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The Challenges of Investigating Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Related Crime (2018)
Journal Article
Dyson, S., Buchanan, W., & Bell, L. (2018). The Challenges of Investigating Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Related Crime. The Journal of the British Blockchain Association, 1(2), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.31585/jbba-1-2-%288%292018

We increasingly live in a world where there is a balance between the rights to privacy and the requirements for consent, and the rights of society to protect itself. Within this world, there is an ever-increasing requirement to protect the identities... Read More about The Challenges of Investigating Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Related Crime.

Open-source Data Analysis and Machine Learning for Asthma Hospitalisation Rates (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rooney, L., Chute, C., Buchanan, W. J., Smales, A., & Hepburn, L.-A. (2018, November). Open-source Data Analysis and Machine Learning for Asthma Hospitalisation Rates. Presented at Global Health 2018, Athens, Greece

Long-term conditions in Scotland account for 80% of all GP consultations; they also account for 60% of all deaths in Scotland. Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are common long-term respiratory diseases [1]. Asthma is a heteroge... Read More about Open-source Data Analysis and Machine Learning for Asthma Hospitalisation Rates.

Impact of cyberattacks on stock performance: a comparative study (2018)
Journal Article
Tweneboah-Kodua, S., Atsu, F., & Buchanan, W. (2018). Impact of cyberattacks on stock performance: a comparative study. Information and Computer Security, 26(5), 637-652. https://doi.org/10.1108/ics-05-2018-0060

The study uses cyberattacks announcements on 96 firms that are listed on S&P 500 over the period January 03, 2013 and December 29, 2017.
The empirical analysis was performed in two ways: cross-section and industry level. We employ statistical tests... Read More about Impact of cyberattacks on stock performance: a comparative study.

Requirements for 5G based telemetric cardiac monitoring (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Thuemmler, C., Hindricks, G., Rolffs, C., Buchanan, W., & Bollmann, A. (2018, October). Requirements for 5G based telemetric cardiac monitoring. Presented at 14th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob), Limassol, Cyprus

Several white papers have been published on general requirements for 5G in the health vertical. As 5G research and implementation continue more detailed real world information for application research are needed. This paper is focusing on the require... Read More about Requirements for 5G based telemetric cardiac monitoring.

Method for identification of digital content (2018)
Patent
Buchanan, B., Lo, O., Penrose, P., Ramsay, B., & Macfarlane, R. (2018). Method for identification of digital content. World Intellectual Property Organization

Many areas oi investigation require searching through data that may be oi interest. One example oi data that may be involved in an investigation is copyrighted material that may be suspected of having been obtained or reproduced illegally by a third... Read More about Method for identification of digital content.

Privacy Parameter Variation using RAPPOR on a Malware Dataset (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Aaby, P., Mata De Acuña, J. J., Macfarlane, R., & Buchanan, W. J. (2018, August). Privacy Parameter Variation using RAPPOR on a Malware Dataset. Presented at 2018 17th IEEE International Conference On Trust, Security And Privacy In Computing And Communications/ 12th IEEE International Conference On Big Data Science And Engineering (TrustCom/BigDataSE), New York, NY, USA

Stricter data protection regulations and the poor application of privacy protection techniques have resulted in a requirement for data-driven companies to adopt new methods of analysing sensitive user data. The RAPPOR (Randomized Aggregatable Privacy... Read More about Privacy Parameter Variation using RAPPOR on a Malware Dataset.

Correlation Power Analysis on the PRESENT Block Cipher on an Embedded Device (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lo, O., Buchanan, W. J., & Carson, D. (2018, August). Correlation Power Analysis on the PRESENT Block Cipher on an Embedded Device. Presented at ACM Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, Hamburg, Germany

Traditional cryptographic techniques have proven to work well on most modern computing devices but they are unsuitable for devices (e.g. IoT devices) where memory, power consumption or processing power is limited. Thus, there has been an increasing a... Read More about Correlation Power Analysis on the PRESENT Block Cipher on an Embedded Device.

GDPR and Cyber Security for Business Information Systems (2018)
Book
Gobeo, A., Fowler, C., & Buchanan, B. (2018). GDPR and Cyber Security for Business Information Systems. River Publishers

The General Data Protection Regulation is the latest, and one of the most stringent, regulations regarding Data Protection to be passed into law by the European Union. Fundamentally, it aims to protect the Rights and Freedoms of all the individuals i... Read More about GDPR and Cyber Security for Business Information Systems.

Experimental High Speed Data Encryption via SDM-CV-QKD Signaling for High-Capacity Access Network (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Asif, R., Haithem, M., & Buchanan, W. J. (2018, July). Experimental High Speed Data Encryption via SDM-CV-QKD Signaling for High-Capacity Access Network. Presented at Advanced Photonics 2018 (BGPP, IPR, NP, NOMA, Sensors, Networks, SPPCom, SOF)

We report a high capacity Quantum-to-the-Home (QTTH) network in a spatialdivision-multiplexing (SDM) network utilizing 7-core multicore fiber (MCF). Aggregate secure key rates of 33.6 Mbit/s over 9.8 km of fiber are the actual state-of-the-art.

Applications of Blockchain Within Healthcare. (2018)
Journal Article
Bell, L., Buchanan, W. J., Cameron, J., & Lo, O. (2018). Applications of Blockchain Within Healthcare. Blockchain in Healthcare Today,

There are several areas of healthcare and well-being that could be enhanced using blockchain technologies. These include device tracking, clinical trials, pharmaceutical tracing, and health insurance. Within device tracking, hospitals can trace their... Read More about Applications of Blockchain Within Healthcare..