Lecturing Portfolio

Most of these lectures are delivered at Oxford, Imperial, and Royal Holloway.

They last between 60 and 180 minutes dependent on degree of interactively.

I've got many more planned. Eventually this will hopefully become a Masters programme in National Security & Emerging Technologies.

SECURITY IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Overviews the Internet’s evolution & introduces key security challenges within this history.

CYBER SECURITY

Investigates how cyber security is achieved within a mutating political & technical environment.

EVOLUTION OF THE HACKER

Charts the genesis of hackers, from their mid-twentieth century origins to present incarnations.

ANATOMY OF HACKING

Dissects how attackers breach networks & achieve their objectives (e.g. disruption, data theft).

DARK WEB

Explores the Dark Web’s mechanics, and how the cyber underworld collaborates.

CYBERCRIME

Explores how criminals have migrated online to exploit societal digitisation.

RANSOMWARE

Studies the threat of extortion attacks disabling enterprises.

THE CRYPTO WARS (CYBER SURVEILLANCE)

Recounts the conflict between citizens & states concerning encryption access.

CYBER ESPIONAGE

Examines the revolutionary impact cyber is having on espionage.

CYBER WARFARE

Focuses on cyber-warfare, drawing extensively on the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

CYBER TERRORISM

Examines extremists use of digital technology before analysing how they utilise hacking.

SEDUCTION & SECRETS: EXTREMIST HONEY TRAPS & HACKING

Follows how extremists use complex social engineering to trick targets into downloading malware downloads

LETHAL CYBER TERRORISM

Assesses whether terrorists can damage property, or harm people, exclusively using cyber.

COUNTERING CYBER THREATS

Analyses how states counter cyber threats, from criminal prosecutions to hacking the hackers.

CYBER PROLIFERATION*

Surveys how cyber capabilities have spread to myriad countries.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE & HACKING*

Charts artificial intelligence’s evolution, and its impact on cyber defence and offence.

ATTRIBUTING CYBER COVERT ACTIONS*

Explores the challenges of assigning cyber operations to their originators.

CRYPTO CURRENCIES*

Examines how crypto currencies can enable covert and illegal activities.

DISINFORMATION*

Analyses how information environments can be polluted to the advantage of a threat actor.

*Available Summer 2025