Activities

  • Invited speaker at the Cyber Security Christmas Lectures in 2018 (Dundee). Gave a presentation entitled “How the Black Hat (Hackers) Stole Christmas”, featuring a demonstration of an IoT child’s toy, and a discussion on open-source intelligence.
  • Invited keynote speaker at the Aberdeenshire GamesCon 2018 Final (Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen). Gave a keynote speech entitled “From Computer Geek to Cyber Security Researcher” discussing the journey from school to PhD.
  • Invited speaker at the Cyber Security Christmas Lectures in 2017 (Aberdeen and Dundee). Gave a presentation entitled “A Fridge Full Of Spam” and a demonstration of an IoT child’s toy.
  • Invited speaker- Social Market Foundation event, SNP Conference, Digital security: how do we keep our money – and ourselves – safe online? Glasgow, Scotland (October 2017)
  • Invited speaker at the SICSA Cyber Security Christmas Lectures in 2016 (Inverness and Dundee). Gave a presentation entitled “A Fridge Full Of Spam”.
  • Speaker at the SICSA Cyber Security Christmas Lectures from 2012-2014. Delivered talks to school pupils about social engineering and the danger of geolocation data shared in tweets.