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Faculty Dr Susmi Jacob

Dr Susmi Jacob

Assistant Professor

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Contact Details

susmi.j@srmap.edu.in

Office Location

Homi J Bhabha Block, Level 4 , Cubicle No: 15

Education

2024
Kerala Technological University, Thiruvananthapuram
India
2013
MTech(Digital Image Computing)
Kerala University
India
2006
BTech
Mahatma Gandhi University
India

Experience

  • Aug 2007 to Aug 2024- Assistant Professor at SCMS School of Engineering and Technology, Ernakulam, Kerala
  • Jan 2007 to Aug 2007- Lecturer at Govt. Engineering College, Kerala

Research Interest

No data available

Awards

  • 2022 - Project funding (Principal investigator) - Centre for Engineering and Research Development (CERD), Kerala Technological University
  • 2021 - Anweshan Setu Fellowship by ACM India Council (Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar)
  • 2021 - Research Seed Money funding (Principal investigator) - Centre for Engineering and Research Development (CERD), Kerala Technological University
  • 2011 - Qualified GATE in Computer Science and Engineering, GATE fellowship for M.Tech studies, Ministry of Human Resource Development, India.

Memberships

No data available

Publications

  • CAPP: Context-Aware Privacy-Preserving Continuous Authentication in Smartphones

    Dr Susmi Jacob, P Vinod., Varun G Menon

    Source Title: Security and Privacy, DOI Link

    View abstract ⏷

    The pervasive use of smart devices in everyday life has increased the risk of theft and cyberattacks, necessitating robust and continuous behavioral authentication techniques during every interactive session. Traditional authentication methods are insufficient to address these evolving threats, as they often fail to maintain security throughout the session. To address this challenge, we propose a continuous authentication scheme that leverages touch and motion sensors, incorporating user context to enhance security. However, building an effective authentication model requires creating a behavioral template by aggregating data from multiple users. Moreover, outsourcing sensitive sensor data to third?party servers for processing introduces the risk of privacy breaches, such as behavioral profiling or the theft of personal information. To mitigate these risks, we designed CAPP—a context?aware privacy?preserving data outsourcing scheme for continuous authentication during live sessions. CAPP employs Format Preserving Encryption (FPE) to encrypt the sensor data, ensuring that the data's format remains intact, which allows the machine learning model to function with minimal loss of accuracy. Our solution enables secure and efficient authentication by creating a model on the server side using data from motion sensors like the accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer. Our experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme, achieving an accuracy of 87.57% and an Equal Error Rate (EER) of 12.15%, while requiring only 1.69ms to authenticate a user. These results show that CAPP preserves user privacy and provides a rapid and reliable authentication process, outperforming existing state?of?the?art methods.

Patents

Projects

Scholars

Interests

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Biometric Authentication
  • Cyber Security
  • Data Science
  • Image Processing
  • LOT
  • Machine Learning
  • Natural Language Processing

Thought Leaderships

There are no Thought Leaderships associated with this faculty.

Top Achievements

Education
2006
BTech
Mahatma Gandhi University
India
2013
MTech(Digital Image Computing)
Kerala University
India
2024
Kerala Technological University, Thiruvananthapuram
India
Experience
  • Aug 2007 to Aug 2024- Assistant Professor at SCMS School of Engineering and Technology, Ernakulam, Kerala
  • Jan 2007 to Aug 2007- Lecturer at Govt. Engineering College, Kerala
Research Interests
No data available
Awards & Fellowships
  • 2022 - Project funding (Principal investigator) - Centre for Engineering and Research Development (CERD), Kerala Technological University
  • 2021 - Anweshan Setu Fellowship by ACM India Council (Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar)
  • 2021 - Research Seed Money funding (Principal investigator) - Centre for Engineering and Research Development (CERD), Kerala Technological University
  • 2011 - Qualified GATE in Computer Science and Engineering, GATE fellowship for M.Tech studies, Ministry of Human Resource Development, India.
Memberships
No data available
Publications
  • CAPP: Context-Aware Privacy-Preserving Continuous Authentication in Smartphones

