Cybercrime is rife with one report predicting a staggering 33 billion electronic records will be stolen in 2023. No wonder cyber security expert Professor Alan Woodward is in high demand, not just as a keynote speaker but also an expert quoted widely by the BBC, The Telegraph, The Times and Mail Online.

From Twitter hacks and email errors to cyber breaches at British Airways and flaws exploited by terror groups, Alan Woodward’s knowledge of cyber crime is second-to-none and has helped equip businesses and individuals with the expertise they need to stay safe online.

Few people can understand the ever-changing world of cybercrime quite like Alan who unpicks the latest trends that affect millions of us.

He quickly gained an international reputation for his expertise in covert communications, forensic computing and signal processing and worked alongside the British Government as well as governmental organisations such as Europe and the European Centre for Cyber Crime.

You only have to look and his extraordinary collection of published work, stretching back to 2007, to fully appreciate the breadth and depth of Alan’s knowledge of cyber security. Dozens of articles range from forensic computing to how safe is your mobile?

He is currently a visiting professor at The University of Surrey after beginning his academic career as a physicist.

Alan is widely credited with being the driving force behind some of the most significant advances in computer technology which saw him elected as a Fellow of British Computer Society, Institute of Physics and the Royal Statistical Society.

He is also a Chartered Engineer, Chartered IT Practitioner, and a Chartered Physicist.

An interview with Professor Alan Woodward