Sashank Narain is a postdoctoral researcher at Northeastern University working with Guevara Noubir. His research focuses on the security of smartphones, especially the effects of side channels on user’s privacy, and he is also interested in building secure systems for mobile operating systems as well as the implications of IoT consumer devices on user privacy. He earned his MS and PhD in Information Assurance from Northeastern, and a bachelor’s in Information Technology from the University of Mumbai in India.
I completed my PhD in Information Assurance at Northeastern University this May, 2018. My area of focus is mobile security.
I focus on the security of smartphones. I have a keen interest in studying the implications of side channels such as smartphone sensors (gyroscope, accelerometers, magnetometer and microphones) on user’s privacy. I am also interested in building secure systems for mobile operating systems. I have recently also developed an interest in studying the implications of IoT consumer devices on user privacy.
Mitigate loss of personal information through covert side channels for millions of smartphone users worldwide.
As part of my research, I work on designing and implementing novel attacks for smartphones, and I study their impact on users across the globe. I enjoy building these many applications for the Android platform for accessing the security of the OS.
My end goal is to develop systems to defend the attacks that I have explored during my research. Such systems should be both easy to install and use for the users, and also protect end-users on a wide range of devices.
Sashank Narain is a postdoctoral researcher at Northeastern University working with Guevara Noubir. His research focuses on the security of smartphones, especially the effects of side channels on user’s privacy, and he is also interested in building secure systems for mobile operating systems as well as the implications of IoT consumer devices on user privacy. He earned his MS and PhD in Information Assurance from Northeastern, and a bachelor’s in Information Technology from the University of Mumbai in India.
I completed my PhD in Information Assurance at Northeastern University this May, 2018. My area of focus is mobile security.
I focus on the security of smartphones. I have a keen interest in studying the implications of side channels such as smartphone sensors (gyroscope, accelerometers, magnetometer and microphones) on user’s privacy. I am also interested in building secure systems for mobile operating systems. I have recently also developed an interest in studying the implications of IoT consumer devices on user privacy.
Mitigate loss of personal information through covert side channels for millions of smartphone users worldwide.
As part of my research, I work on designing and implementing novel attacks for smartphones, and I study their impact on users across the globe. I enjoy building these many applications for the Android platform for accessing the security of the OS.
My end goal is to develop systems to defend the attacks that I have explored during my research. Such systems should be both easy to install and use for the users, and also protect end-users on a wide range of devices.
