Cybersecurity – a view from BT
Nihon Room, Pembroke College
Monday 24 April at 5 pm
This talk will be given by Professor Ben Azvine, who is BT’s Global Head of Security Research and Innovation. He has 25 years’ experience in both academia and industry, has edited two books and published more than 100 scientific articles on novel application of intelligent systems. He is an inventor of 50 patent applications, has won 4 BCS medals and one IET gold medal for IT innovation. He holds visiting professorship positions at the Universities of Bristol, Cranfield and Bournemouth.
His current research interests include the application of intelligent systems to security, protection of critical national infrastructure, data analysis and information & knowledge management. His current projects include Cyber, cloud & internet security, intelligent assessment of security events, future compliance and risk management and future identity and access management.
He holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering, an MSc in Control Engineering, and a PhD in Intelligent Control Systems from Manchester University and an MBA from Imperial College, London.