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Research Interests
To deliver research that enables the accurate and ethical measurement of security and cybercrime. By measuring security and cybercrime we can monitor improvement, evaluate interventions and inform regulators. This reveals which techniques work and provides the missing economic incentives to improve security and reduce cybercrime.
Personal Statement
I deliver research that enables the accurate and ethical measurement of security and cybercrime. By measuring security and cybercrime we can monitor improvement, evaluate interventions and inform regulators. This reveals which techniques work and provides the missing economic incentives to improve security and reduce cybercrime. I work with researchers across disciplines to understand the full picture. More information on my personal page.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge
1 Oct 2012 → 30 Sep 2015
Award Date: 22 Oct 2016
External positions
Affiliated Lecturer, University of Cambridge
1 Oct 2018 → 30 Sep 2019
Keywords
- security
- cybercrime
- ethics
- measurement
- vulnerability
- networks
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Influence policing - mapping the links between preventive policing and new media (SIPR)
Scottish Institute for Policing Research
11/04/22 → 30/04/23
Project: Research
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Influence government: exploring practices, ethics, and power in the use of targeted advertising by the UK state
Collier, B., Flynn, G., Stewart, J. & Thomas, D., 24 Feb 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Big Data & Society . 9, 1, p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cybercrime is (often) boring: infrastructure and alienation in a deviant subculture
Collier, B., Clayton, R., Hutchings, A. & Thomas, D., 2 Sep 2021, In: British Journal of Criminology. 61, 5, p. 1407-1423 17 p., azab026.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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Improving cybercrime reporting
Daniel Thomas (Speaker)
4 Jun 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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National Research Centre on Privacy, Harm Reduction and Adversarial Influence Online (REPHRAIN) (Publisher)
Daniel Thomas (Peer reviewer)
13 May 2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Membership of peer review panel or committee