Masood completed his PhD in Engineering from Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) focusing on browser-based geolocation attacks and how users’ systems, browsers and associated attributes contribute to their exposure to targeted attacks. His area of research is primarily intrusion detection and deception systems and, honeypots with several publications in the field. He has designed and developed two client honeypots (i.e. YALIH and miniC) and has contributed to many other open-source honeypot projects (e.g. Cowrie Honeypot) through supervision of students’ projects.

Masood has extensive experience in curriculum design, course coordination and teaching roles in both undergraduate and graduate-level courses for a wide range of topics including but not limited to cybersecurity (offensive and defensive) and digital forensics, risk management, data communication and networking, operating systems, databases, and programming languages.