His main research interest is focused on Security Engineering, Human Computer Interaction, and Biometrics. Dr. Awad received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada in 2008. His Ph.D. dissertation introduced new trends in security monitoring through human computer interaction devices. Dr. Awad is the inventor of the mouse dynamics biometric, a new technology that found its way to the Continuous Authentication and Fraud Detection fields. He co-authored the first book on Continuous Authentication using Biometrics in 2011. Dr. Awad is the co-founder of Plurilock Security Solutions Inc. He worked as a Software Design Engineer, Architect, Project Manager, and Security Consultant at number of leading software firms and enterprises.