Debi Ashenden

Director, Institute for Cyber Security (IFCYBER)

Professor Ashenden is Director of the Institute for Cyber Security at UNSW and a Visiting Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London. She previously held the DST Group-University of Adelaide Joint Chair in Cyber Security the Centre for Cyber Security and led the Centre for Cyber Security at Cranfield University at the UK Defence Academy.

Professor Ashenden’s research focuses on interdisciplinary approaches to solve complex cyber security problems – including behavioural science with cyber deception, the security implications of MLOps, and the socio-technical aspects of designing complex military systems. She has worked with various public and private sector organisations, including UK MOD, GCHQ, Cabinet Office, Home Office, Euroclear, Prudential, Barclaycard, Reuters and Close Bros. She has had several articles on cyber security published, presented at a range of conferences and co-authored a book for Butterworth Heinemann, Risk Management for Computer Security.