1st Edition

Cyber Security, Forensics and National Security

Edited By Vinay Aseri, Sumit Kumar Choudhary, Adarsh Kumar Copyright 2026
468 Pages 89 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

468 Pages 89 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

The book serves two very important purposes. Firstly, the concept of vulnerabilities due to cyberattacks in all walks of lives are explained along with how to detect and reduce the risk through digital forensics. Secondly, the book describes how such threats at a larger scale can threaten national security. This book discusses for the first time various dimensions of national security, the risks... Read more

Editor Biographies

List of Contributors

 

Chapter 1 Intertwined Concept of Cyber Security, Digital Forensics & National Security

Vinay Aseri, Sumit Kumar Choudhary, Adarsh Kumar

 

Chapter 2 Cyber Security, Forensic Tools & Risk Mitigation Techniques

Morad Rawashdeh and Qasem Abu Al-Haija

 

Chapter 3 Securing Digital Documents: Advanced Cyber Security and Forensics Techniques for Data Protection

Akhil John Mampilly and Vijaya Kittu Manda

 

Chapter 4 Cyber Security and Forensic Facet of Border Security

Nitin Agarwala

 

Chapter 5 CYBERSECURITY AND FORENSICS IN BANKING SYSTEMS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Vinayak Gupta and Roopali Pahwa

 

Chapter 6: Cyber Security and Digital Forensics of Vital Installations and Critical Infrastructure

Qasem Abu Al-Haija and Shahad AL-Tamimi

 

Chapter 7 Cryptanalysis Techniques for National Security

Mazen AlWadi and Qasem Abu Al-Haija

 

Chapter 8 Drone Technology and Digital Forensics

Amal Saif and Qasem Abu Al-Haija

 

Chapter 9 Cyber Security and Forensics for Sustainable Energy Security

Mohammed. I. Alghamdi and Vinay Aseri

 

Chapter 10 Cyber Security & Forensics in Transportation Security

Pawan Whig, Tabrej Ahamad, Ali Mehndi, Anumaan Whig and Nikhitha Yathiraju

 

Chapter 11 CYBER SECURITY & FORENSICS FOR FREE & FAIR ELECTIONS

Neeraj M and Paul Joseph D

 

Chapter 12 Cyber Security & Forensics for Migration & Citizenship Issues

Gopichand Vemulapalli, Saydulu Kolasani, Anumaan Whig and Dr. Pawan Whig

 

Chapter 13 Cyber Security & Forensics for Multimedia Investigation

Surbhi Mathur and Anubhav Singh

 

Chapter 14 GLOBAL SECURITY AGENCIES AND CYBER WAR FORCES

Roopali Pahwa and Vinayak Gupta

 

Chapter 15 Security Testing: Cyber Incident and Vulnerability, Mitigations and Forensics

Khadija Slimani, Vinay Aseri, Aayush Gupta, Arnav Dua

 

Chapter-16 Major Global Digital Policy Frameworks

Abdul Salam Shah, Muhammad Adnan Kaim Khani,, Haidawati Nasir, Adidah Lajis Asadullah Shah and Asif Ali Laghari

 

Chapter-17 Enhancing Log File Analysis in Digital Forensics and Incident Response through Machine Learning

Arul Kumar Natarajan, Mohammad Gouse Galety, Nilamadhab Mishra, Prabu M, Manimaran A and Gobi Ramasamy

 

Chapter-18 Ethics and Professional Standards of Cyber Security, Digital Forensics & National Security

Shantanu Bindewari and Mansi Trivedi

 

CHAPTER-19 EVIDENCE PRESENTATION, REAL-WORLD CASE STUDIES, AND COURTROOM TESTIMONY IN CYBERSECURITY CASES

VIJAYA KITTU MANDA and RENUKA LENKA

 

Chapter-20 Efficient Data Visualization for Cyber Security using Multi-Objective Genetic Optimized Adaptive XGBOOST

Shashi Kant Gupta, V. Suresh Kumar, Mohammad Israr, Justyna Żywiołek and Amena Mahmoud

Biography

Vinay Aseri is working with Narnarayan Shastri Institute of Technology (NSIT), affiliated with the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. He was previously a Postgraduate Scholar with School of Forensics, Risk Management & National Security, Rashtriya Raksha University Ministry of Home Affairs (Govt. of. India), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. He has successfully completed 3 PG diploma degrees in Forensic Science and Information Technology and Security PG diploma, Internet Governance PG diploma and Diploma in Photography in Forensic Science and Techniques respectively 2019-2022 and 2023 after his Bachelor’s degree in Forensic Science. He is currently pursuing his Postgraduation in Forensic Science from Rashtriya Raksha University, the pioneering National Security & Police University of India. His area of interest is digital forensics for national security purposes. Mr. Vinay is a dedicated young researcher and has published 30+ papers in Scopus Indexed Journals and published 16+ Book chapters in various National and International publishers & several papers/chapters are in progress.   

