Dr. Modhuparna Manna

Assistant Professor (Cyber Security)
Ph.D., B.Tech.

Phone :- 079-68126825, Ext: 703

Email – ap8.sissp@rru.ac.in

About Dr. Modhuparna Manna

Dr Modhuparna Manna is an Assistant Professor at the Rashtriya Raksha University (Indian Central University and an Institute of National Importance), India since June 2024. She is a part of the School of Internal Security and Smart Policing (SISSP) in the Lavad (Gujarat) campus of RRU. Her teaching responsibilities and research interests primarily focuses on cybersecurity and its related areas. Her work is motivated by the fact that there is a huge growth in cyber-crime today and cyber-attacks have become very sophisticated. As a result, there is an urgent need for high-quality research to improve defensive tactics.

Dr Manna earned her Ph.D. in Computer Science (with a focus in cybersecurity) from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (USA). During the course of her dissertation research, she has developed novel memory forensics techniques to examine programming language runtimes, in an effort to detect sophisticated malware. Her research work was presented at prominent conferences like AAFS, WiCyS, and DFRWS and in journals like Digital Investigation.

Before joining RRU, Dr Manna has served as Assistant Professor at two prominent Universities in the US: the University of New Haven and the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Dr Manna has also contributed to K-12 education for high schools in Louisiana by helping to develop a high school cybersecurity curriculum, including detailed slides, handouts, and labs, and training high school teachers to use this curriculum in their own classes.

Education Qualification:
Qualifications Board/University Year of passing
Ph.D. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA 2022
B.Tech Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India 2014
Work Experience:
  • Currently employed as an Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor in Cyber Security at the School of Internal Security and SMART Policing (SISSP), RRU since June 2024.
  • Assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science in the University of Alabama in Huntsville (Jan 2023 – Jan 2024)
  • Assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science at the University of New Haven (Aug 2021 – Dec 2022)
  • Graduate Assistant at Louisiana State University and Instructor at BRBytes (Aug 2020 – Jul 2021)
  • Graduate Research Assistant at Center of Computation in Louisiana State University (Aug 2018 – Jul 2020)
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Computer Science Engineering at Louisiana State University (Jan 2017 – Jul 2018)
  • Software Engineer at Capgemini, Kolkata (Jul 2014 – Apr 2016)
HONOUR/ AWARD/ ACHIEVEMENTS:
  • GCFA/GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst
  • Awarded DFRWS USA Best Paper Award, 2022.
  • Awarded Women in Cybersecurity scholarship, 2022.
  • Awarded Black Hat EWF scholarship, 2021.
  • Awarded Women in Cybersecurity student scholarship, 2021.
  • Awarded Women in Cybersecurity travel stipend, 2021.
PUBLICATIONS:
Book Chapters
  • G. G. Richard III, A. Case, M. Manna, E. Hahne, A. Ali-Gombe, Digital Investigation and the Trojan Defense, Revisited. In: Ijeh AC, Curran K, editors. Crime Science and Digital Forensics: A Holistic View, Science Publishers, an imprint of CRC press (Taylor and Francis Group), Boca Raton, FL, USA. 2021.
Refereed Publications
  • M. Manna, A. Case, A. Ali-Gombe, G. G. Richard III, ” Memory Analysis of .NET and .Net Core Applications,” Proceedings of the 2022 Digital Forensics Research Conference (DFRWS), July 2022. (Best Paper Award)
  • M. Manna, A. Case, A. Ali-Gombe, G. G. Richard III,” Modern macOS Userland Runtime Analysis”, Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation (38)C, 301221
  • M. Manna, A. Case, G. G. Richard III, “Performing Mac Memory Analysis Using Objective-C and Swift Data Structures,” Proceedings of the 73rd Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), February 2021, Virtual Meeting.
  • A. Case, R. Maggio, M. Manna, G. G. Richard III, “Memory Analysis of macOS Page Queues,” Proceedings of the 2020 Digital Forensics Research Conference (DFRWS), July 2020, Memphis, TN.
Lightning Talk
  • M. Manna, “The Malware Did It,” 9th Annual Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Conference, – March 2022, Cleveland, OH
Poster Presentations
  • M. Manna, “Memory Analysis of macOS Userland Runtime using Objective-C and Swift Data Structures,” 8th Annual Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS) Conference, – September 2021, Aurora, CO.