    Dr Susmi Jacob, P Vinod., Varun G Menon

    Source Title: Security and Privacy, DOI Link

    View abstract ⏷

    The pervasive use of smart devices in everyday life has increased the risk of theft and cyberattacks, necessitating robust and continuous behavioral authentication techniques during every interactive session. Traditional authentication methods are insufficient to address these evolving threats, as they often fail to maintain security throughout the session. To address this challenge, we propose a continuous authentication scheme that leverages touch and motion sensors, incorporating user context to enhance security. However, building an effective authentication model requires creating a behavioral template by aggregating data from multiple users. Moreover, outsourcing sensitive sensor data to third?party servers for processing introduces the risk of privacy breaches, such as behavioral profiling or the theft of personal information. To mitigate these risks, we designed CAPP—a context?aware privacy?preserving data outsourcing scheme for continuous authentication during live sessions. CAPP employs Format Preserving Encryption (FPE) to encrypt the sensor data, ensuring that the data's format remains intact, which allows the machine learning model to function with minimal loss of accuracy. Our solution enables secure and efficient authentication by creating a model on the server side using data from motion sensors like the accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer. Our experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme, achieving an accuracy of 87.57% and an Equal Error Rate (EER) of 12.15%, while requiring only 1.69ms to authenticate a user. These results show that CAPP preserves user privacy and provides a rapid and reliable authentication process, outperforming existing state?of?the?art methods.
Contact Details

susmi.j@srmap.edu.in

Scholars
Interests

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Biometric Authentication
  • Cyber Security
  • Data Science
  • Image Processing
  • LOT
  • Machine Learning
  • Natural Language Processing

Education
2006
BTech
Mahatma Gandhi University
India
2013
MTech(Digital Image Computing)
Kerala University
India
2024
Kerala Technological University, Thiruvananthapuram
India
Experience
  • Aug 2007 to Aug 2024- Assistant Professor at SCMS School of Engineering and Technology, Ernakulam, Kerala
  • Jan 2007 to Aug 2007- Lecturer at Govt. Engineering College, Kerala
Research Interests
No data available
Awards & Fellowships
  • 2022 - Project funding (Principal investigator) - Centre for Engineering and Research Development (CERD), Kerala Technological University
  • 2021 - Anweshan Setu Fellowship by ACM India Council (Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar)
  • 2021 - Research Seed Money funding (Principal investigator) - Centre for Engineering and Research Development (CERD), Kerala Technological University
  • 2011 - Qualified GATE in Computer Science and Engineering, GATE fellowship for M.Tech studies, Ministry of Human Resource Development, India.
Memberships
No data available
Publications
  • CAPP: Context-Aware Privacy-Preserving Continuous Authentication in Smartphones

    Dr Susmi Jacob, P Vinod., Varun G Menon

    Source Title: Security and Privacy, DOI Link

    View abstract ⏷

    The pervasive use of smart devices in everyday life has increased the risk of theft and cyberattacks, necessitating robust and continuous behavioral authentication techniques during every interactive session. Traditional authentication methods are insufficient to address these evolving threats, as they often fail to maintain security throughout the session. To address this challenge, we propose a continuous authentication scheme that leverages touch and motion sensors, incorporating user context to enhance security. However, building an effective authentication model requires creating a behavioral template by aggregating data from multiple users. Moreover, outsourcing sensitive sensor data to third?party servers for processing introduces the risk of privacy breaches, such as behavioral profiling or the theft of personal information. To mitigate these risks, we designed CAPP—a context?aware privacy?preserving data outsourcing scheme for continuous authentication during live sessions. CAPP employs Format Preserving Encryption (FPE) to encrypt the sensor data, ensuring that the data's format remains intact, which allows the machine learning model to function with minimal loss of accuracy. Our solution enables secure and efficient authentication by creating a model on the server side using data from motion sensors like the accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer. Our experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme, achieving an accuracy of 87.57% and an Equal Error Rate (EER) of 12.15%, while requiring only 1.69ms to authenticate a user. These results show that CAPP preserves user privacy and provides a rapid and reliable authentication process, outperforming existing state?of?the?art methods.
Contact Details

susmi.j@srmap.edu.in

Scholars