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Information Security Group | Royal Holloway, UoL
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We are one of the largest academic information security groups in the world, combining expertise in research, education and practice.

Check out our website: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and-teaching/departments-and-schools/information-security
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📢 Register for our Alumni and Networking Dinner on Tuesday 28 April 2026 in our stunning Picture Gallery.

⏰ Deadline for registrations is Friday 24th April at 3pm UK time!

Questions? Email Dr Andrew Dwyer at [email protected]

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Information Security Group Dinner 2026
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April 17, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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📢 @royalholloway.bsky.social has been recognised as an Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Education (ACE-CSE) - Gold Award by the @ncsc.gov.uk and DSIT!

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Royal Holloway recognised with prestigious Gold Award in Cyber Security Education
Royal Holloway has been recognised as an Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Education (ACE-CSE) – Gold Award by the UK Government.
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March 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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📢 Our own Dr Konstantinos Mersinas is part of the organising committee for International Conference on Cybersecurity, Situational Awareness and Social Media (Cyber Science 2026), which has a call for papers with a deadline of 31 March.

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TOPICS – C-MRIC
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March 12, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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📢 New book - Understanding Digital Responsibilities - published!

Our own Prof Lizzie Coles-Kemp, with colleague Mark Burdon from Queensland University of Technology, have published their new book open-access with @brisunipress.bsky.social!

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Understanding Digital Responsibilities
Understanding Digital Responsibilities; Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. How can we make the digital world safer and more accountable? This book delivers a cutting-edge frame...
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January 16, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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📢 Our own Dr Konstantinos Mersinas, with PhD student Francesco Ferazza, have written about the different orders of technical repression through curtailing internet access in Iran in @theconversation.com.

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Iran: how the Islamic Republic uses internet shutdowns as a tool of repression
The regime moved quickly to shut down communication networks after protests started to spread across Iran.
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January 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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📢 Our own Prof Martin 'preached' about the M&S incident at the Spelthorne branch of the University of the Third Age last month, an "organisation bringing educational and social opportunities to people no longer in full-time work."

Let's hope Colin's more secure now 🐛!
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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📢 Check out our 2024 - 2025 Annual Review!

There's a range of pieces from academics in the ISG exploring our research, including introductions to new members of faculty!

You can also explore our back catalogue to 2006 - 2007!

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ISG 2020 Newsletter
RHUL Information security 30th anniversary news letter
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November 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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📢 We are hosting the first South East & London Regional Seminar on behalf of CRANE at @royalholloway.bsky.social, supported by our own Dr Fauzia Idrees.

When: Wednesday 12 November, 5pm - 6pm
Where: Hybrid, Shilling Lecture Theatre

More information ⬇️

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First CRANE Regional Seminar hosted at Royal Holloway
Sign-up for a discussion on cyber resilience, AI, and collaboration between academia, industry, and government
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November 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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📢 Our own Dr Saqib Kakvi has provided expert comment to a range of media following last month's cloud services outages from AWS and Microsoft Azure.

Find out more ⬇️

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ISG academic provides expert comment on cloud services outages
Dr Saqib Kakvi provides a range of comments to the media following major outages in cloud services in October 2025
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November 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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📢 Our own Prof Keith Martin joined Reuben Adams's Steering AI podcast examining the role of AI-enabled malware, alongside ESET's Tony Anscombe.

Well worth a listen!

YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=8eY0...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1mN7...
AI Powered Malware Is Coming
YouTube video by Reuben Adams
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October 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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On 12 November, we are delighted to welcome Siân John MBE to deliver the second Fred Piper Annual Information Security Lecture at @royalholloway.bsky.social.

Registration is free but mandatory - follow the link below for more information and to sign-up.

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AI in practice: skills, security, and shifting realities
This lecture explores the real-world implications of AI—beyond the hype and into the grounded realities of how it's reshaping our work, education, and societal expectations.
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October 6, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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📢 Our own Prof Rikke Bjerg Jensen has shared insights into examining and working with higher-risk communities, including the 'Social Foundations of Cryptography' project, using ethnography to explore the needs of activists in large-scale protests.

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Rethinking what information security means to higher-risk communities
Research by Professor Rikke Bjerg Jensen is helping to redefine how the needs of people in higher-risk contexts are considered when designing security technology.
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September 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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📰 Check out this new report funded by the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology on 'Securing Converged Technologies: Insights from Subject Matter Experts'

Written by our own Dr @andrewdwyer.bsky.social and @mikaelabrough.bsky.social (CDT in Cyber Security)

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Securing converged technologies: insights from subject matter experts
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August 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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📢 Our own Prof Keith Martin has provided comment to @theregister.com on the Orange Belgium data breach:

"Large data breaches of this type simply should not happen, regardless of the utility of the stolen data...

www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/o...

