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Keywords: Blockchain, Cybersecurity, Internet of things (IoT), Technology
Atefeh (Atty) Mashatan is a Professor of Information Technology Management and holds a Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Quality of Security (QoS) Framework for Internet-of-Things (IoT) at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU). She is the founder and director of the Cybersecurity Research Lab (CRL). Through strategic collaborations with government and industry, Mashatan and the CRL seek to spearhead crucial, ongoing dialogue with the Information and Computer Technology (ICT) industry in Canada, and to help solve industry problems through cutting edge information security and research into cyber risk mitigation strategies and solutions.
Most recently Atty was recognized as one of Top 100 Most Powerful women in Canada in the Executive Leaders category in 2023.
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Understanding Adoption Intentions for Blockchain-based Personal Health Records: Integrating Technology Usage and Initial Trust Perspectives Blockchain-based personal health records (PHR) is an impending blockchain use case that supports patient-centred care and interoperability in the healthcare industry. This paper studies the adoption of blockchain-based PHR by individuals. It proposes a multi-perspective theoretical framework containing the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) and initial trust model (ITM) to understand how individuals’ perceptions and formation of trust prior to adoption may contribute to their behavioral intention toward adopting blockchain-based medical records. This research empirically tested this model using a cross-sectional questionnaire. Partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was used to conduct data analysis. The results validate the theoretical model and demonstrate full support for the ITM and partial support for the UTUAT. Entrants in the blockchain-based PHR market are advised to create trustworthy systems, consider partnering with healthcare institutions to boost institution-based trust and design solutions that meet the performance expectations of users.TRS1 1.5 Toronto Metropolitan University Publication 2024-08-20 TRS1 1.5 Understanding Adoption Intentions for Blockchain-based Personal Health Records: Integrating Technology Usage and Initial Trust Perspectives Initial knowledge mobilization of preliminary results presented at AMCIS 2024 in Salt Lake City, Utah (https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2024/adoptdiff/adoptdiff/24/). This is a leading academic conference, with more than 1200 registrants, that is focused on advancing digital equity, through identification of disparities in access to technology, especially among marginalized populations such as immigrant/migrant populations. This community of practice is gathered annually to work towards a path for a more equitable socially conscious digital future. In this case valuable feedback was received on initial findings that were presented that will inform ongoing work.TRS1 1.5 Toronto Metropolitan University Activity 2024-08-15 TRS1 1.5 Optimistic or Dissatisfied? Examining Privacy Perceptions of Immigrants Towards Blockchain-based Personal Health Record Adoption TRS1 1.5 Activity 2025-03-27 Dane Vanderkooi
TRS1 1.5 Unveiling the Experiences of Racialized Immigrant Women in Cybersecurity - An Intersectional Qualitative Inquiry Skilled immigrant women’s integration in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics professions is influenced by the prevalent racial and gendered conditions present in these fields. This study employs qualitative interviews to investigate barriers to equity, diversity, and inclusion faced by immigrant women professionals in the cybersecurity sector in Canada. Using an intersectional approach, this paper unveils how racial and gender discourses affect immigrant women’s experiences of exclusion in the workplace. Findings suggest that immigrant women face multiple barriers at the intersection of gender, race, and immigration status to enter the sector and advance in their careers. Drawing on the interview data, this paper demonstrates how workplaces reproduce multiple forms of inequality for racialized immigrant women. These inequalities arise through the division of positions, the perpetuation of stereotypes that hinder upward mobility, work schedules designed for the ideal men employees, and the penalties associated with cultural differences that specifically disadvantage immigrants.TRS2 1.8 Toronto Metropolitan University Publication 2025-02-10 TRS2 1.8 A Novel Framework for Investigating Immigrant Experiences in Cybersecurity – Integrating Human Capital Theory with Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion The cybersecurity sector has faced chronic talent shortages in recent years. One potential solution for addressing this issue is to leverage the expertise of immigrants. The literature on immigrants’ integration has predominantly used a human capital lens, which overlooks the structural issues of integration. Whereas equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in organizational literature is more focused on gender and race. There is a need to bridge these approaches in order to create a holistic conceptual framework to guide research into the integration challenges that skilled immigrants face in host countries. This research first identifies the key aspects of immigrant employment outcomes by reviewing literature on immigrant integration and EDI. Using the cybersecurity sector in Canada as a case study, this paper presents a conceptual framework for investigating employment integration of skilled immigrants, which can also be applied to other skilled sectors.TRS2 1.8 Toronto Metropolitan University Publication 2025-02-10 TRS2 1.8 Formal unlinkability analysis of message authentication protocols based on authentic channels. Toronto Metropolitan University Publication 2022-12-14 Raising cybersecurity awareness through electronic work of mouth: A data-driven assessment. International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction Toronto Metropolitan University Publication 2023-07-09 Changing hearts and minds: The role of cybersecurity champion programs in cybersecurity culture Toronto Metropolitan University Publication 2023-07-09 Collaborative SRC Award The Collaborative Scholarly Research and Creative (SRC) Award is a university-wide, annual award presented to a researcher who has demonstrated excellence in an SRC project or projects undertaken with a multidisciplinary or multi-institutional team(s). This recognition will be awarded to a researcher who has demonstrated excellence in their SRC collaboration(s) with industry, universities, hospitals or professional societies to facilitate research leading to positive change and impact, as defined in their respective field.
Award recipient(s) will receive a certificate of recognition and a monetary award of $2,000 as a one-time payment (subject to applicable deductions).
Key criteria: Scholarly, research and creative activity
2025 recipients
Atefeh (Atty) Mashatan
Ted Rogers School of Management
Dr. Mashatan is a prominent scholar in information security and cyber resilience, advancing the understanding of emerging technologies like quantum computing in enterprise cybersecurity. She has led a multidisciplinary research program with 14 partners from public, finance, technology, consulting, and energy sectors, addressing key cybersecurity challenges and developing effective mitigation strategies. Her collaborative efforts have resulted in 42 journal articles and 22 conference publications, secured $7.1 million in external funding, and trained over 87 highly qualified personnel. Through her collaborative research, she has greatly enhanced cybersecurity scholarship and made significant contributions to the advancement of cybersecurity resilience across various sectors. Toronto Metropolitan University Award 2025-03-18 The Personal Health Dossier: A proposed decentralized personal health record system using verifiable credentials Health information systems are continuously evolving to meet the changing business models, regulatory environment and needs of users. Today, these systems are changing to realize a patient-centric approach to improve health outcomes and establish greater access and autonomy over health information. Verifiable credential technology will become an essential part of the move to private and secure patient-centric interoperable health information systems. The widespread adoption of mobile devices has opened up the ability to store a patient’s personal health record at the edge of the system. In this type of decentralized architecture, the patient is the locus of their health data and they gain agency over who they grant access to their data. The data that the patient holds is a key to meaningful interoperability between siloed systems. The authors present a novel architecture based on a secure, patient-centric, interoperable design using verifiable credentials to realize these objectives.TRS1 1.5 Toronto Metropolitan University Activity 2025-08-12 TRS1 1.5
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