About me
2004 - present : Phd in Computer Engineering, Purdue University, Indiana, USA (Advisors : Dr. Elisa Bertino (CS) and Dr. Guy Lebanon (ECE))
: Masters in Information Security, CERIAS, Purdue University, Indiana USA
2001 - 2004 : Assistant System Engineer, TCS, India
1997 - 2001 : B.E (Electronics) Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India (Guide : Dr. A.S Gandhi)
Research
Phd Thesis Title : Mechanisms for Database Intrusion Detection and Response. The work includes:
- Anomalous behavior detection in a DBMS using machine learning techniques
- Policies for responding to anomalous behavior in a DBMS
- Access Control Models for Database Intrusion Detection and Response
- Implementation of an intrusion detection and response mechanism inside PostgreSQL DBMS
Publications
Journals
Ashish Kamra, Evimaria Terzi, Elisa Bertino. Detecting Anomalous Access Patterns in Relational Databases, The International Journal on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB Journal), 2008.
Conferences
Ji-Won Byun, Ashish Kamra, Elisa Bertino and Ninghui Li. "Efficient k-anonymity Using Clustering Techniques, In Proceedings of International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA), 2007.
Elisa Bertino, Ashish Kamra, Evimaria Terzi, Athena Vakali, "Intrusion Detection in RBAC-Administered Databases", In Proceedings of Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC), 2005.
Workshops
Ashish Kamra, Elisa Bertino, Rimma Nehme. "Responding to Anomalous Database Requests". In Proceedings of Secure Data Management Workshop (SDM), 2008.
Elisa Bertino, Ashish Kamra, James Early. “Profiling Database Applications to Detect SQL Injection Attacks”. In Proceedings of the Performance, Computing, and Communications Conference (IPCCC), 2007.
Ashish Kamra. Mechanisms for Database Intrusion Detection and Response. In Proceedings of the SIGMOD PhD Workshop on Innovative Database Research (IDAR), 2008.
Mercan Topkara, Ashish Kamra, Mike Atallah and Cristina Nita-Rotaru. "ViWiD : Visible Watermarking Based Defense Against Phishing", In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Digital Watermarking (IWDW), 2005.
Book Chapters
Elisa Bertino, Ji-Won Byun, Ashish Kamra. Database Security, Security, Privacy and Trust in Modern Data Management, Chapter 7.
Posters et al.
Ashish Kamra, Elisa Bertino. Database Intrusion Detection and Response. To appear in Proceedings of Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection (RAID), 2008.
Mohamed Shehab, Ashish Kamra, Ozan Mindek, Secure Group Management in Peer-to-Peer, Work in Progress, In Proceedings of Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC), 2005.
Work Experience
[ 15 Feb 2007 till present ] Half-time Database Administrator at IT Services and Operations, Purdue University
[ 14 May 2007 -03 Aug 2007 ] Summer Intern, Rainfinity, EMC Corp., Santa Clara, CA
At the Rainfinity group at EMC, I helped implementing a prototype for Role Based Access Control (RBAC) in one of their flagship products. Mentor : Ram Kavasseri
[ 01 Aug 2001 - 16 Jul 2004 ] Tata Consultancy Services, India (TCS)
I started working at TCS just after my bachelor's degree in capacity of a Systems Engineer. I have had exposure to the following technologies and software packages during my stint at TCS: Lotus Notes R5 and 6, Domino Server, J2EE application development, XML and related technologies. My job responsibilities included software development, debugging, testing, server administration and project management.
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