Academic Centre of Excellence

Our cyber security research is multi-disciplinary and puts the person at the heart of security decisions. We work across a wide variety of sectors to help businesses, other organisations and individuals to gain an understanding of cyber threats, how to counter them, embed cyber security practices and establish a cyber security culture to help support and protect the UK economy.

The centre forms the heart of the institute's Cyber Security Theme. It is formed from a group of researchers drawn from across campus who have an active research profile in cyber and cyber-related areas. The broader, institute research theme in cyber security also includes those university staff who have an in interest in cyber security and related work, but have yet to accumulate a core body of work in this area.

Our research work within the centre can be coarsely grouped into four key areas:

Cyber Security Behaviours.
Sense-Making of Large, Heterogeneous Information Sources.
Securing Mobile and Embedded Infrastructures.
Developing New Mechanisms to Increase Network Resilience and Secure Communications.

Accredited Centre of Excellence

Our work has been recognised by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) as one of the first eight Academic Centres of

The ACE-CSR programme is one of a number of initiatives outlined in the UK Government's National Cyber Security Strategy The Strategy describes how Government is working with academia and industry to make the UK more resilient to cyber attacks.

The scheme aims to:

enhance the quality and scale of academic cyber security research and postgraduate training being undertaken in the UK;
make it easier for potential users of research to identify the best cyber security research and postgraduate training that the UK has to offer;
help to develop a shared vision and aims among the UK cyber security research community, inside and outside academia.

Each ACE-CSR is required to meet tough minimum standards:

a commitment from the university's leadership team to support and invest in the university's cyber security research capacity and capability;
a critical mass of academic staff engaged in leading-edge cyber security research;
a proven track record of publishing high-impact cyber security research in leading academic journals and conferences;
sustained funding from a variety of sources to ensure the continuing financial viability of the research team's activities.

You can find out more about the 14 universities recognised as ACEs-CSR by clicking the following links.

Cyber Invest

As an ACE-CSR, we are actively involved in the CyberInvest programme. CyberInvest is a partnership programme that brings together key players from government and industry to invest and support the development of cutting edge cyber security research across the UK’ academic sector. Its vision is:

to encourage and promote industry investment in cyber security research within UK universities
to create a community of industry, government and academia committed to cyber security research in the UK

Please contact us if you would like to engage through the CyberInvest programme or go through to the CyberInvest website if you would like more information.

People

Lead

The ACE is led by Prof Utz Roedig, who is a professor of Networked Embedded Systems. We pride ourselves on our Inter-disciplinary socio-technical systems approach to solving cyber security challenges. This inter-disciplinary approach applies to our Cyber Security Masters Degree programme.

Dr Jason Alexander

Senior Lecturer

Security Lancaster, Security Lancaster (Academic Centre of Excellence), Security Lancaster (Cyber Security)

+44 (0)1524 510508 C18, C - Floor, Infolab

Professor Plamen Angelov

Professor

Centre for Biophotonics, Centre for Technological Futures , Lancaster Intelligent, Robotic and Autonomous Systems Centre, SCC Data Science Group, Security Lancaster, Security Lancaster (Academic Centre of Excellence), Security Lancaster (Cyber Security)

+44 (0)1524 510391

Dr Alistair Baron

Lecturer

SCC Data Science Group, Security Lancaster, Security Lancaster (Academic Centre of Excellence), Security Lancaster (Cyber Security), UCREL - University Centre for Computer Corpus Research on Language

+44 (0)1524 510037 B53, B - Floor, InfoLab21

Dr Matthew Broadbent

Lecturer in Computer Networks and Networked Systems

Security Lancaster, Security Lancaster (Academic Centre of Excellence), Security Lancaster (Cyber Security)

+44 (0)1524 510514 D19, D - Floor, InfoLab21

Dr Jerry Busby

Senior Lecturer

Security Lancaster, Security Lancaster (Academic Centre of Excellence), Security Lancaster (Cyber Security), Supply Chain Management

+44 (0)1524 594447 A062, A - Floor, Management School

Dr Stacey Conchie

Senior Lecturer in Psychology

People, Work and Organisation, Security Lancaster, Security Lancaster (Academic Centre of Excellence), Security Lancaster (Behavioural Science), Social Processes

+44 (0)1524 593830

Dr David Ellis

Lecturer in Computational Social Science

Security Lancaster (Academic Centre of Excellence), Security Lancaster (Behavioural Science), Social Processes

+44 (0)1524 593207

Dr Vasileios Giotsas

Lecturer

Security Lancaster, Security Lancaster (Academic Centre of Excellence), Security Lancaster (Cyber Security)

+44 (0)1524 595130

Dr Antonios Gouglidis

Lecturer

Security Lancaster, Security Lancaster (Academic Centre of Excellence), Security Lancaster (Cyber Security)

+44 (0)1524 510491 B54, B - Floor, InfoLab21

Dr Mark Lacy

Senior Lecturer

Security Lancaster, Security Lancaster (Academic Centre of Excellence), Security Lancaster (Security Futures)

+44 (0)1524 594758

Dr Angelos Marnerides

Lecturer in Computer Networking

Security Lancaster, Security Lancaster (Academic Centre of Excellence), Security Lancaster (Cyber Security)

+44 (0)1524 510310

Professor Qiang Ni

Professor

Communication Systems Group, Lancaster Intelligent, Robotic and Autonomous Systems Centre, Security Lancaster, Security Lancaster (Academic Centre of Excellence), Security Lancaster (Cyber Security)

+44 (0)1524 510328 B23, B - Floor, Infolab

Dr Daniel Prince

Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security

Security Lancaster, Security Lancaster (Academic Centre of Excellence), Security Lancaster (Cyber Security)

+44 (0)1524 510788

Professor Nicholas Race

Professor of Networked Systems

Security Lancaster, Security Lancaster (Academic Centre of Excellence), Security Lancaster (Cyber Security)

+44 (0)1524 510123 D33, D - Floor, InfoLab21

Dr Paul Rayson

Reader in Natural Language Processing

SCC Data Science Group, Security Lancaster, Security Lancaster (Academic Centre of Excellence), UCREL - University Centre for Computer Corpus Research on Language

+44 (0)1524 510357 B50, B - Floor, Infolab

Professor Paul J Taylor

Professor

Security Lancaster, Security Lancaster (Academic Centre of Excellence), Security Lancaster (Behavioural Science), Security Lancaster (Cyber Security)

+44 (0)1524 594421

Professor John Towse

Professor

Language and Cognition, Security Lancaster, Security Lancaster (Academic Centre of Excellence), Security Lancaster (Behavioural Science)

+44 (0)1524 593705

Dr Lara Warmelink

Lecturer - Security Lancaster

Security Lancaster, Security Lancaster (Academic Centre of Excellence), Security Lancaster (Behavioural Science), Social Processes

+44 (0)1524 593220 D05a, D - Floor, Fylde College

Professor Robert Young FHEA

Professor

Quantum Nanotechnology, Quantum Technology Centre, Security Lancaster, Security Lancaster (Academic Centre of Excellence), Security Lancaster (Cyber Security)

+44 (0)1524 592222 C055, C - Floor, Physics Building