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In cybersecurity, the weakest link is … you (2014)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, W. J. (2014). In cybersecurity, the weakest link is … you

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Computer security relies on a great number of links, hardware, software and something else altogether: you. The greatest threat to information security is actually people. Why strive to defeat encrypted... Read More about In cybersecurity, the weakest link is … you.

When the ATM runs Windows, how safe is your money? (2014)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, W. J. (2014). When the ATM runs Windows, how safe is your money?

How safe is Microsoft Windows? After all, the list of malware that has caused major headaches worldwide over the last 15 years is long – viruses, worms and Trojans have forced computers to shut down, knocked South Korea offline and even overloaded Go... Read More about When the ATM runs Windows, how safe is your money?.

iWorm hack shows Macs are vulnerable too (2014)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, W. J. (2014). iWorm hack shows Macs are vulnerable too

The computer operating systems and applications we use today have often evolved over many years, decades even, and contain tens or hundreds of millions of lines of code. Flaws in that code – and there will always be some – give rise to security probl... Read More about iWorm hack shows Macs are vulnerable too.

Efficient road topology based broadcast protocol for VANETs (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Al-Kubati, G., Al-Dubai, A., Mackenzie, L., & Pezaros, D. (2014). Efficient road topology based broadcast protocol for VANETs. In 2014 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC). https://doi.org/10.1109/WCNC.2014.6952857

Intelligent Transportation Systems have been instrumental in reshaping transportation towards safer roads, seamless logistics, and digital business-oriented services under the umbrella of smart city platforms. Broadcasting transmission is an essentia... Read More about Efficient road topology based broadcast protocol for VANETs.

“I am Spartacus”: privacy enhancing technologies, collaborative obfuscation and privacy as a public good (2014)
Journal Article
Kwecka, Z., Buchanan, W. J., Schafer, B., & Rauhofer, J. (2014). “I am Spartacus”: privacy enhancing technologies, collaborative obfuscation and privacy as a public good. Artificial Intelligence and Law, 22(2), 113-139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10506-014-9155-5

The paper introduces an approach to privacy enhancing technologies that sees privacy not merely as an individual right, but as a public good. This understanding of privacy has recently gained ground in the debate on appropriate legal protection for p... Read More about “I am Spartacus”: privacy enhancing technologies, collaborative obfuscation and privacy as a public good.

Special Issue on Advances in Trust, Security and Privacy for Wireless and Mobile Networks (2014)
Journal Article
Wu, Y., Ko, R. K. L., & Al-Dubai, A. (2014). Special Issue on Advances in Trust, Security and Privacy for Wireless and Mobile Networks. Wireless Personal Communications, 75, 1587-1589. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-014-1649-7

No abstract available.

Garmin satnav forensic methods and artefacts: an exploratory study. (2014)
Thesis
Arbelet, A. (2014). Garmin satnav forensic methods and artefacts: an exploratory study. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7334

Over ten years ago, major changes in the Global Positioning System (GPS) technology led to its explosion in popularity. GPS devices are now ubiquitous, escorting their users everywhere they go, and potentially recording the entirety of their whereabo... Read More about Garmin satnav forensic methods and artefacts: an exploratory study..

Complete anatomy of Heartbleed, Truecrypt and large-scale vulnerabilities. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J. (2014, September). Complete anatomy of Heartbleed, Truecrypt and large-scale vulnerabilities. Paper presented at 7th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks (SIN 2014)

This presentation will outline some new research related to the Heartbleed vulnerability, and cover the full technical details of the threat, with a live demo. Along with it will show how Heartbleed is detected on networked device, and some new resea... Read More about Complete anatomy of Heartbleed, Truecrypt and large-scale vulnerabilities..

Creating engaging and stimulating Web based material (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J. (2014, January). Creating engaging and stimulating Web based material. Presented at LTT 2014

This presentation outlines the collaboration between Edinburgh Napier University and Bright Red Publishing

Discrete Logarithms within Computer and Network Security. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J. (2014, April). Discrete Logarithms within Computer and Network Security. Presented at Napier 400 - Numerical Algorithms and Intelligent Software Symposium

As we move into an Information Age, the requirement for computer security increases by the day, only in terms of privacy, but also in terms of proving identity and in verifying the integrity of data. Unfortunately many of the most widely used public... Read More about Discrete Logarithms within Computer and Network Security..

