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Saadat Malik

Senior Manager, Software Development

Saadat Malik

Background and Biography:

Saadat Malik is the senior manager of software development in the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Group (CIAG) at Cisco Systems. He leads a group of researchers working to improve the security of critical infrastructures in the United States and worldwide. His group is also actively involved in sponsoring research related to critical infrastructure security in academia. Before his assignment in CIAG, Saadat led the support operations for Security and VPN groups at Cisco.

Saadat is author of the book, Network Security Principles and Practices, published by Pearson Education in 2002. He spearheaded the development of the CCIE Security exam, which has become one of the premier certifications for security expertise in the industry today. Saadat has taught computer networking at the graduate level at San Jose State University, and he is a regular speaker on various network security topics at industry events and conferences. Saadat has a master's degree in electrical engineering (MSEE) from Purdue University at West Lafayette.

Research Interests:

Encryption Algorithms and Protocols, General Networking Security

CIAG Research Projects:

VOIP Threat Identification

Speaking Engagements

Saadat Malik, "Troubleshooting IPSec Design and Implementation Scenarios," Networkers Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, June 2000.

Saadat Malik, "Troubleshooting Intrusion Detection Systems," Networkers Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, June 2000.

Saadat Malik, "Troubleshooting IPSec Design and Implementation Scenarios," Networkers Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, July 2000.

Saadat Malik, "Troubleshooting Intrusion Detection Systems," Networkers Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, July 2000.

Saadat Malik and Qiang Huang, "Troubleshooting IPSec Design and Implementation Scenarios," Networkers Conference, Los Angeles, California, USA, June 2001.

Saadat Malik and Qiang Huang, "Troubleshooting IPSec Design and Implementation Scenarios," Networkers Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA, July 2001.

Saadat Malik, "Advanced IPSec Concepts", Internal Networkers Conference, Cisco Systems: World Wide, May 2002.

Saadat Malik, "Advanced IPSec Concepts", Networkers Conference, San Diego, California, USA, June 2002.

Saadat Malik, "Advanced IPSec Concepts", Networkers Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, July 2002.

Saadat Malik, "Advanced IPSec Concepts", Networkers Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, September, 2002.

Saadat Malik, "IPSec protocol, features and futures", IBM Networking Solutions Technical Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, September 2002.

Saadat Malik, "Advanced IPSec Concepts", Networkers Conference, Seoul, South Korea, October, 2002.

Saadat Malik, "Layer 2 attacks and their mitigation", Networkers Conference, Seoul, South Korea, October, 2002.

Saadat Malik, "Advanced IPSec Algorithms and Protocols", Networkers Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, June 2003.

Saadat Malik, "Advanced IPSec Algorithms and Protocols", Networkers Conference, Los Angeles, California, USA, July 2003.

Saadat Malik, "Advanced IPSec Topics", IBM NSTC and SecureWorld Conference, Miami, Florida, USA, August 2003.

Saadat Malik, "Advanced IPSec Algorithms and Protocols", Networkers Conference, Tokyo, Japan, October 2003.

Saadat Malik, "Advanced IPSec Algorithms and Protocols", Networkers Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, July 2004.

Saadat Malik, "Advanced IPSec Algorithms and Protocols", Networkers Conference, Tokyo, Japan, December 2004.

Saadat Malik, "Advanced Topics in Encryption Standards and Protocols", Networkers Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, June 2005.

List of Publications:

  • Book: 'Network Security Principles and Practices', Published by Pearson Press, November 2002.
  • Saadat Malik, "IPSec Deployment Tactics", Packet Magazine, Cisco Systems, Q1 2001.
  • Cao, F. and Malik, S, "Security Analysis and Solutions for Deploying IP Telephony in the Critical Infrastructure" in IEEE SecQOS. Athens, Greece, 2005.

Contact: malik@cisco.com