KIRCCS News

Presentation by John Finch ALL WELCOME Tuesday 19 February 2-3pm, Marlowe LT1 Book now John Finch is the Chief Information Officer for Refinitiv – formerly the Financial & Risk business of Thomson Reuters – and is responsible for all engineering, technical, security and logistical operations to develop enterprise business systems. John has been twice recognised as one of the 20 "most influential people in UK technology" and speaks...

Dr Jason Nurse from the School of Computing Cyber Security Research Group has written an article for The Conversation on why Amazon, Facebook and Google don't need to spy on your conversations to know what you're talking about. If you've ever wondered if your phone is spying on you, you're not alone. One of the most hotly deb...

A children's book aimed at explaining what sorts of careers are available to them in the future includes an interview with Dr Jason Nurse from the School of Computing. Dr Nurse is featured in the book called Fantastic jobs and how to get them, which has a particular focus on jobs in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Dr Nurse is included as a 'social media scientist' w...

Kent Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Cyber Security (KirCCS) at the University of Kent, representing the University of Kent as a UK government recognised ACE-CSR (Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research), will host its first Public Engagement Event in Cyber Security at the Canterbury campus on Wednesday 5th December 2018 from 1-6pm. The event will be opened by Prof Karen Cox, the Vice-Chancellor and President of the University, at 2.30p...

Shutterstock Jason Nurse, University of Kent Cybercriminals have just been given yet another route to get malicious software (malware) onto your personal mobile devices. The hugely popular video game Fortnite has become one of the first major apps to bypass official app stores and encourage users to download its software directly. In doing so, it's also bypassing the security protections of the app stores and chipping away at a system that has worked r...

The University of Kent has achieved accreditation from the government as an Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research (ACE-CSR).                                 The announcement, made by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, comes in recognitio...

Dr Jason R C Nurse has joined the University of Kent as a Lecturer in Cyber Security in the School of Computing. Jason is a member of the Cyber Security Research Group and is based at the Canterbury campus. Jason joins Kent from the University of Oxford, where he was a Senior Researcher in Cyber Security, a part of the Department of Computer Science and Cyber Security Oxford, and a JR Fellow at Wolfson College Oxford. Dr Nurse's research interests focus...

Talented researchers are being urged to apply for PhD and research associate positions in the School of Computing at Kent. The School is a welcoming and supportive environment that has been recognised with a Bronze Athena SWAN award. We are a well-balanced, inclusive and diverse community that aims to further enhance our achievements and reputation in teaching, research and innovation. Research Associate – apply by 25 May 2018 Research Assoc...

Commenting on the chaos faced by 1.9 million customers of the TSB, cyber security expert, Professor Shujun Li of the University of Kent said: 'there have been data breaches that should have never happened with any modern e-banking systems.' 'The ongoing IT system failure of TSB surprised me not because of the failure itself. Today's IT systems are too complicated and dy...

Students from the School of Computing at the University of Kent have won the annual Deloitte Cyber 'Capture the Flag' competition. The competition tested students' penetration testing, forensics, malware and intrusion analysis skills in a fun and competitive environment. The Kent team, comprised of Matthew Boakes, Calvin Brierley, Catalin Irimie and Jamie Pont, qualified in an initial round. Only the eight highest scoring university teams were...