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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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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Employee wellbeing should form key part of firms’ strategies for responsible cybersecurity due to high levels of burnout and stress

New research led by Lancaster University into ‘responsible’ cybersecurity suggests the wellbeing of those in cybersecurity roles should be a key consideration for firms’ security strategies due to the level of burn out amongst those in high-pressure roles.
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Lancaster University launches new online degrees in partnership with 2U

Lancaster University and 2U, a global leader in education technology, today announced a new partnership that will deliver 15 new online postgraduate degrees over the next three years.
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Lancashire students get taste of high-tech careers at Lancashire Cyber Education Week

Lancaster University threw open its doors to local colleges to help young people explore job opportunities in the cyber sector.
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Beyond Cyber 2024: A Look Back at an Extraordinary Series

The 2024 Beyond Cyber Security series has officially concluded, and as the festive season approaches, it’s the perfect time to reflect on what has been an extraordinary set of events.

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Supporting cybersecurity through faultless programming: A guide to Dafny

A Lancaster academic, in collaboration with the Australian National University, explores potential ways in which to achieve defect-free coding, creating a “beginners guide” to verification software.

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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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