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Research mentioned by Sir Peter Bottomley in parliamentary debate: Watch Video Short Video on Paper he mentioned Link to paper
I was honoured to present one of the Karen Spärck Jones lectures organised by the BCS on the 30th March 2022
Top 2% of influential researchers in the world
Project launched: Revealing Young Learners’ Mental Models of Online Sludge
Revealing Young Learners’ Mental Models of Online Sludge – SpriteHub
CFP: Understanding People: Extensions of Human Computer Interaction (Cambridge University Press)
Participated in ACSAC Panel with Merrill Warkentin Slides
21 February 2023: Interviewed for Cyber Ways Podcast by Craig van Slyke and Tom Stafford
Participated in The Marconi Society Panel
Grants
2023: Co-I: 92K SELF-PROTECT (REPHRAIN) with Paul van Schaik (Teeside University) and Alastair Irons (Abertay). External advisor: Craig van Slyke
2022: Co-I: 92K Well-Consent (REPHRAIN) with Paul van Schaik (Teeside University)
2022: Co-I: £3.4 million REPHRAIN Project: Adaptive PETs to Protect & emPower People during Life Transitions led by Prof Nishanth Sastry of University of Surrey.
2022: P-I: 30K NCSC Grant: Investigating Safety and Security Practices of those with Low Literacy
2021: P-I: 30K SPRITE Funded Grant: Revealing Young Learners’ Mental Models of Online Sludge
2020: P-I: 50K Scottish Government Grant: MUSTER: Moving bUsinesSes Towards cybEr Resilience
2020: P-I: 30K Cyber Nexus Grant: Teaching young children password best practice principles
SICSA Cyber Security Theme Leader
Full Member of the Chartered Institute of Information Security
Member of CYAN (Cybersecurity Advisors Network)
My research focuses on human-centred security, a branch of Human Computer Interaction (HCI). I am interested in the interplay between users and security in the context of societal and industrial use. I want to work towards creating a natural easy yet secure interaction between humans and devices. My work has a strong development, experimental and deployment focus, testing solutions in practical situations. I have come up with a number of novel solutions to improve usability in a wide range of situations. I have also done fundamental work in understanding people’s mental models of security in a variety of applications and contexts. My vision: Human-as-Solution, rather than Human-as-Problem.
- Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland
- Visiting Professor, Rhodes University
- Professor Extraordinaire, University of South Africa
- Visiting Professor, Division of Cybersecurity, Abertay University
- Honorary Research Affiliate, University of Glasgow
- Fulbright Cyber Security Scholar 2016/17.
- Senior Analyst, Global Foundation for Cyber Studies and Research
- Associate Editor:
- Transactions on Forensics and Security
- IJHCS
- Network Security Column
- Information Technology and People
- Journal of Intellectual Capital
- Organizational Cyber Security
- Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Secondment Awardee
- Association of Commonwealth Universities PhD Scholarship Awardee
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (RSA) Undergraduate Scholarship Awardee
Research Areas
- Human-Centred Security
- Responsibilization of Cyber Security
- Behavioural Security & Nudging
- Ethical Aspects of Cyber Security
- Security-Related Mental Models
- Teaching Children Cyber Security Principles
- Mobile Phone Usage by the Elderly
- Knowledge Visualization
- Visual Authentication
- Security Awareness
- Governance
Here are some photos of my fantastic research collaborators
Melanie Volkamer Karlsruhe University | Merrill Warkentin Mississippi State University | Judy Van Biljon UNISA | Marc Dupuis Washington University |
Verena Zimmerman ETH Zurich | Stephen Flowerday Tulsa | Jacques Ophoff Abertay | Suzy Prior Abertay |
Isabella Venter UWC | Renette Blignault UWC | Karl van der Schyff | Oksana Kulyk University of Copenhagen |
Benjamin Reinheimer Karlsruhe University | Giampaolo Bella University of Catania |
Luca Vigano UCL |
Adele Da Veiga University of South Africa |
Ivano Bongiovanni Queensland University of Technology | Craig Orgeron | P. Edward French Mississippi State University | Partha Das Chowdhury |
Rosalind Searle UNISA | Paul van Schaik Teeside University | Craig Van Slyke Louisiana Tech University |
Andrea Tick Óbudai Egyetem, Hungary |
Industrial Experience
- Iron and Steel Corporation of South Africa – Development of a Truck Allocation System for the Sishen Iron Ore Mine
- Iron and Steel Corporation of South Africa – Access Control System for Durnacol Coal Mine
- System Support: Kentron
Fulbright
Fulbright Scholars 2016/17 © Leo Johnson
Contact Me
Department of Computer and Information Sciences
Strathclyde University
Glasgow
G1 1XQ
UNITED KINGDOM
cyber4humans@gmail.com