How the love of one teenager brought Tweetdeck to its knees. (2014)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, W. J. (2014). How the love of one teenager brought Tweetdeck to its knees

TweetDeck, a Twitter app with millions of users, is back online after a rather surprising security scare. For several hours, the service was taken down all because a 19-year-old user tried to add a cute heart to his messages.

The New Enlightenment in Scotland. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J. (2014, January). The New Enlightenment in Scotland. Paper presented at Secure Scotland

Scotland, as a nation, has been built on enterprise and innovation, and, at one time, led the world in terms of enlightenment for its scientific and cultural approach. This presentation outlines the current growth of confidence in Scotland as a place... Read More about The New Enlightenment in Scotland..

Traffic light hacking shows the Internet of Things must come with better security. (2014)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, W. J. (2014). Traffic light hacking shows the Internet of Things must come with better security

The growing extent to which our day-to-day infrastructure is computer-controlled and internet-connected leaves it open to the possibility that malicious hackers could intercept data or take control of devices. Often this sort of critical infrastructu... Read More about Traffic light hacking shows the Internet of Things must come with better security..

The future of computer science education and observations from on-line learning. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J. (2014, January). The future of computer science education and observations from on-line learning. Paper presented at Higher Computing Science National Qualifications Support

This session will look at the opportunities at the present time and in the future for Computing, and provide key pointer to the skills that are required to undertake a career in related areas. Along with this Bill will outline the results of the work... Read More about The future of computer science education and observations from on-line learning..

Information sharing. (2014)
Patent
Buchanan, W. J., Fan, L., Uthmani, O., & Lawson, A. (2014). Information sharing

http://www.google.com/patents/US20140201804 The present disclosure relates to improved information sharing and in particular to formal representations of information sharing policies between organizations. An organization comprises various agents wit... Read More about Information sharing..

The Risks and Opportunities of Mobile Working within Cloud Environments. (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., & Smales, A. (2014, February). The Risks and Opportunities of Mobile Working within Cloud Environments. Paper presented at Practical Perspectives on Secure Mobile Working

This presentation outlines the changing architecture of business systems, and with the increasing use of Cloud-based systems. It outlines some of the key risks around using mobile devices for business and social uses, and define some best practice me... Read More about The Risks and Opportunities of Mobile Working within Cloud Environments..

A Loosely-coupled Semantic Model for Efficient Cloud Service Search and Retrieval. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fang, D., Liu, X., & Romdhani, I. (2015, May). A Loosely-coupled Semantic Model for Efficient Cloud Service Search and Retrieval. Presented at Fifth International Conference on Cloud Computing, GRIDs, and Virtualization

As cloud services propagate along with the rapid development of cloud computing, issues raised in service selection and retrieval processes become increasingly critical. While many approaches are proposed on the specification and discovery of cloud s... Read More about A Loosely-coupled Semantic Model for Efficient Cloud Service Search and Retrieval..

Evaluating Digital Forensic Tools (DFTs). (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Flandrin, F., Buchanan, W. J., Macfarlane, R., Ramsay, B., & Smales, A. (2014). Evaluating Digital Forensic Tools (DFTs). In 7th International Conference : Cybercrime Forensics Education & Training

This paper outlines the key methods used in the evaluation of digital forensics tools.

Fast and reliable hybrid routing for vehicular ad hoc networks. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Al-Kubati, G., Al-Dubai, A., Mackenzie, L., & Pezaros, D. (2013). Fast and reliable hybrid routing for vehicular ad hoc networks. In 13th International Conference on ITS Telecommunications (ITST) (20-25). https://doi.org/10.1109/ITST.2013.6685515

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs) have been attracting tremendous attention in both academia and industry due to emerging applications that pave the way towards safer enjoyable journeys and inclusive digital partnerships. Undoubtedly, these I... Read More about Fast and reliable hybrid routing for vehicular ad hoc networks..

Modelling of integrated trust, governance and access safi.re: Information Sharing Architecture. (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Uthmani, O., Fan, L., Burns, N., Lo, O., Lawson, A., Varga, J., & Anderson, C. (2013, April). Modelling of integrated trust, governance and access safi.re: Information Sharing Architecture. Presented at CSP 2013: Cyber Security and Privacy

We live in a world where trust relationships are becoming ever more important. This paper outlines how an architecture which abstracts these relationships between domains, organisations and units, into a formal definition, and then implement these as... Read More about Modelling of integrated trust, governance and access safi.re: Information Sharing Architecture..