Professor of Cybersecurity, Abertay University
Karen Renaud is a Scottish computing Scientist working on all aspects of Human-Centred Security and Privacy. She was educated at the Universities of Pretoria, South Africa and Glasgow. She is particularly interested in deploying behavioural science techniques to improve security behaviours, and in encouraging end-user privacy-preserving behaviours.
Karen collaborates with academics at UNISA, Rhodes, UCT in South Africa; TU Darmstadt and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany,, University of Alabama and Mississippi State University in the USA, and with academics in Glasgow and Abertay Universities in Scotland.
The privacy paradox: we claim we care about our data, so why don't our actions match?
Jul 30, 2020 16:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Imagine how youd feel if you discovered footage from your private home security camera had been broadcast over the internet. This is exactly what happened to several unsuspecting Australians last month, when the website...
It's time for governments to help their citizens deal with cybersecurity
Aug 27, 2018 15:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Cyber criminals are extremely active across the globe and, unfortunately, also very successful. In Africa, too, businesses are losing billions to cybercrime. A quick Internet search shows that governments in the...
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