📢 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 andrew.dwyer@rhul.ac.uk royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/our...

Information Security Group Dinner 2026

royalholloway.ac.uk

📢 @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! www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and...

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.

royalholloway.ac.uk

📢 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. c-mric.org/topics/

📢 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! bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/understandin...

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...

bristoluniversitypress.co.uk

📢 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. theconversation.com/iran-how-the...

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.

theconversation.com

📢 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 🐛!

📢 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! www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and...

📢 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 ⬇️ www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and...

First CRANE Regional Seminar hosted at Royal Holloway

Sign-up for a discussion on cyber resilience, AI, and collaboration between academia, industry, and government

royalholloway.ac.uk

📢 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 ⬇️ www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and...

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

royalholloway.ac.uk

📢 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

youtube.com

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. www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/eve...

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.

royalholloway.ac.uk

📢 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. www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/sto...

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.

royalholloway.ac.uk

📰 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) www.gov.uk/government/p...

Securing converged technologies: insights from subject matter experts

gov.uk

📢 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... 1/3

📢 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 c.mitchell@rhul.ac.uk with a short CV.

📣 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! www.theguardian.com/money/2025/a...

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

theguardian.com

📢 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...

📢 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

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! www.securityinsights.co.uk/podcast/cybe... 1/2

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 [......

securityinsights.co.uk

📢 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- vetss.org.uk/annual-confe... 1/2

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...

vetss.org.uk

📢 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?" theconversation.com/is-a-quantum...

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.

theconversation.com

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"

SALIENT-Hub@salient-hub.bsky.social · last yr.

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. @andrewdwyer.bsky.social @royalholloway.bsky.social @isg-rhul.bsky.social

📢 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... #cybersecurity

Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

events.teams.microsoft.com

📢 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). forms.office.com/e/i2YiyACmJ7

📚 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.

link.springer.com

📢 Our own Prof Keith Martin spoke with Anna Delaney from Information Security Media Group (ISMG) on teaching cyber security in a world that is rapidly changing, from fragmented digital governance to the use of AI. Check out the video! www.bankinfosecurity.com/teaching-cyb...

Teaching Cybersecurity With Principles That Endure

Cybersecurity education can't be built on tools alone. It must prepare students to think critically, navigate complex systems and address the human dimensions of

bankinfosecurity.com

📢 Our own @rikkebjerg.bsky.social was interviewed for @themarkup.org discussing her co-led Social Foundations of Cryptography project (for more on this, see here: social-foundations-of-cryptography.gitlab.io) and her academic journey. themarkup.org/hello-world/...

📢 Our own Maryam Mehrnezhad gave some insights into how to protect yourself online in The Guardian this past weekend - check it out! www.theguardian.com/money/2025/m...

Birthday freebies: how to cash in on UK retailers’ gifts and discounts

Join a loyalty scheme and you often get a reward or discount on your special day – but it may have strings attached

theguardian.com

📢 Earlier this month several ISG staff - Keith Martin, Jassim Happa, and Konstantinos Mersinas - alongside former colleague Guido Schmitz published their new book providing the foundations to understand cyber security! www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and...

New book covers what matters in cyber security

‘Cyber Security Foundations: Fundamentals, Technology and Society’ written by colleagues in the Information Security Group (ISG) has just been published by Kogan Page

royalholloway.ac.uk

"Rethinking Security from the Ground Up" an interview with @rikkebjerg.bsky.social (based in @isg-rhul.bsky.social) in @themarkup.org It's a good interview, go read it. themarkup.org/hello-world/...

Rethinking Security from the Ground Up – The Markup

Professor Rikke Bjerg Jensen explores how social context shapes security

themarkup.org