International Association
for Cryptologic Research

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) present the new frontier for security. The number of connected devices is expected to grow to 50 billion by the year 2020. This growth is being driven by innovations in the areas of smart cities, internet of things, body-area networks (in healthcare), smart grids and wearable sensors. With digital technologies becoming embedded in everyday objects and infrastructures, CPS offer both great opportunities and great problems of security for modern society. They raise major research challenges with regards to security of the data and information, the systems and infrastructures and the users interacting with them on a daily basis. The research agendas raised by these questions are interdisciplinary and can be tackled from a range of technical, behavioural and socio-economic perspectives. The proposed position will, therefore, be based in Security Lancaster, our inter-disciplinary research centre on Security and Protection Science.

Security Lancaster is one of only four flagship Lancaster Research Centres and was amongst the first 8 Academic Centres of Excellence in Cyber Security Research recognised by the UK government. With over 70 researchers, it is one of the few multi-disciplinary centres to tackle human and technological challenges to cyber security by integrating computer science researchers with expertise from social and behavioural sciences. The centre has a thriving PhD programme with over 30 current graduate students engaged in security research.

For these posts (equivalent to Assistant Professor) we are seeking a ‘rising star’ in security of cyber-physical systems, with a strong and growing international reputation, evidenced by excellent international publications in leading security journals and conferences.