Research/art/teacher profile of a person

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Sokol

I.2 - Name

Pavol

I.3 - Degrees

PhD. et PhD.

I.4 - Year of birth

1986

I.5 - Name of the workplace

Institute of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice

I.6 - Address of the workplace

Jesenná 5, 040 01 Košice

I.7 - Position

associate professor

I.8 - E-mail address

pavol.sokol@upjs.sk

I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/32368?do=filterForm-submit&name=Pavol&surname=Sokol

I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university

Computer Science

I.11 - ORCID iD

0000-0002-1967-8802

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice

II.b - Year

2008

II.c - Study field and programme

Computer Science

II.2 - Second degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice

II.b - Year

2011

II.c - Study field and programme

Computer Science

II.3 - Third degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice

II.b - Year

2015

II.c - Study field and programme

Computer Science

II.4 - Associate professor

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice

II.b - Year

2022

II.c - Study field and programme

Computer Science

II.5 - Professor

II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position	III.b - Institution	III.c - Duration
assistant professor	Institute of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	2020 - 2022
security analyst / head of CSIRT-UPJS	Information security and cyber security section (CSIRT-UPJS), Centre of Information and Communication Technologies, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	2020 -
security analyst	governmental CSIRT team, Cyber Security Section, Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic	2020 - 2022
lecturer and researcher	European Information Society Institute, o.z.	2018 - 2020
head of department	Centre for Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	2015 - 2019
professional employee	Centre for Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	2010 - 2015
computer network administrator	Student Hostel and Canteen, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	2009 - 2018
associate professor	Institute of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice	2022 -

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other	IV.b - Name of the institution	IV.c - Year
Certified SOC Analyst (CSA)	EC-Council	2021
Certified Incident Handler (ECIH)	EC-Council	2021
Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI)	EC-Council	2020
Linux+	CompTIA	2015
ECo-C certification	Pavol Jozef Šafárik university in Košice	2015

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

V.1.a - Name of the profile course	V.1.b - Study programme	V.1.c - Degree	V.1.d - Field of study
ÚINF/KIB/25 Cybersecurity and information security	AIm - Applied informatics	magister II. level	Computer Science
KOPaHP/PKBaK/25 Cybersecurity and cybercrime law	AIm - Applied informatics	master II. level	Computer Science
ÚINF/OSY/24 Operating systems	AIb - Applied informatics	bachelor I. level	Computer Science

V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year

V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year

V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses

V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses

V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)

V.4.2 - Number of defended theses

V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)

V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

V.5.a - Name of the course	V.5.b - Study programme	V.5.c - Degree	V.5.d - Field of study
ÚINF/UIB1/21 - Introduction to information security	Ib - Informatics	bachelor I. deg.	18. - Computer Science
KOPaHP/UdPIaKT/18 - Introduction to information and communication technology law	PB3d - Law	bachelor I. deg.	30. - Law
ÚINF/UIB2/18 - Introduction to information security	ISVSb - Information Systems in Public Administration	bachelor I. deg.	26. - Political Sciences
ÚINF/AOS1/15 - Administration of OS	ISVSb - Information Systems in Public Administration	bachelor I. deg.	26. - Political Sciences
ÚINF/PAI1/21 - Legal aspects of informatics	ISVSb - Information Systems in Public Administration -	bachelor I. deg.	26. - Political Sciences
ÚINF/ZLI/21 - Linux basics	Ib - Informatics	bachelor I. deg.	18. - Computer Science
ÚINF/FAN/15 - Forensic analysis	Im - Informatics	magister II. deg.	18. - Computer Science
ÚINF/OSY1/21 - Operating systems	Ib - Informatics	bachelor I. deg.	18. - Computer Science
ÚINF/PSIN/15 - Computer network Internet	Ib - Informatics	bachelor I. deg.	18. - Computer Science

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations

VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.a - Overall

167

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

149

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

ADC - Network Intrusion Detection with Threat Agent Profiling / Pavol Sokol, Tomáš Bajtoš ... [et al.]. In: Security and Communication Networks. - ISSN 1939-0114. - (2018), art. no. 3614093, s. 1-17. - DOI 10.1155/2018/3614093.