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August 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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📢 Call for Mentors in the @isg-rhul.bsky.social!

This year, we are launching a mentoring scheme for our masters students to help them navigate their path in information and cyber security as well as data science!

If you’re interested, please email [email protected] with a short CV.
An introduction to the ISG Mentorship Programme Overview The ISG Mentorship Programme is designed to provide support to MSc students studying with the Information Security Group at Royal Holloway, University of London. It connects students with alumni and industry experts who can share career advice, work experience, and guidance. The programme provides a safe and supportive space where students can build confidence, learn from real-world experience, and prepare for future careers in information security. Who will be involved? All students studying on the MSc Information Security, MSc Information Security (Year-inIndustry), and MSc Applied Data Science & Cyber Security courses will be eligible to join. Mentors will be chosen from ISG alumni and professionals willing to volunteer. How will it work? Near the beginning of the academic year each student joining the programme is matched with one mentor, with the choice of mentor being based on the student’s career interests and goals and the background and experience of the mentor. The role of a mentor is to give advice on careers, workplace skills, communication, and professional practice. Meetings between student and mentor can be online or in-person, typically once a month, at a time that suits both parties. At the beginning of the process a simple written agreement will be distributed to set clear expectations on both sides, and to ensure respect and confidentiality.
August 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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📣 Our own Dr Maryam Mehrnezhad is featured in @theguardian.com providing security advice and tips on how to exercise(!) security and privacy in fitness apps!

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These exercise apps reward steps with freebies – but which ones are worth the effort?
The walk to work could earn you rewards such as cheaper coffee or Amazon discounts. We put the apps through their paces
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August 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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📢 Our own Prof Keith Martin's Third Edition of Everyday Cryptography is now published!

To find out more about the book (with links to purchase!), see Keith's website: www.isg.rhul.ac.uk/~martin/ever...
Everyday Cryptopgraphy
Everyday Cryptography
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July 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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📢 Check out this new edited book collection on "Advanced Cryptographic Protocols" by our own Dr Liz Quaglia and Prof Daniele Venturi (Sapienza, University of Rome) available here: www.decifris.it/koine/vol4
De Cifris Koine, volume 4
De Cifris APS, an Italian association dedicated to advancing cryptographic research, education, and outreach.
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June 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Listen to our own Prof Keith Martin, @jhappa.bsky.social, and Dr Konstantinos Mersinas discuss their new book, Cyber Security Foundations on the Security Insights podcast!

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Cyber Security Foundations: security by the book - Security Insights
There’s no shortage of information on cybersecurity online. But could a new book hold the answers to our cybersecurity challenges? Perhaps not, or at least not on its own. But a new book from the [......
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June 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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📢 Our own Prof Lizzie Coles-Kemp at the annual conference of The Research Institute on Verified Trustworthy Software Systems (VeTSS) last week

Her talk, "Sociotechnical Futures: sociotechnical security for an age of cyber automation", considered ongoing deep socio-

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Annual Conference 2025
Friday, 6 June 2025 Time: 9:00 am - 5:30 pm Venue: RAEng, Prince Philip House Registration Cost: Free VeTSS Annual Conference 2025 The VeTSS Annual Conference is a key event for professionals fro...
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June 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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📢 Our own Prof Keith Martin has been writing and speaking about quantum computing and its impact upon cryptography!

See his clear messaging in The Conversation UK on "Is a quantum-cryptography apocalypse imminent?"

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Is a quantum-cryptography apocalypse imminent?
The news that a certain class of cryptographic algorithms just got 20 times easier to hack has set hares running.
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June 9, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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I'm delighted that with colleagues - Co-Is Lizzie Coles-Kemp and Danilo Francati - that we have been successful in the first SALIENT funding call with our project, "Fake in the Community"
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Fake in the Community - @royalholloway.bsky.social
📱 ‘Cheap fakes’ are eroding trust in local digital spaces. This community-led project co-designs tools to counter misinformation and support digital resilience.
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June 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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📢 Want to find out more about our MSc Information Security?

Come to our Postgraduate Taster Session with Dr Maryam Mehrnezhad and Olga Angelopoulou on Usable Security and Privacy!

🗓️ When: Monday 19th May, 1pm (UK time) online

➡️ Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4826ea...

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May 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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📢 Calling ISG Alumni

For this year's ISG newsletter, we are introducing a new section called 'Alumni Corner' for our alumni to share major achievements.

Form closes on Friday 18 May at 6pm (UK time).

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Microsoft Forms
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May 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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📚 Our own Prof Chris Mitchell has co-edited the Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Security Standardisation Research, published as LNCS 15559. This includes a paper by Cheok leng Ng and our own
Dr Maryam Mehrnezhad!

This can be accessed at: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Security Standardisation Research
The SSR 2024 conference proceedings discuss the research problems deriving from studies of existing standards and the development of revisions of these.
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April 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM