Welcome to the latest in our #AcademicintheSpotlight series that promotes social scientists doing innovative research that you really ought to be aware of.
This week is the turn of Tim Stevens @tcstvns, who works in the field of cyber security @KCL_CSRG @warstudies @KCLSecurity
Tim has been working on cyber security issues for over a decade – highlighting the underestimated fragility of national digital infrastructure given the threat of hostile actors and accidental failure. @KCL_CSRG @warstudies
Watch this video explaining his research:
The UK is a world leader in cyber security but Tim has pointed out that, absent a deal to the contrary, Brexit will seriously impact upon existing transnational arrangements that allow EU-UK cooperation on intelligence sharing. He explains the risks here ukandeu.ac.uk/uk-cybersecuri…
Cyber security is about technical expertise, but it is also about geopolitics: here, Tim explains why the @Huawei row was about the UK being squeezed between the two global superpowers, China and the US
ukandeu.ac.uk/huawei-and-uk-…
The risks of cyber threats to citizens and society can and need to be mitigated, and a recent research article from Tim explored the role of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) and the automation of cyber security. Read more here:
link.springer.com/article/10.105…
This blog sets out all of Tim’s recent and current work
@KCL_CSRG @warstudies @KCLSecurity @KingsSSPP
@AcadSocSciences @socscispace @ESRC @KingsCollegeLon @tcstvns
ukandeu.ac.uk/britain-cybers…
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