2018 CCC IF=1,376; 2018 Q3 (COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS) WoS; 2018 Q4 (TELECOMMUNICATIONS) WoS; 2018 Q3 (Information systems) Scimago; 2018 Q2 (Computer networks and communications) Scimago

V3 - Formal concept analysis approach to understand digital evidence relationships / Pavol Sokol ... [et al.]. In: International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. - ISSN 0888-613X - 159 (2023), 108940; WOS CC;

2023 Nordic List=2; 2023 AIS=0.750; 2023 CiteScore=6,9; 2023 IF=3.2; 2023 SJR=0,877; 2023 SNIP=1,5; 2023 Q2(Computer science, artificial intelligence) JCR; 2023 Q1(Applied mathematics) Scimago; 2023 Q2(Artificial intelligence) Scimago; 2023 Q2(Software) Scimago; 2023 Q2(Theoretical computer science) Scimago; 2023 Q2(Computer science, artificial intelligence) AIS; 2023 Q2(Computer science, artificial intelligence) JCI

ADC - IP Addresses in the Context of Digital Evidence in the Criminal and Civil Case Law of the Slovak Republic / Pavol Sokol ... [et al.]. In: Forensic Science International-Digital Investigation. - ISSN 2666-2817. - Roč. 32, č. 5 (2020), art.no. 300918, s. 51-58. - DOI 10.1016/j.fsidi.2020.300918

2020 Q4(Computer science, information systems) AIS; 2020 Q4(Computer science, interdisciplinary applications) AIS

ADC - Predictive methods in cyber defense: Current experience and research challenges / Pavol Sokol, Martin Husák ... [et al.]. In: Future Generation Computer Systems. - ISSN 0167-739X. - Roč. 115, (2021), -530. - DOI 10.1016/j.future.2020.10.006

2021 CiteScore=18,7; 2021 IF=7.307; 2021 SJR=2,233; 2021 SNIP=2,699; 2021 AIS=1.086; 2021 Q1(Computer science, theory & methods) JCR; 2021 Q1(Computer networks and communications) Scimago; 2021 Q1(Hardware and architecture) Scimago; 2021 Q1(Software) Scimago; 2021 Q1(Computer science, theory & methods) AIS

ADM - Honeypots and honeynets: issues of privacy / Pavol Sokol, Jakub Míšek, Martin Husák. - Projekt: APVV 14-0598. In: EURASIP Journal on Information Security. - ISSN 1687-4161. - (2017) , art.no. 4. - DOI 10.1186/s13635-017-0057-4

2017 WoS IF=0,86; 2017 Q2 (COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS) WoS; 2017 Q3 (Signal processing) Scimago; 2017 Q3 (Computer science applications) Scimago

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

V3 - Lessons Learned from Automated Sharing of Intrusion Detection Alerts: The Case of the SABU Platform / Pavol Sokol,...[et al.]. In: Digital Threats: Research and Practice. - ISSN 2576-5337. - Roč. 4, č. 4 (2023), s. 1-11.

2023 CiteScore=4,2; 2023 SJR=0,595; 2023 SNIP=1,061; 2023 Q1(Safety research) Scimago; 2023 Q2(Computer networks and communications) Scimago; 2023 Q2(Computer science applications) Scimago; 2023 Q2(Hardware and architecture) Scimago; 2023 Q2(Information systems) Scimago; 2023 Q2(Software) Scimago

2020 Q4(Computer science, information systems) AIS; 2020 Q4(Computer science, interdisciplinary applications) AIS

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

ADC - Network Intrusion Detection with Threat Agent Profiling / Pavol Sokol, Tomáš Bajtoš, ... [et al.]. In: Security and Communication Networks. - ISSN 1939-0114. - (2018), p. 1-17. - DOI 10.1155/2018/3614093

Citation: [1] (2020) KAUL, Sonam Devgan - HATZINAKOS, Dimitrios. Intelligent and secure RFID multilevel fuzzy inference system for client to banker profiling. In Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, 2020, roč. 39, č. 3, p. 2991-3010.

Citation: [1] (2021) THAKKAR, Ankit - LOHIYA, Ritika. A survey on intrusion detection system: feature selection, model, performance measures, application perspective, challenges, and future research directions. In Artificial Intelligence Review, 2021.

ADC - Analysis of the Infection and the Injection Phases of the Telnet Botnets / Pavol Sokol, Tomáš Bajtoš, ... [et al.]. In: Journal of Universal Computer Science. - ISSN 0948-695X. - Roč. 25, č. 11 (2019), p.1417-1436

Citation:[1] (2021) MARTÍNEZ GARRE, José Tomás - GIL PÉREZ, Manuel - RUIZ-MARTÍNEZ, Antonio. A novel Machine Learning-based approach for the detection of SSH botnet infection. In Future Generation Computer Systems, 2021, roč. 115, p. 387-396.

AFC - Prediction of Attacks Against Honeynet Based on Time Series Modeling / Pavol Sokol, Andrej Gajdoš. In: Applied Computational Intelligence and Mathematical Methods : Computational Methods in Systems and Software 2017. - Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2018. - ISBN 9783319676203. - p. 360-371. - DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-67621-0_33

Citation: [1] (2019) HUSÁK, M. et al. Survey of attack projection, prediction, and forecasting in cyber security. In IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, 2019, vol. 21, no. 1, art.no. 8470942, p. 640-660

AFD -Classification of malicious emails / Pavol Sokol, Eva Marková ... [et al.]. In: IEEE 15th International Scientific Conference on Informatics : proceedings. - New York: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2019. - ISBN 9781728131788. - p. 260-265.

Citation: [1] (2021) MOHAMED, Nachaat - BELATON, Bahari. SBI Model for the Detection of Advanced Persistent Threat Based on Strange Behavior of Using Credential Dumping Technique. In IEEE Access, 2021, roč. 9, p. 42919-42932.

ADC - IP Addresses in the Context of Digital Evidence in the Criminal and Civil Case Law of the Slovak Republic / Pavol Sokol ... [et al.].

In: Forensic Science International-Digital Investigation. - ISSN 2666-2817. - Roč. 32, č. 5 (2020), art.no. 300918, p. 51-58.

Citácia: [1] (2023) REEDY, Paul. Interpol review of digital evidence for 2019–2022. In Forensic science international. Synergy, 2023, 6.

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

Agency APVV - Project No. APVV-21-0336 - Analysis of Court Decisions Using Artificial Intelligence Methods (2022-2026) - Principal Investigator

Agency APVV - Project No. APVV-23-0137 - Legal and Technical Aspects of Situational Awareness in Cybersecurity (2024-2026) - Responsible Investigator for UPJŠ

Digital Europe - Developing and Deploying SOC Capabilities for the Academic Sector – A Teamwork of Universities and RTOs in the CEE Region (SOCCER) (2023-2026) - Responsible Investigator for UPJŠ

National Project Digital Transformation of Education and Schools (DiTEdu) (2023-2028) - Cybersecurity Team - Investigator

Digital Europe - European Digital Innovation Hub EDIH CASSOVIUM (EDCASS) (2023-2025) - Investigator

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position	VII.b - Name of the institution, board	VII.c - Duration
member	Slovak informatic society	2014 -
member	Honeynet.org - Czech chapter	2014 -

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution	VIII.b - Address of the institution	VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay)	VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Masaryk University in Brno, Faculty of Informatics, Department of Computer Systems and Communications	Botanická 554/68a, Brno, Czech Republic	May 2016	Erasmus+
CESNET	Zikova 4, 160 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic	September 2018	Erasmus+
CZ.NIC	Milešovská 1136/5, 130 00 Praha 3, Czech Republic	June 2018	Erasmus+
Masaryk University in Brno, CSIRT-MU	Botanická 68a, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic	January 2019	Erasmus+
Tallinn University of Technology	Ehitajate tee 5, 19086 Tallinn, Estonia	May 2019	Erasmus+

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

Organization of the Summer School of Cybercrime
Organization of the CyberSecurityDay
Project - CyberTeams in the high schools

Date of last update

2024-11-26