Bill Buchanan (computer scientist)
Bill Buchanan is a Scottish computer scientist. He is a professor at Edinburgh Napier University, where he leads the Blockpass ID Lab, and the Centre for Cybersecurity, IoT and Cyberphysical[1] [non-primary source needed] and the Scottish Centre of Excellence in Digital Trust and DLT.[2] In 2017, he received an OBE for services to cyber security[3] and was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[4] CareerBuchanan's work focuses on applied cryptography, blockchain, cybersecurity, citizen-focused health care and digital identity. On 6 May 2015 he launched The Cyber Academy at the Merchiston Campus of Edinburgh Napier University with a goal of "bringing together industry professionals, law enforcement and academics with a view to combining strengths to combat the growing threat of criminal use of hacking software to steal money, data and intellectual property."[5] In November 2015, Buchanan and his team set up a fake Web site for hackers to gain access to, as part of a BBC Panorama programme.[6] In 2016, Buchanan was also included in the FutureScot list for the "50 Scottish Tech People Who Are Changing The World".[7] Buchanan is the creator and sole author of the Asecuritysite.com web site. Asecuritysite was a shortlisted finalist at the Security Training Programme of the Year at the Computing Security Excellence Awards 2024.[8] In 2018 Buchanan was the lead academic on a project designed to improve the security of Internet of Things (IOT) devices. The aim was to test how vulnerable IOT devices and networks are to hacking.[9] Awards and recognition
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