He has participated & presented his researches in more than 20 National & International conferences & workshops. He has also been grated one German Patent of Banana peel Nano bio-char. He holds the Indian Copyright for Sugarcane Bagasse Nano Bio char application in Forensic Science. He has been awarded by InSig Fellowship 2022, Hyderabad Chapter. He is a member of ISOC Delhi and Mumbai Internet society chapter. He is a committee member of Survpriye Foundation, social society member. He has been awarded with Junior Researcher award 2023 by Legal desire in an International Forensic Science Conference held in Jaipur, India. He has working proficiency on Cybersecurity Tool and Bug detection tools. He has worked with Internet Society Consolidation and is a member of ACM and IEEE student chapter Gujarat. He is Managing Director at CiphersSecurity (A non-profit Education Organization), Library for cybersecurity researcher). He has completed Ministry of Home Affairs, (Govt. of India) sponsored CDFS project-2022. He is also a reviewer of MDPI, Springer, Elsevier, Intech Open, River ublisher, IJBPS etc. reputed journals.   

Sumit Kumar Choudhary is an established academician, researcher, author, editor, consultant and influential thought leader in Forensic Science discipline. He is a Gold Medalist in Forensic Science from National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi and holds a Ph.D. degree in Forensic & Behavioural Science and boasts of a highly decorated academic profile. His Professional experience of more than a decade involves his association with the first forensic science university in the world in capacity of a UGC Research Fellow which was followed by his appointment as the first faculty member in the first police university of India, Raksha Shakti University. He went on to become one of the youngest officiating Registrar of the university at the age of twenty-nine years and held the office for more than three years.   

Dr. Sumit also is the longest serving Dean/ HoD of School of Forensics, Risk Management & National Security. He has also served as the founder Dean of Executive Development Centre at RSU. He is actively involved in Teaching, Training, Research & Forensic case consultancy. He is a sought-after speaker and faculty on a range of forensic subjects. He has been delivering lectures to serving Police Officers, Judges, Private security officers and students of Indian and renowned foreign universities. He has trained Police Officers of more than 10 foreign countries under ITEC programmes of Ministry of External Affairs. He has Organized, attended, chaired, convened a number of conferences, seminars, workshops of National & International level and has presented a number of Research papers and addressed scientific and technical sessions in such conferences and Seminars. He is Managing Editor of ‘International Research Journal on Police Science’, Scilla Journal of Forensic Science, International Journal of Forensic Science & Legal Medicine and ‘Kavach’ Magazine. He is founder chair of FIRST Dialogue, a forensic ideation forum and Principal Investigator of more than 3 research projects at present. He is Life Member of The Indian Science Congress Association, of Forensic Science Development Society, The Indian Society of Criminology & Indian Criminology and Forensic Science Association. He has to his credit more than 30 high impact research publications, 4 invited Book Chapters and is currently guiding many research scholars for their Doctorate, M.Phil. and Master’s Degree. His area of research interest touches emerging forensic areas primarily encompassing but not limited to Crime Investigation & National Security. 

Adarsh Kumar is an Professor in the School of Computer Science with University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun, India. He received his Master degree (M. Tech) in Software Engineering from Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India and earned his PhD degree from Jaypee Institute of Information Technology University, Noida, India followed by Post-Doc from Software Research Institute, Athlone Institute of Technology, Ireland. From 2005 to 2016, he has been associated with the Department of Computer Science Engineering & Information Technology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, Uttar-Pardesh, India, where he worked as Assistant Professor. His main research interests are cybersecurity, cryptography, network security, and ad-hoc networks. He has many research papers in reputed journals, conferences and workshops. He participated in one European Union H2020 sponsored research project and he is currently executing two research projects sponsored from UPES SEED division and one sponsored from Lancaster University.