CRANE – Cyber security Research And Networking Environment – is funded by UKRI EPSRC (grant ref number: EP/Z534845/1) until 2030. The purpose of the funding is to strengthen the UK’s Cyber Security Research Community.
We seek to effect a lasting enhancement on the landscape of cyber security research in the UK, fostering a vibrant and interdisciplinary research environment, enriched by challenge and insight from a wide array of stakeholders.
Leadership team
The lead and co-leads are accountable for CRANE.
Project team

Heather Browning-Lee
Programme Manager
Department of Computer Science
University of Oxford

Maya Comfort
Communications Officer
Department of Computer Science
University of Oxford

Pauline Perez
Project Administrator
Department of Computer Science
University of Oxford
Board
The Board brings input from the wider community to help shape the direction and programme of CRANE.
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| Dr. Pamela Richards (University of Central Lancashire) – Chair Prof. Andrew Martin (University of Oxford) CRANE PI Prof. Adam Joinson (Bath University) CRANE Co-I Prof. Steven Murdoch (UCL) CRANE Co-I Prof. Mark Ryan (University of Birmingham) CRANE Co-I Prof. Lynne Coventry (Abertay University) CRANE Co-I Prof. Shujun Li (University of Kent) Prof. Steven Furnell (Nottingham University) Prof. Muttukrishnan Rajarajan (City St George’s, University of London) Prof. Siraj Ahmed Shaikh (Swansea University) Prof. Lorenzo Cavallaro (UCL) Dr. Lucas Cordeiro (University of Manchester) Prof. Bill Buchanan (Edinburgh Napier University) |
Independent Steering Group
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| Chris Johnson (Chief Scientific Advisor DSIT, Queen’s University Belfast) – Chair Prof. Andrew Martin (University of Oxford) CRANE PI Prof. Adam Joinson (Bath University) CRANE Co-I Prof. Steven Murdoch (UCL) CRANE Co-I Prof. Mark Ryan (University of Birmingham) CRANE Co-I Prof. Lynne Coventry (Abertay University) CRANE Co-I Dr. Pamela Richards (University of Lancashire) CRANE Advisory Board Chair Prof. Alice Hutchings (University of Cambridge) Dr. Nick Allott (CEO, NquiringMinds Ltd) Prof. Angela Sasse (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany) Prof. Paul Watson (Newcastle University) Romnik Thind (Portfolio Manager, EPSRC) |
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