Lizzie Coles-Kemp

Lizzie Coles-Kemp is a Professor of Information Security and Head of Department at Royal Holloway, University of London. She specializes in designing accessible and inclusive security technologies, practices, and processes, pioneering the use of creative participatory methods in information security research. Since 2008, she has worked extensively with marginalized and underserved communities to explore how digital exclusion impacts security practices. She maintains long-term collaborations with the UK's National Cyber Security Centre and various government departments and serves as Principal Investigator at the UK Research Institute for Sociotechnical Cyber Security. Her work emphasizes building a fairer and more responsible digital security paradigm from human and societal perspectives, making significant contributions to the fields of digital responsibility and sociotechnical security.

• Present·Royal Holloway, University of London·Head of Department, Information Security
  • Leads teaching and research in the Information Security department, advocating for practice-oriented and interdisciplinary learning environments.
• Present·UK Research Institute for Sociotechnical Cyber Security·Principal Investigator
  • Conducts research on digital responsibility topics, advancing sociotechnical aspects of cybersecurity.
• 1997·British Council·Information Security Officer
  • Served as the organization's information security lead while pursuing a Master's degree in Information Security at Royal Holloway.
• 1990·UNIX Software Ltd.·Development Team Member
  • Entered the field of information security after joining the company as a recent graduate, contributing to the development of security software.

• circa 1997·Royal Holloway, University of London·Master's Degree
  • Information Security (part-time study)
• circa 1990·Bachelor's Degree
  • Scandinavian Studies and Linguistics