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Dr Theo Tryfonas

Dr. Theo Tryfonas (BSc, MSc, PhD, CISA, MBCS CITP) is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering with interests in methodologies, tools and techniques for assessing security of computing technology and developing an understanding of emerging cyber-threats. He also works in the area of digital forensics exploring human and technical aspects of the analysis of digital evidence and its challenges in a national and international context. He has co-authored over 50 relevant articles in international journals and conferences and has assisted forensic investigations acting as an Expert Witness for several cases prosecuted under the Child Protection, the Fraud and the Computer Misuse Acts. He is currently coordinator of the EU-funded project ForToo (HOME/2010/ISEC/AG/INT/002) working on developing tools for forensic analysis of network-related incidents. In the past he has worked as a consultant security engineer on critical infrastructure projects such as resilience of public transport for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. He has also worked as manager in charge of the development of safety systems for maritime transportation and port security.