REPHRAIN
The National Research Centre on Privacy, Harm Reduction and Adversarial Influence Online, is a collaboration between the University of Bristol, UCL, the University of Bath, the University of Edinburgh and Kings College London.
InfoSec Research Group 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.
Usable Privacy in Female Health Apps
This project explores the usability of privacy mechanisms within female mHealth apps, focusing on features that allow users to manage their data such as deletion and data portability mechanisms.
PROTECT
Protecting (Young) Victims of Cryptocurrency Fraud through decentralised insurance markets
Development of a child sexual abuse conversation (CSAC) dataset
This project will lead to advances in our understanding of how perpetrators of child sexual grooming engage online with young people through computer-mediated communication tools and platforms (e.g., Facebook, WhatsApp).
Towards A Smart Digital Forensic Advisor To Support First Responders With At-Scene Triage Of Digital Evidence Across Crime Types
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.