Secure and Resilient Systems
Our remit
The Secure and Resilient Systems (SRS) group conducts pioneering research which has a direct impact on government, industry and society. We examine the nature of the cyber environment, and how we can protect the human experience within it.
Our research remit is broad and spans:
- human aspects of security and privacy
- system security, incl. cryptography, authentication and authorization
- security of complex systems, such as IoT and smart buildings
- system dependability and fault tolerance
- formal verification of safety and security properties
Research centres
The SRS group is an integral part of:
- the Newcastle University Centre of Research Excellence (NUCoRE) for Cyber Security and Resilience
- the Newcastle Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research (ACE-CSR)
In those Centres, SRS is dedicated to a strong agenda in security and resilience research. This underpins many of our wider research interests.
Our expertise in evidence-based methods in Cyber Security research is recognised internationally.
RISCS
We are also a founding member of the Research Institute for Sociotechnical Cyber Security (RISCS).
This is the UK’s first academic research institute to focus on understanding the overall security of organisations. This includes their constituent technology, people and processes.
RISCS is funded by:
- the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
- the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
PETRAS
We are proud to be a member of PETRAS, a consortium of 22 research institutions. It is the world’s largest socio-technical research centre focused on the future implementation of the IoT.
Cybercrime
Our interdisciplinary EPSRC Northern Cloud Crime Centre explores the use of machine learning in combating cybercrime, especially in the cloud.
Our research in this area includes:
- understanding cybercrime in this environment
- establishing machine-learning tools to advance security and privacy
Research projects
We are proud to host the ERC project Confidentiality-Preserving Security Assurance (CASCAde). This world-leading project offers security assurance for complex systems and social graphs, while keeping sensitive information private.
We are also the home of the interdisciplinary EPSRC FinTrust project, in collaboration with Atom Bank. This project supports financial services companies in designing better and more trustworthy digital banking services.