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Ian Kennedy BEng PhD CEng FBCS MCSFS CITP graduated in control system engineering and has over twenty years practice in industry, initially in software development and commissioning then subsequently as a digital forensic investigator/expert witness; working in a rich variety of sectors such as health, criminal justice, corporate consultancy and the civil service in counter-terrorism intelligence. He has completed over 300 investigations, including a number of high profile cases. This has enabled him to amass experience and knowledge of trends in criminal activity and the failings of cyber security practice in the real world over an extended period of time.
Since 2014, he has been a full-time academic, after taking up a part-time position alongside his practice in 2008.
Prior to his role at open University, he was the Program Leader for the Computer Forensics and Security undergraduate programme at Canterbury Christ Church University
Chapters in Books
Conference Papers
Magazine articles (all invited)
Professional Society (BCS) publications
He has experience and interest in teachign across a wide variety of areas including:
External Examiner
Academic editorial work
Membership or offices held in learned societies and professional bodies
University of Warwick
Teaching and assessing on their overseas programme MSc Cyber Security and Management at venues in Malaysia (2018, 2019) and Singapore (2019, 2020).
European Cybercrime Training and Education Group (ECTEG)
Special Advisor to Project Agile in Cyprus to update course material for the Network and Internet Investigations and Internet Investigations courses (2019).
Towards Increasing Trust In Expert Evidence Derived From Malware Forensic Tools (2020)
Kennedy, Ian; Bandara, Arosha and Price, Blaine
Journal of Digital Forensics Security and Law, 15, Article 3(2)
Chapter 7 - Procedures at Digital Crime Scenes (2016-11-11)
Kennedy, Ian and Day, Ed
In: Bryant, Robin and Bryant, Sarah eds. Policing Digital Crime (pp. 147-160)
ISBN : 978-1-138-25744-3 | Publisher : Ashgate | Published : Farnham, Surrey, UK
Chapter 10 Opportunities and challenges for the future (2016-11-11)
Bryant, Robin; Day, Ed and Kennedy, Ian
In: Bryant, Robin and Bryant, Sarah eds. Policing Digital Crime (pp. 201-217)
ISBN : 978-1-138-25744-3 | Publisher : Ashgate | Published : Farnham, Surrey, UK
Chapter 6 Investigating digital crime (2016)
Bryant, Robin and Kennedy, Ian
In: Bryant, Robin and Bryant, Sarah eds. Policing Digital Crime (pp. 123-145)
ISBN : 978-1-138-25744-3 | Publisher : Ashgate | Published : Farnham, Surrey, UK
Chapter 8 Digital Forensic Analysis (2016)
Kennedy, Ian and Day, Ed
In: Bryant, Robin and Bryant, Sarah eds. Policing Digital Crime (pp. 161-185)
ISBN : 978-1-138-25744-3 | Publisher : Ashgate | Published : Farnham, Surrey, UK
Chapter 3 - Investigating digital crime (2008-06)
Kennedy, Ian
In: Bryant, Robin P. ed. Investigating digital crime (pp. 49-78)
ISBN : 978-0-470-51600-3 | Publisher : John Wiley and Sons | Published : Chichester, West Sussex, UK
Towards Scientific Malware Analysis (2010-09)
Kennedy, Ian
In : Proc. 4th International Conference on Cybercrime Forensics Education & Training CFET 2010 (2-3 Sep 2010, Canterbury, Kent)
A Framework for the Systematic Evaluation of Malware Forensic Tools (2017-08-12)
Kennedy, Ian Martin
PhD thesis The Open University
The Trojan Defence (2011-05-18)
Kennedy, Ian
The Open University
Playing With Fire: Dissecting Malicious Software (2010-05-01)
Kennedy, Ian
Digital Forensics Magazine
A silent digital witness (2007-09-21)
Kennedy, Ian
Solicitors Journal
Computer CSI (2007-04)
Kennedy, Ian
Personal Computer World
Presenting digital evidence to court (2006-10-04)
Kennedy, Ian
The Chartered Institute for IT
It was the big wooden horse, your Honour (2006-08-04)
Kennedy, Ian
The Chartered Institue for IT
The electronic autopsy - digital forensics Part 1 (2006-04-08)
Kennedy, Ian
The Chartered Institute for IT
Looking for foul play - digital forensics Part 2 (2006-04-08)
Kennedy, Ian
The Chartered Institute for IT