About Us

The attached page gives a Brief History of the Information Security Group.

The Information Security Group (ISG) at Royal Holloway is an interdisciplinary research group comprised of computer scientists and mathematicians. The group offers an active research environment with seventeen established academic posts, five Research Assistants and a large number of research students, making it one of the largest academic security groups in the world. The group regularly hosts international visitors and has strong research links with a number of industrial and government institutions. A recent initiative has been the formation of the Smart Card Centre by Giesecke and Devrient, Vodafone and Royal Holloway. In 1998 Royal Holloway, University of London, was awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize in recognition of the work of the ISG.

The ISG conducts research in areas such as the design and evaluation of cryptographic algorithms and protocols (where it contributes actively to the international standardisation process), smart cards, electronic commerce, security management, mobile telecommunications security, and the integration of security techniques into specific applications. Information about current members of the ISG and their research interests is available. There is also a list of former members of staff as well as PhD and MSc graduates.

The main activities of the ISG includes:

• Academic research;
• PhD programmes;
• MSc programmes;
• Postgraduate Certificate & Diploma programmes;
• Consultancy .

Application forms and information packs for the MSc programmes can be obtained from Mrs Ling-Yu Chiu - Ling-Yu.Chiu [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk . Application forms can also be downloaded from http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Graduate-School/index.html . Additional information and information on other activities of the ISG may be obtained from the ISG administrator Mrs Pauline Stoner - p.stoner [at] rhul [dot] ac [dot] uk .

All members of the ISG can be contacted by fax (+44 1784 430766) or by post at the following address:

Information Security Group,
Royal Holloway, University of London,
Egham,
Surrey,
TW20 0EX,
United Kingdom