Leading the Cyber Security Foundry
![Giovanni Russello headshot](https://csf.auckland.ac.nz/files/2020/08/Giovanni-Russello-headshot.jpg)
Giovanni Russello Associate Professor – Computer Science
My focus is Android security, confidentiality and privacy solutions for the cloud, and access control models in general. I lead the SECRET Lab, working on security projects including the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment’s (MBIE) STRATUS project. In the past, I was founding CEO of a start-up developing secure solutions for Android.
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Steven Galbraith Professor – Mathematics
I have a doctorate in number theory from the University of Oxford and worked in the acclaimed Information Security Group at Royal Holloway University of London for over 10 years. I’m a leading researcher in the mathematics of public key cryptography, especially elliptic curve cryptography and lattice-based cryptography. I’ve served on the board of the International Association of Cryptologic Research, published a major textbook in the mathematics of cryptography, and given many invited lectures at cryptography conferences.
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Alex Sims Associate Professor – Commercial Law, Business School
I focus on blockchain technology and am a founding member of the Blockchain Association of New Zealand. I am also the New Zealand representative on the OECD Blockchain Expert Policy Advisory Board (BEPAB) and a member of the NZ International Review Group for ISO/TC307 Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. I currently hold a Law Foundation grant on Regulating digital currencies that use Blockchain Technology.
![John Hosking headshot](https://csf.auckland.ac.nz/files/2020/08/John-Hosking-headshot.jpg)
John Hosking Professor and Dean of Science, BSc PhD MemIEEE FRSNZ
My research career has been in software engineering, with over 200 publications and a long history of university-industry research engagement. I’ve been awarded both an FRSNZ, in recognition of my research and a National Tertiary Teaching Excellence award, reflecting my passion for teaching. I became Dean of Science in June 2014. Prior to that, I was Dean of Engineering and Computer Science at the Australian National University. Before that I was Professor of Applied Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Auckland, including a six-year term as Head of Department 1999-2005.
The CSF team
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James Harper – University of Auckland, Chief Information Security Officer, ITS