Cardiff Metropolitan University researchers are contributing to a major European collaboration exploring how people, technology and law can combine to make wireless networks safer and more resilient to cyber threats.
Cardiff Met is part of BEiNG-WISE (Behavioural Next Generation in Wireless Networks for Cyber Security), bringing together expertise from disciplines including cyber security, wireless communications, data science, sociology, psychology and law.
The network is a European Co-operation in Science and Technology (COST) project, known as a COST Action, responding to the increasing complexity of cyber security as artificial intelligence and advanced wireless technologies become more deeply integrated into everyday life.
Dr Chaminda Hewage, from Cardiff Met’s School of Technologies, is contributing to two of the Action’s specialist working groups, on wireless security and legal factors in cybersecurity.
He said:
“Cyber security isn’t simply a technical challenge. How people interact with technology, how attackers and victims behave, and the legal and ethical frameworks surrounding new systems are all increasingly important.
“Being part of BEiNG-WISE gives us the opportunity to contribute our expertise to an interdisciplinary European network and to share knowledge with researchers working across cyber security, communications, human behaviour and law.”
Dr Vibhushinie Bentotahewa attended the five-day CyberEM: Cybercrime from the Techno to the Crime Training School at Université Gustave Eiffel in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France, organised as part of BEiNG-WISE. The programme was designed to bridge the gap between theoretical understanding of wireless communications and the practical realities of cybercrime.
Participants explored the security and vulnerabilities of technologies, combining theoretical learning with practical lab-based experimentation.
Dr Hewage added:
“One of the real benefits of a COST Action is that it creates opportunities for our researchers to develop new practical skills, create opportunities to join international networks and bring that knowledge back to Cardiff, strengthening our research and our wider contribution to tackling emerging cyber security challenges through international collaborations.”
