Author: Anissa Alifandi

Meet the ISST’s research team

In 2024, the ISST welcomed Dr Cathy Mulligan (Advanced Research Fellow) and Dr Gareth Tear (Postdoctoral Research Associate) to the growing team. Over the coming months, Cathy and Gareth will work with our leadership to drive towards the institute’s vision of a more secure and resilient world.

We sat down with Cathy and Gareth to find out more about their backgrounds and hopes for the months ahead:

Can you tell us a bit about your background and experience in security and/or resilience?

Cathy Mulligan: I’ve been on a fantastic journey of using digital technologies to build a more sustainable and resilient world for well over a decade now.

Highlights from the 2024 ISST annual lecture with Ambassador Yvette Stevens

On Thursday 7 November 2024, the Institute for Security Science and Technology (ISST) hosted its annual Vincent Briscoe Security Lecture. 

This year’s speaker was Ambassador Yvette Stevens, former Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the UN. Ambassador Stevens is also an Imperial alumna, having graduated in the 1970s from the Department of Electrical Engineering (now Electrical and Electronic Engineering). She then went on to become Sierra Leone’s first female engineer before kickstarting her career at the UN. 

Ambassador Stevens’ lecture, National security and resilience in the 21st century – the role of science and technology, is available to watch on the ISST’s YouTube channel. 

The Resilient Renewable Society Summit: a student perspective

On 23-24 September 2024, Imperial College London’s Institute for Security Science and Technology (ISST), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and EIS Council hosted the Resilient Renewable Society (R2S) Summit. Emily D’Agostino, a student in the MSc Security and Resilience: Science and Technology 2024/25 cohort, attended the event and shares her insights.

Until a few weeks ago, I was a cybersecurity engineer with the United States Federal Government, responsible for the security of a suite of APIs within the DevOps cycle. I very recently paused my career in federal cybersecurity, moving from the United States to London to pursue the MSc in Security and Resilience: Science and Technology with the Institute for Security Science and Technology (ISST) at Imperial College London.