegov.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7171"},{"taxonomy":"person-role","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icegov.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person-role?post=7171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}