Bill Buchanan (computer scientist)

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William (Bill) Buchanan
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Born6 March 1961
Falkirk
NationalityBritish
OccupationProfessor
EmployerEdinburgh Napier University
Known for
  • Computer Security
  • Computer Forensics
  • Cloud Computing
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
Websiteasecuritysite.com

William Buchanan OBE FBCS CEng PFHEA (born 6 March 1961) is a Scottish computer scientist. Buchanan was born in Falkirk, Scotland in 1961. He currently leads the Blockpass ID Lab[1] and the Centre for Distributed Computing and Security at Edinburgh Napier University.[2][non-primary source needed] He is a Professor in the School of Computing. Buchanan was awarded the best Best Lecturer/Tutor in the School of Computing at Edinburgh Napier University within the student-nominated excellence awards in 2019[3] and also in 2020.[4]

Buchanan was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to cyber security, and was the first person to receive an OBE related to cyber security.[5] In 2018, he received an "Outstanding Contribution to Knowledge Exchange" award at the Scottish Knowledge Exchange awards.[6] Buchanan has led research which has led to three successful spin-out companies: Zonefox,[7] Symphonic[8] and Cyan Forensics.[9] In October 2018, Zonefox was acquired by Fortinet,[10] and in November 2020, Symphonic were acquired by Ping Identity.[11]

With a documentary on Cyber Security, broadcast on Monday 8 November 2015, Buchanan and his team set up a fake Web site for hackers to gain access to, as part of the BBC Panorama programme.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Blockpass Identity Lab - Napier University". identity-lab.blockpass.org. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bill Buchanan". Napier. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Excellence Awards - The Winners - Edinburgh Napier Students' Association". www.napierstudents.com. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Excellence Awards - The Winners - Edinburgh Napier Students' Association". www.napierstudents.com. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Judy Murray among Scots on honours list". BBC News. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2018 winners announced | Interface Knowledge Connection". www.interface-online.org.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  7. ^ "University spinout becomes part of the Fortinet family". Napier. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  8. ^ OSullivan, Kevin (22 June 2017). "Prof Bill Buchanan rewarded with OBE for cyber security work". FutureScot. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Spinout set to revolutionise digital forensics worldwide". Napier. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Fortinet acquires ZoneFox". Fortinet. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Ping Identity to Acquire Symphonic Software to Accelerate Dynamic Authorization for Enterprises Pursuing Zero Trust Identity Security". www.pingidentity.com. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  12. ^ "BBC Panorama".
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