About us

Cyber Security Oxford is a community of researchers and experts working under the umbrella of the University of Oxford’s Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research (ACE-CSR). Our University is proud to be a founding member of the scheme, which is sponsored by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

Membership in the network spans the University, with strong collaborations in:

• The Department of Computer Science (including researchers in the Security theme and the Software Engineering Programme)
• The Department of Politics and International Relations
• The Department of Engineering Science (including researchers in the Oxford e-Research Centre and the Centre for Doctoral Training in Autonomous Intelligent Machines and Systems)
• The Oxford Internet Institute
• The Department of Sociology (including The Human Cybercriminal Project)
• The Blavatnik School of Government
• The Oxford Martin School (including the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre)
• The University of Oxford Information Security team

The network also has links with researchers in:

• The Mathematical Institute
• The Saïd Business School
• The Law Faculty
• The Big Data Institute
• The Clinical Trials Services Unit
• The Department of Economics
• The Department of Experimental Psychology
• The Department of Physics
• The Department of Statistics
• The Extra-Legal Governance Institute
• The History Faculty
• The Institute of Biomedical Engineering
• The Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences
• The Oxford Intelligence Group
• The Oxford Robotics Institute
• The School of Geography and the Environment

Our network links members with a wide variety of industrial and academic partners, particularly through large initiatives such as the Alan Turing Institute, the PETRAS Internet of Things hub, and the Networked Quantum Information Technologies hub. We are proud members of the Oxford Cyber Security Cluster.

You can keep up with our latest news on Twitter (@Ox_CyberSec). For information about relevant events, see our events calendar.

Start exploring via our research and education pages.