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Sadie Creese
Sadie Creese is a British computer security, cybersecurity specialist. She is Professor of Cybersecurity in the Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, Director of the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre at the Oxford Martin School, co-director of the university's Cyber Security Centre and of the Martin School's Institute for the Future of Computing, and a fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. Biography She has a B.Sc. (mathematics and philosophy), M.Sc. (computation) and D.Phil. (computer science, 2001) from the University of Oxford. Her doctoral thesis title was "Data independent induction : CSP model checking of arbitrary sized networks" and her thesis adviser was Bill Roscoe. Creese worked at Qinetiq where she was Director of Strategic Programmes in the Trusted Information Management Division, and from 2007 to 2011 was Professor and Director of e-Security at the International Digital Laboratory at the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Computer Security
Computer security, cybersecurity (cyber security), or information technology security (IT security) is the protection of computer systems and networks from attack by malicious actors that may result in unauthorized information disclosure, theft of, or damage to hardware, software, or data, as well as from the disruption or misdirection of the services they provide. The field has become of significance due to the expanded reliance on computer systems, the Internet, and wireless network standards such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, and due to the growth of smart devices, including smartphones, televisions, and the various devices that constitute the Internet of things (IoT). Cybersecurity is one of the most significant challenges of the contemporary world, due to both the complexity of information systems and the societies they support. Security is of especially high importance for systems that govern large-scale systems with far-reaching physical effects, such as power distribution, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
