Biju Issac is an Associate Professor in Computer and Information Sciences department at Northumbria University. He has programme leadership over ‘Computer Network, Cybersecurity and Digital Forensics’ programmes, having worked with Teesside University before.

He has done PhD in Networking and Mobile Communication, having finished Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Electronics and Communication Engineering and Master of Computer Applications (MCA). He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), Senior IEEE member, Fellow of HEA and EPSRC Associate Peer Review College member. He is the Editor in Chief (EiC) of International Journal of Information and Computer Security. He has won the ‘Innovator of the Year’ award in Dynamites 2020, organised by Dynamo North East and was shortlisted as a finalist in ‘Excellence in Cybersecurity’ for E&T Innovation Awards 2020, organised by IET, UK. His research interests are in cybersecurity, hate speech/cyberbullying detection, machine learning (text mining/image processing), networks etc., producing 100+ peer-reviewed publications.