{"id":18,"date":"2024-11-25T22:57:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T22:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/ace-csr\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2026-01-17T01:42:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T01:42:39","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/ace-csr\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"18\" class=\"elementor elementor-18\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-771c35e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"771c35e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e33a528 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e33a528\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Northumbria Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research<br>(Northumbria ACE-CSR)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab328f1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ab328f1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66aab70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"66aab70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Welcome to the Northumbria Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research (Northumbria ACE-CSR)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9d17f4 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a9d17f4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d8abd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d8abd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Northumbria University has maintained its status as an Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research (ACE-CSR) in recognition of its internationally leading research in this field. Following a recent assessment by the National Cyber Security Centre and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Northumbria was named one of just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsc.gov.uk\/information\/academic-centres-excellence-cyber-security-research\">21 universities across the UK awarded ACE-CSR status<\/a>\u00a0for five years (2024-2029).<\/p><p>This is the second time Northumbria has been recognised, having first gained ACE-CSR status in 2019. The latest assessment confirmed that Northumbria meets the tough standards to be named an ACE-CSR. This includes:<\/p><ul><li>commitment from the university&#8217;s leadership team to support and invest in the university&#8217;s cyber security research capacity and capability<\/li><li>a critical mass of academic staff engaged in leading-edge cyber security research<\/li><li>a proven track record of producing high-impact cyber security research<\/li><li>sustained funding from a variety of sources to ensure the continuing financial viability of the research team&#8217;s activities<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a971ee9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a971ee9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1919\" 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Antonopoulos, Claire Bessant, Helena Farrand Carrapico,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\"><span style=\"color: #313131; font-family: azo-sans-web, sans-serif;\">Clare Wiper,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\"><span style=\"color: #313131; font-family: azo-sans-web, sans-serif;\">Mehzeb R Chowdhury,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\"><span style=\"color: #313131; font-family: azo-sans-web, sans-serif;\">Gavin Oxburgh,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\"><span style=\"color: #313131; font-family: azo-sans-web, sans-serif;\">Nick Neave,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\"><span style=\"color: #313131; font-family: azo-sans-web, sans-serif;\">James Ranjith Kumar Rajasekaran,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-align: var(--text-align); 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background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\"><span style=\"color: #313131; font-family: azo-sans-web, sans-serif;\">Keerthana Jaganathan.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a75678 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2a75678\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e693b elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon elementor-view-default elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"47e693b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-code\" viewBox=\"0 0 640 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M278.9 511.5l-61-17.7c-6.4-1.8-10-8.5-8.2-14.9L346.2 8.7c1.8-6.4 8.5-10 14.9-8.2l61 17.7c6.4 1.8 10 8.5 8.2 14.9L293.8 503.3c-1.9 6.4-8.5 10.1-14.9 8.2zm-114-112.2l43.5-46.4c4.6-4.9 4.3-12.7-.8-17.2L117 256l90.6-79.7c5.1-4.5 5.5-12.3.8-17.2l-43.5-46.4c-4.5-4.8-12.1-5.1-17-.5L3.8 247.2c-5.1 4.7-5.1 12.8 0 17.5l144.1 135.1c4.9 4.6 12.5 4.4 17-.5zm327.2.6l144.1-135.1c5.1-4.7 5.1-12.8 0-17.5L492.1 112.1c-4.8-4.5-12.4-4.3-17 .5L431.6 159c-4.6 4.9-4.3 12.7.8 17.2L523 256l-90.6 79.7c-5.1 4.5-5.5 12.3-.8 17.2l43.5 46.4c4.5 4.9 12.1 5.1 17 .6z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e575e30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e575e30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What We Do ...<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b77684 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b77684\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Northumbria Cyber Security Research Group (NCSRG) leads the University\u2019s research across this area with researchers in Computer Science, AI, Cybersecurity, Psychology, Law, Criminology, Social Sciences etc. This multi-disciplinary group combines technical research with applied AI on Malware\/botnet detection, biometric encryption, wireless sensor networks, web security protocols, and image recognition, with human-centred work on usable security, privacy, trust, law, crime, social sciences and behaviour change. The group\u2019s work identifies both the virtual and physical risks associated with connected smart cities and complements other work ongoing at the University relating to the digital living space, which explores the intersection of people, place and technology in the digital and urban environment. In the knowledge partnership activities, Northumbria\u2019s<b>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nucyberclinic.com\/\">Cyber Clinic&nbsp;<\/a><\/b>works with&nbsp;<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nebrcentre.co.uk\/\">NEBRC<\/a>&nbsp;<\/b>(North East Business Resilience Centre), which is police-led, and this collaboration has helped to secure business networks from cyber-attacks. Northumbria\u2019s cyber security students working for NEBRC as part-time ethical hackers have helped many SMEs.&nbsp;&nbsp;The BBC broadcasted 15 episodes of \u2018Dirty Rotten Scammers\u2019 from June 2022 where Northumbria students from NEBRC who worked as ethical hackers created the show by doing Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) on selected people that was arranged through ITN Productions. The show explained how people could be easily scammed with personal information of them available on the Internet. The \u2018Dirty Rotten Scammers\u2019 series link is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m00183m1\/episodes\/guide\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Psychology and Communication Technology <b>(<a href=\"https:\/\/pactlab.co.uk\/\">PaCT<\/a>) <\/b>Lab<b> <\/b>at Northumbria University is one of few dedicated Cyberpsychology research and training facilities in the UK. Led by Dr Dawn Branley-Bell and located within the School of Psychology, PaCT is home to a team of academic researchers including faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, research assistants and PhD candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Emphasising the importance of research in cyber security,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northumbria.ac.uk\/about-us\/our-staff\/b\/pamela-briggs\/\">Professor Pam Briggs<\/a>, former ACE-CSR director and Northumbria Cyber Security Research Group lead, commented: \u201cCybersecurity attacks grow in number and complexity year on year and are quickly becoming smarter with new AI capability. \u201cIt is vital that we understand the role that both people and technology will play in helping to reduce our vulnerability to such attacks and I\u2019m delighted that this ACE-CSR gives recognition to the work Northumbria researchers are doing in this space.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chris Ensor, Deputy Director Cyber Growth of the National Cyber Security Centre, said: \u201cI\u2019m delighted that 21 universities have been recognised as Academic Centres of Excellence in Cyber Security Research, including four who have received the award for the first time. 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