Explaining CSIT’s cyber security research to Prince Charles at Queen’s Anniversary Prize ceremony in Buckingham Palace
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Thoughts on the TalkTalk breach
With the recent TalkTalk security breach impacting potentially 4 million UK customers my phone was ringing off the hook from late on Thursday 22nd October. Regularly when a big cyber security story hits the front pages I get asked by the media for expert opinion given my role at Queen’s University Belfast’s Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) – the UK’s Innovation & Knowledge Centre (IKC) and lead academic research centre for cyber security.
Cyber Security – Back to Basics
This week I finished the Open University’s “Introduction to Cyber Security” online course which is available through the FutureLearn platform. Why, I hear you ask, am I going back to basics to learn about a subject in which I am already pretty well versed? It is true that I have been exposed to cyber security principles and …
Turing – Runner up in 2014 #MatrixPoetryAwards Science Category
I’m delighted once again to have picked up honours at the 2014 MATRIX Poetry Competition. This year I was runner up in Category One, open to people with a science/technology background, with my poem “Turing”.
Is this the end of usernames and passwords? #csitsummit
At the recent World Cyber Security Technology Research Summit hosted by CSIT I had the pleasure of scribing one of the breakout sessions titled “Is it the end of the road for username and password? If so what are the alternatives?”.
The answer, given recent high profile breaches, might surprise. It’s not as clear cut as you might think. One thing is for sure however. There is a huge amount of opportunity in this area.