Welcome to CCCS
The Centre for Cybercrime and Computer Security at Newcastle University carries out research and provides education to make the Internet safer for families, businesses and organisations. The CCCS team brings together police officers and research scientists to identify future modes of cybercrime and to design innovative, sustainable solutions.
CCCS provides training for parents through its SAFER Internet programme, and offers various university courses. Its researchers invent new technologies to protect against various forms of cybercrime. CCCS holds various events each year to reach out to families and businesses, including a launch event in February 2010 and a conference on Threats and Trust in Cyberspace in March 2011.
CCCS is focused on the needs of our local business and residential community, making the digital economy safer for all. CCCS is supported in this objective by the North East Fraud Forum NEFF.
User Managed Access in the Press
The User Managed Access draft standard has been submitted to IETF for consideration as a standard. Newcastle University's Maciej Machulak is vice-Chair of UMA, and leader of the SMART software project sponsored by JISC, which is mentioned in the UMA press announcement.
A SiDE Project case study of the project is now also available.
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60 Members of Regional Victim Charities Back in the Class Room
6th July 2011
Sixty members of regional Independent Sexual/Domestic Violence Agencies (ISVA/IDVA) were back in the class room for one day on July 6, 2011. During a networking event, they received training in the use of a document sharing web site, in the School of Computer Science's computer lab 'The Mill'.
In collaboration with the Northumbria Local Criminal Justice Board, the School of Computing Science has developed a Google site that allows charities in the North-East to share information. Motivated by observed funding shortages, the LCJB came to the School of Computing Science to investigate if online methods could supplement face-to-face meeting. As a result, John Mace, PhD student in the Centre for Cybercrime and Computer Security, created a Google site for the charities.
Sixty staff members from more than 30 regional charities were present at the event. In the morning they received training in the use of the web site. Under the watchful eye of volunteering students that were available to answer questions, they were guided through the basic steps necessary to make use of the site.
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Threats and Trust in Cyberspace Conference
15th March 2011
The Centre for Cybercrime and Computer Security at Newcastle University have held two events, both of which attracted an audience of over 100 people.
The latest event - Threats and Trust in Cyberspace - took place at the Great North Museum: Hancock.
Social Networking technologies such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are a popular tool for communication in all walks of life. They can help to stay in touch with friends, improve career opportunities, improve the communication within your company, or are thought of as the backbone for future government.
But there are dangers and limitations in using these Social Networking technologies, as witnessed by various news stories in the past years. In this one-day event we discussed these issues from various perspectives, asking the question: can businesses, government and individuals trust these technologies?
The day's discussions were not limited to traditional social networking technologies such as Facebook, but looked more generally at basing social structures and interactions on technology, for instance in future government. What are the main threats for individuals and society in using Internet-based networking services, and what are researchers doing to alleviate the potential problems?
The cybercrime event targeted industry and government professionals and researchers from many disciplines, including computing, social science, law, and psychology.
At this event demonstrations ran in parallel with our invited speakers, further details are available by clicking the link below.
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