Psychological and Behavioral Examinations in Cyber Security

Lara Frumkin is a chartered psychologist, fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and associate fellow of the British Psychological Society. She received her BS in psychology from Hobart and William Smith in the USA. She then completed an MA and PhD at the University of Maryland, both in social and community psychology. She worked at a non-profit association in Washington, DC prior to a role at the Justice Department with the US Federal Government. After moving to the UK, she worked at Middlesex University and the Institute of Education, coming to UEL in 2010. She has been the programme leader for the BSc Forensic Psychology degree and will be moving to the Open University in January 2018.

Vladlena Benson is the Academic Relations and Research Director at ISACA LC and Professor of Cybersecurity at the University of West London. She is a specialist in technology governance, risk and compliance (GRC) and a Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)-certified Cyber Security Risk Management Frameworks practitioner. She is currently working with UK businesses on privacy and cyber security initiatives, such as the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and privacy compliance. Prof Benson's research areas cover: information privacy; cyber victimization; gender and culture differences in online behavior; digital rights and the cyber vulnerability of young people. Her work also relates to religious orientation, digital behavior and privacy on social media. She is a strong advocate for increasing diversity in the cyber security work force, and actively endeavors to bring more female talent into the digital economy. As part of her research, she currently runs a number of projects to help target the digital skills crisis - developing tools for opening up cyberspace entrepreneurship opportunities from an early age. As a result of her work in this area, Prof Benson was recognized at the Women in IT Awards 2017 for helping the development of career opportunities for women in cyber security [Editor]