Biographies

Professor Steven Furnell

Steven Furnell is the head of the Network Research Group at the University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom, and an Adjunct Associate Professor with Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. He specialises in computer security and has been actively researching in the area for fourteen years, with current areas of interest including security management, computer crime, user authentication, and security usability.  Prof. Furnell is a Fellow and Branch Chair of the British Computer Society (BCS), a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and a UK representative in International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) working groups relating to Information Security Management (of which he is the current chair), Network Security, and Information Security Education. He is the author of over 160 papers in refereed international journals and conference proceedings, as well as the books Cybercrime: Vandalizing the Information Society (2001) and Computer Insecurity: Risking the System (2005).   Further details can be found at www.network-research-group.org.

Steven Furnell

Debi Ashenden
Debi is a Senior Research Fellow within the Defence College of Management and Technology at Cranfield University. Prior to taking up this post she was a Managing Consultant within QinetiQ’s Trusted Information Management Department (formerly the Defence Evaluation Research Agency). Specialising in information assurance in general, and risk assessment in particular, other specific areas of interest include building trust for information sharing, governance processes for information assurance and information security awareness. Debi has worked extensively across government, defence and the finance sector as a consultant and her work concentrates on understanding the role of individuals in ensuring that security risks are mitigated. Debi has had a number of articles on information security published, presented at a range of conferences and has co-authored a book for Butterworth Heinemann ‘Risk Management for Computer Security: Protecting Your Network & Information Assets’. Her current research examines the practice of information operations using discourse analysis.

Debi Ashenden

Jeremy Ward
Jeremy has worked for Symantec since October 2000 as an information security risk management specialist.  He is responsible for the development of projects and services for Symantec, for promoting Symantec as an information security risk management company and for Government liaison on information security issues.  He was responsible for BS 27001 certification for Symantec’s Security Operating Centres worldwide. Before joining Symantec Jeremy worked for the UK Ministry of Defence and the Cabinet Office. Jeremy contributes to a number of information security expert panels for organizations such as the OECD’s Business and Industry Advisory Council, the ICC, CBI and BSI. He is Chairman of the ENISA working group on risk assessment and management.

Jeremy Ward

Dr Andy Jones
Andy Jones has a background in Military intelligence and security research. After completing military service he ran the UK defence research IW group before moving to University to lecture on the subject and to the British Telecommunications Security Research Labs where he continues to carry out research in the area. He also holds a post as an adjunct at Edith Cowan University in Australia.

Andy Jones

Tim Parsons
Tim is a Senior Manager at Detica, working in the area of Business Resilience. Prior to this position he was Head of Information and Security Systems within the Strategic Business Development group at BAE SYSTEMS Farnborough. Tim has a specific interest in the business and enterprise impact of Information Management issues, Information Assurance and emerging trends across a range of ICT areas. Tim has contributed widely to initiatives across UK Government and to the definition and progression of NATO and EU research programmes in these areas. He has presented internationally in the areas of Information Assurance and Critical Information Infrastructure Protection. Tim is a Chartered Information Technology Professional, a Fellow of the British Computer Society and a member of the Institute of Directors.

Tim Parsons

Dr Jari Rantapelkonen
Lieutenant Colonel Jari Rantapelkonen has graduated from the Finnish Military Academy in 1987. LtCol Rantapelkonen holds a doctor of science (military) degree from the National Defence University. He has also graduated from the University of Helsinki holding a licentiate of political science in international affairs. His current assignment is a Commanding Officer for the C4 School. LTC Rantapelkonen has published widely writing books and articles on the philosophy of military science, leadership, information warfare, operations and tactics.

Jari Rantapelkonen

Dr Henrique Santos
Henrique is an Associate Professor in the department of Information Systems at the University of Minho in Guimarães, Portugal. He lectures on Computer architecture, Information system security and computer programming. His research interests include security models, security policies and security evaluation issues. Public Key Infrastructures and its applications are also a central topic of interest. He is the Director of the Algoritmi research centre at the University.

Henrique Santos

Updated 14 May 2008