Steven Furnell

University of Plymouth

Prof. Steven Furnell is the head of the Centre for Security, Communications & Network Research at the University of Plymouth, and an Adjunct Professor with Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. He has been active in security-related research since 1992, with interests including security management, computer crime, user authentication and security usability.  Prof. Furnell has authored over 230 papers in international journals and conferences, as well as books including Cybercrime: Vandalizing the Information Society (Addison Wesley, 2001) and Computer Insecurity: Risking the System (Springer, 2005). He is also the editor-in-chief of Information Management & Computer Security, and the co-chair of the Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance (HAISA) symposium series.

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