About Us

The origin of the Centre for Cybercrime and Computer Security can be traced to 2007. Representatives of the School of Computing Science, the North East Fraud Forum (NEFF) , and relevant international experts came together to discuss the expanding programme of the School's systems security research, and NEFF's concerns regarding the difficulty of responding adequately to the ever-changing cybercrime scene.

Two activities resulted from these discussions. First, the Hadrian Project was set up, and is now a burgeoning regional cooperative activity, spanning industry, commerce, local government, police and academia, undertaking a number of initiatives related to the fight against cybercrime. Secondly, the academically focussed Centre for Cybercrime and Computer Security was created. CCCS brings together the School of Computing's long-standing computer security research interests and our growing collaboration with organizations involved in the daily fight against cybercrime.

The School of Computing at Newcastle University conducts world class research and education in a variety of topics, including cybercrime and computer security .

The North East Fraud Forum (NEFF) has a large membership base of mainly locally-based companies and organisations concerned about, or active in combatting, computer-related fraud. Thanks to NEFF's leadership, there are now other similar organisations covering almost the entire UK, and an overarching National Federation of Fraud Forums.

Centre Director: Aad van Moorsel

Aad is a Professor in the School of Computing Science, which he joined in 2004 having previously been a researcher at Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies in Murray Hill and then a research manager at Hewlett-Packard Labs in Palo Alto, both in the United States. His research group develops tools and techniques to make Internet use safer for enterprises, and allow SMEs to exploit the benefits of the Internet without undue risk.

Research Director: Jeff Yan

Jeff joined the School of Computing Science as a Lecturer, specialising in information security, and in particular systems security, applied cryptography and human aspects of security. His security research has attracted significant attention, having been selected for presentation at the 2008 Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition in London, and short-listed for one of the 2009 Times Higher Education Awards, in the Outstanding Engineering Research Team of the Year category.

Director, External Relations: Phil Butler

Phil, a former Detective Chief Inspector with Northumbria Police, retired recently after 25 years service, including 20 years in the Criminal Investigation Department. In 2003 he founded the North East Fraud Forum, chairing the Steering Group, and was appointed Head of Financial Investigations of the newly formed Northumbria Police Economic Crime Unit. He is a Guest Member of Staff in the School, and leads its contribution to the Hadrian Project, in particular the work on SAFER Internet, and its involvement with numerous national bodies concerned with cybercrime.

Business Manager: Jon Warwick

Jon is Research and Finance Manager for the School, providing strategic support for the full range of the School's accounts. He is directly responsible for the administrative management of several large collaborative projects funded by EC and EPSRC. Jon has been instrumental in establishing the Centre for Cyber Crime and Computer Security. He is Member of the Management Board of the North East Fraud Forum.

Associates

Tom Anderson (Professor, Director of CSR)
Ahmed Bouridane No User Image (Professor at Northumbria University)
Pam Briggs (Dean and Professor at Northumbria University)
Kevin J. Brown (Lecturer at Newcastle Law School)
Lynnne Coventry (Co-Director of PaCT Lab at Northumbria University)
Nick Cook (Lecturer)
Satnam Dlay (Professor, School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering)
Paul Ezhilchelvan (Reader)
John Fitzgerald (Reader)
David Greathead No User Image (PaCT Lab at Northumbria University)
Thomas Groß (Lecturer)
Feng Hao (Lecturer)
Jenny Johnstone (Lecturer at Newcastle Law School)
Cliff Jones (Professor)
Linda Little (PaCTLab at Northumbria University)
Juliet Lodge (Professor, EU Institutions and Politics)
Tom McCutcheon (Visiting Professor and Defence Science and Technology Laboratory)
Graham Morgan (Senior Lecturer)
Chunyan Mu No User Image (Lecturer)
Patrick Olivier (Professor of Human-Computer Interaction)
Brian Randell (Emeritus Professor, and Senior Research Investigator)
Steve Riddle (Lecturer)
Andrew Robinson (French Honorary Consul, North East of England)
Sascha Romanovsky (Professor)
Santosh Shrivastava (Professor)
Simon Shiu (Visiting Professor and Hewlett Packard Laboratories)
Jason Steggles (Lecturer)
Nigel Thomas (Reader in Performance Engineering)