Founded in 1990, the Information Security Group ( ISG ) is one of the oldest academic departments focusing on Information and Cyber Security . It is part of the Engineering, Physical Sciences and Mathematics School (EPMS) at Royal Holloway , University of London . It has around 25 established academic posts, 7 visiting Professors or Fellows and over 90 research students. The Founder Director of the ISG was the late Professor Fred Piper , and the current director is Professor Lizzie Coles-Kemp. Previous directors include Professors Peter Komisarczuk, Keith Martin, Keith Mayes, Chris Mitchell and Peter Wild.
13-808: ISG may refer to: Academics [ edit ] Information Security Group , academic information security group in Royal Holloway, University of London Indian School, Al-Ghubra , a K-12 school in Muscat, Oman International School of Geneva , an international school in Geneva, Switzerland International School in Genoa , an international school in Genoa, Italy International School Groningen , an international school in Haren, Netherlands ISG Business School ,
26-620: A Systems Security Research Lab (S2Lab), which was created in 2014, to investigate how to protect systems from software related threats, such as malware and botnets . The research in the lab covers many different Computer Science-related topics, such as operating systems , computer architecture , program analysis , and machine learning . Current and former associated academics include Whitfield Diffie , Kenny Paterson , David Naccache , Matt Robshaw , Michael Walker , Sean Murphy and Igor Muttik . Royal Holloway's Information Security Group has been mentioned in popular media, most notably in
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52-564: A business school in Paris, France Organisations [ edit ] Idaho State Guard , active during World War II Independent Senators Group , a Canadian Senate parliamentary group Interactive Support Group , a defunct CD-I development company International Steel Group , a steel company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio Interserve Group, a UK construction company Iowa State Guard , active during World War II ISG Ltd ,
65-650: A varied group of genes that are switched on by interferon to tackle viral infection International Socialist Group , a Trotskyist group and British section of the Fourth International between 1987 and 2009 Iraq Study Group , a 2006 congressionally appointed panel charged with assessing the situation in Iraq, also known as the Baker-Hamilton Commission Iraq Survey Group , the 2003–2005 investigative mission in
78-592: Is Professor Stephen Wolthusen. The ISG includes the Smart Card and IoT Security Centre (previously named Smart Card Centre, SCC) that was founded in October 2002 by Royal Holloway , Vodafone and Giesecke & Devrient , for training and research in the field of Smart cards , applications and related technologies: its research topics include RFID , Near Field Communication (NFC), mobile devices, IoT , and general embedded/implementation system security. In 2008,
91-568: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Information Security Group In 1998 the ISG was awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize in recognition of its work in the field of information security . It has also been awarded the status of Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research (ACE-CSR) and hosts a Centre for Doctoral Training in cyber security. In 1992,
104-873: The New York Times bestseller The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown . Queen%27s Anniversary Prize The Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Education (formerly Queen's Anniversary Prizes) are a biennially awarded series of prizes awarded to universities and colleges in the further and higher education sectors within the United Kingdom . Uniquely it forms part of the British honours system , to date rounds have occurred in 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023. The Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Education recognise outstanding work by UK colleges and universities that shows quality and innovation and delivers real benefit to
117-419: The ISG include: the design and evaluation of cryptographic algorithms, protocols and key management; provable security ; smart cards ; RFID ; electronic commerce ; security management ; mobile telecommunications security; authentication and identity management; cyber-physical systems ; embedded security; Internet of Things (IoT); and human related aspects of cyber security. The current director of Research
130-606: The ISG introduced an MSc in information security, being the first university in the world to offer a postgraduate course in the subject. In 2014 this course received full certification from GCHQ . In 2017 it won the award for the Best Cyber Security Education Programme at SC Awards Europe 2017 and in 2021 it was awarded gold status by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) . Research topics addressed by
143-685: The Iraqi WMD search program that produced the Duelfer Report Irish Sign Language (ISO 639 code isg ) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title ISG . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ISG&oldid=1146259337 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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#1732775951552156-678: The SCC was commissioned to perform a counter expertise review of the OV-chipkaart by the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management . The SCC has received support from a number of industrial partners, such as Orange Labs (UK), the UK Cards Association, Transport for London and ITSO . The current director of the Smart Card and IoT Security Centre is Dr. Konstantinos Markantonakis. The ISG also includes
169-546: The wider world and public through education and training. The Prizes are the highest national Honour awarded in UK further and higher education. The prize is awarded by the Royal Anniversary Trust, a registered charity founded in 1990 to develop a program to mark 1992 as the 40th year of Elizabeth II 's reign as British monarch . The program had these four goals: Past winners have been recognized for work in
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