Tag: ISST

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.

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.

Improving engagement with gaming

Article written by Florian Pouchet: Senior Manager and Head of Cybersecurity and Operational Resilience for Wavestone UK with 15 years of experience in cybersecurity management consulting. Florian is responsible for building and leading teams to deliver high quality advisory services and growing Wavestone’s business in the cybersecurity and operational resilience space. He has provided oversight on a number of engagements including cybersecurity remediation programmes, IAM strategy and global deployment, crisis management exercises and security assurance in agile development processes.

Users play a massive role in detecting cybersecurity threats and attacks. Our CERT’s 2021 incidents report showed that more than half of major cyber incidents had been picked up by users before security solutions and monitoring was triggered.