Professor Bill Buchanan OBE joins advisory board of new cybersecurity Special Interest Group.

Continuing our Advisory Board appointments from the recent announcement of David Lacey as our founding Chairperson. I am delighted to share that Professor Bill Buchannan OBE will be joining David on the Zero Trust SIG Advisory Board.

Bill is a Professor in the School of Computing at Edinburgh Napier University where he founded the world leading Blockpass ID Lab. He is also a Fellow of the British Computer Society and Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Authority. Having published over 400 peer-reviewed research papers, several high-impact patents, alongside more than 30 academic textbooks.

His work has has had a significant impact on the UK cybersecurity ecosystem, including four highly successful spin-out companies (Zonefox, Symphonic Software, Cyan Forensics and MemCrypt), bringing numerous awards for excellence in knowledge transfer, and teaching.

Bill lives and works in Edinburgh, a firm believer in fairness, justice, and freedom. His social media tagline reflects this strong belief in changing the world for the better: "A Serial Innovator. An Old World Breaker. A New World Creator." He has a deep passion for everything related to cryptography, digital trust and digital identity, and in building a more trusted, secure and resilient digital world, and with a focus on the rights of citizens to privacy.

The Zero Trust SIG is extremely proud to have Bill, horizon-scanning for the ZT SIG, judging content submissions and liaising with academia on our behalf. Thank you Professor Bill for supporting our endeavour to promote cybersecurity innovation and best practice sharing across Central Gov, CNI and National security.