Ross J. Anderson

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Ross J. Anderson
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Anderson in 2008
Born
Ross John Anderson

(1956-09-15)15 September 1956[4]
Died28 March 2024(2024-03-28) (aged 67)
Cambridge, England
NationalityBritish
EducationHigh School of Glasgow
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (MA, PhD)
Known for
  • Banking security
  • Security economics
  • Information policy
  • Serpent (cipher)
  • University of Cambridge politics
  • Security Engineering book[5]
SpouseShireen Anderson
ChildrenOne
AwardsLovelace Medal (2015)
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisRobust Computer Security (1995)
Doctoral advisorRoger Needham[3]
Doctoral students
Websitewww.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/ Edit this at Wikidata

Ross John Anderson (15 September 1956 – 28 March 2024) was a British researcher, author, and industry consultant in security engineering.[5] He was Professor of Security Engineering at the Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge[6] where he was part of the University's security group.[7][8][9]

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  5. ^ a b Anderson, Ross (2008). Security engineering: a guide to building dependable distributed systems. New York: John Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-06852-6.
  6. ^ The Blue Book – "The Computer Laboratory: an Introduction", University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, August 2007 Archived 5 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Ross J. Anderson's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  8. ^ Ross J. Anderson author profile page at the ACM Digital Library
  9. ^ Anderson, R. J. (1999). "Information technology in medical practice: Safety and privacy lessons from the United Kingdom". The Medical Journal of Australia. 170 (4): 181–4. doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb127721.x. PMID 10078187. S2CID 16255335.