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How to make more of a difference with cyber security research: learnings from industrial research
26 March 2025, 4:00 pm–6:00 pm
Event Information
Open to
- All | UCL staff | UCL students | UCL alumni
Availability
- Yes
Organiser
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Vijay Patel
Location
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Function Room1st Floor 90 High HolbornLondonWC1V 6BHUnited Kingdom
Cyber security is subjective, contextual, contested, and fast changing. This makes making a difference with research difficult. There are several cultural and structural differences between academic and industrial research. Using examples and insights from my experience to highlight those differences, I will argue for changes needed and suggest directions to make the cyber security research community more effective.
About the Speaker
Simon Shiu
Visiting professor of Cyber Security at University of Bristol
I completed a PhD in computer science in 1996 and then joined HP Labs as a member of technical staff and spent over 28 years in industrial research. For the last 10 years I was Director and then VP of the HP Security Lab, managing an organisation that has a strong track record of industry leading impact in endpoint security innovation.I am currently leaning into my honorary role as visiting professor of cyber security at Bristol University and as a board advisor for the research institute in sociotechnical cybersecurity (RISCS - Research Institute for Sociotechnical Cyber Security).
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