Security and Protection Science

Security and Protection Science is an exciting initiative launched by Lancaster University to grow our world class interdisciplinary academic capability to help keep nations and citizens safe and secure as cyber emerges as an essential domain in global protection strategies. Through a £19m investment, the University is seeking creative and disruptive individuals to tackle the full range of societal and technological security challenges to support of the rapidly growing North West Cyber Corridor.

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Security and Protection Science at Lancaster

Security and Protection Science builds on Lancaster's credentials as a world leader in cyber security and protection science, with its cross-disciplinary expertise recognised through being one of only a handful of universities nationally to be identified by the National Cyber Security Centre as an Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research and Cyber Security Education.

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Lancashire Cyber Festival highlights North West’s opportunity to build a world-leading cyber ecosystem

More than 200 senior business leaders, investors, policymakers, and academics from across the UK gathered this week at the Lancashire Cyber Festival hosted at Lancaster University. 
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Breaking barriers and building futures: Lancaster University inspires next generation of cyber experts

Over 50 school pupils from schools across Lancashire stepped onto Lancaster University’s campus for a deep dive into the world of cyber security. It was a day of practical hands-on activities designed to spark a passion for the skills and traits required in cyber roles and inspire pupils toward future careers in the field.
Working closely with police forces, the P-ACEs will drive collaboration among academia and policing

Lancaster to become Policing Academic Centre of Excellence

The National Police Chiefs’ Council ​(NPCC) in partnership with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has chosen Lancaster University as one of nine Policing Academic Centres of Excellence (P-ACEs) sharing a total of £4.5 million. 
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Empowering the nuclear sector: Lancaster University host cyber security training for industry professionals

The World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS), in collaboration with Lancaster University and the Austrian institute of Technology (AIT), has successfully completed the fourth delivery of its flagship training course, Cybersecurity in the Nuclear Industry.

L - R Professor Nigel Davies, Chris Ensor, Vice-Chancellor Professor Andy Schofield and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Engagement) Professor Sarah Kemp

Lancaster University unveils cutting-edge computing and cyber security facilities

Lancaster University has officially opened one of the largest educational facilities in the country to help train the next generation of computer science and cyber security students. 
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UK law enforcement inadequately equipped to tackle AI-enabled crime

UK law enforcement lacks the tools to effectively tackle AI-enabled crime and must adopt a more proactive, AI-driven approach. 

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Events

28th Jul

Language, Speech, and AI: A Forensics Summer School

Monday 28 July 2025, 12:00pm to Wednesday 30 July 2025, 1:30pm

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