Research Projects

Examples of projects currently being carried out in the UCL Information Security Group are listed below. Highlights of projects that have been completed can be found in the listing of previous projects.

Adaptively-Secure Asynchronous Consensus based on Directed Acyclic Graphs

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Lefteris Kokoris Kogias (Mysten Labs and Institute of Science and Technology Austria), Bryan Kumara (The Alan Turing Institute), Philipp Jovanovic (University College London), Alberto Sonnino (Mysten Labs and University College London), Pasindu Tennage (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne) and Igor Zablotchi (Mysten Labs)

This project aims to design a consensus protocol based on directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) that can operate under asynchronous network assumptions while being secure against adaptive adversaries.

Towards A Smart Digital Forensic Advisor To Support First Responders With At-Scene Triage Of Digital Evidence Across Crime Types

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Val Abreu (UCL), Catherine O'Brien (UCL), Mark Warner (UCL), Maria Maclennan (University of Edinburgh), Niamh Nic Daéid (University of Dundee), Oriola Sallavaci (University of Essex) and Sarah Morris (University of Southampton)

This project is investigating existing practices, resources, challenges, and user needs around the process of search and seizure of digital devices across two distinct crime types.

CRANE Cyber Security Network

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Steven Murdoch (UCL), Lynne Coventry (Abertay University), Adam Joinson (University of Bath), Andrew Martin (University of Oxford) and Mark Ryan (University of Birmingham)

CRANE is a new EPSRC-funded network to strengthen the UK’s cybersecurity research ecosystem. It will evaluate new technologies and threats, and opportunities for novel research to bring tangible security interventions.