About

Tharmini has over five years of experience and a comprehensive background in Cybersecurity. Tharmini's expertise spans Information, Technology, and Privacy Risk Management, with a notable focus on the Financial Industry. With a deep passion for the field, she brings invaluable industry knowledge to her current role as a lecturer. Tharmini has a proven track record of successfully establishing local security and privacy guidelines and procedures, conducting risk assessments and security awareness training, and providing crucial advisory support to stakeholders on major projects and initiatives. She also has experience coordinating and providing updates in the Executive Risk Committee, Quarterly Data Governance Council Meetings, and leading tabletop cyber drill exercises. Tharmini has been instrumental in developing and implementing Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) policies for banks in Malaysia and conducting IT Regulatory Compliance Reviews.

Her passion for cybersecurity drives her academic research in digital forensics, where she has undertaken numerous research projects and published papers in peer-reviewed international conferences, journals, and book chapters. Tharmini is a member of the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec) and the British Computing Society (BCS) committee in South Yorkshire. As the Academic Lead for CyberWomen@SHU, Tharmini is dedicated to empowering and supporting women in cybersecurity and technology. She is also a strong advocate for the advancement of women in STEM, inspiring others through her academic and professional endeavours.

Teaching

School of Computing and Digital Technologies

College of Business, Technology and Engineering

School of Computing and Digital Technologies, Cyber Security and Computer Networks Subject Group

Courses taught:

BSc (Hons) Cyber Security
BSc (Hons) Cyber Security with Forensics
MSc in Cybersecurity 

Modules taught:

Information Security Management (L7)
Standard Based Security Audit and Assessment (L7)
Computer Forensics, Investigation and Response (L7)
Advanced Cyber Forensics (L6)
Digital Forensics Incident Response (L5)
Information Security Management (L6)

Research

• Industry and Innovation Research Institute

Digital Forensics
Mobile Forensics
Information Security Management
Privacy and policies in cyber security
Cloud Forensics
Privacy in the Cloud
Memory Forensics
Data Mining; Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery
Network Security; Anomaly detection
OSINT
Metaverse Forensics
The use of VR in cyber security and digital forensics training

Publications

Other activities

•  Steering Committee Member of Yorkshire Cybersecurity Cluster
• Committee Member of BCS South Yorkshire Branch
• CyberFirst Ambassador