University of Bristol proud to host pioneering cybersecurity research centre

The University of Bristol will be the new home for the Research Institute for Sociotechnical Cyber Security (RISCS) – one of the oldest of the National Cyber Security Centre’s research institutes.

Since its inception in 2012, RISCS has acted as a trailblazer in building a community of experts to tackle some of the most challenging problems faced in making the UK one of the safest places in the world to live and do business online.

It has helped to challenge and change the myth that people are the weakest link in cyber security and has shown that academics, policy makers and business leaders can (and must) work together to tackle cyber security issues collaboratively.

Professor Genevieve Liveley from Bristol’s Department of Classics and Ancient History has been appointed as the new Director of RISCS. She will be supported by colleagues across a range of subjects at the University.

In recent years the University of Bristol’s flagship Cyber Security Group has built a strong reputation for its highly innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to cyber security challenges. Headed by Professor Awais Rashid, the group has a long and successful track-record of shaping the sociotechnical research agenda in cyber security, and providing a space where computer scientists come together to work with behavioural, social, and crime scientists, as well as working closely with arts and humanities researchers.

Bristol also hosts the UKRI’s Centre for Protecting Citizens Online (REPHRAIN), as well as the Cyber Security Body of Knowledge (CyBOK) so bringing RISCS to Bristol offers a perfect opportunity to help build upon this rich body of interdisciplinary work at the university.