Dr Ian Kennedy

Professional biography

• Reliability of software tools and the link to formal methods used to develop forensic processes
• Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and SCADA security
• Use of artificial Intelligence (AI) to both conduct illegal activity and investigate it
• Challenges of Cloud forensics

Publications

Chapters in Books

• ‘Investigating Digital Crime’ in R Bryant and S Bryant (eds.) (2014), in Policing Digital Crime, Ashgate, pp. 123-145, ISBN 978-1409423430
• ‘Procedures at Digital Crime Scenes’ in R Bryant and S Bryant (eds.) (2014), in Policing Digital Crime, Ashgate, pp. 147-160, ISBN 978-1409423430
• ‘Digital Forensic Analysis’ in R Bryant and S Bryant (eds.) (2014), in Policing Digital Crime, Ashgate, pp. 161-185, ISBN 978-1409423430
• ‘Opportunities and Challenges for the Future’ in R Bryant and S Bryant (eds.) (2014), in Policing Digital Crime, Ashgate, pp. 201-217, ISBN 978-1409423430
• ‘Investigating Digital Crime’ in R Bryant and S Bryant (eds.) (2008), in Investigating Digital Crime, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., pp. 49-78, ISBN 978-0470516010

Conference Papers

• ‘Towards scientific rigour malware forensics’ presented to the Forensic Science Society and California Association of Criminalists joint Autumn Conference, The Mercure Manchester Piccadilly, 6-8 November 2013
• ‘Towards scientific malware analysis’ presented to the Proc. 4th International Conference on Cybercrime Forensics Education & Training, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2-3 September 2010

Magazine articles (all invited)

• ‘Playing with fire: Dissecting malicious software’ Digital Forensics Magazine (May 2010 Edition), pp. 45-51 Available at: http://digitalforensicsmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=415:malware&catid=40:issue3&Itemid=89
• ‘The Silent Digital Witness Solicitor’s Journal (September 2007)  
• ‘Computer CSI’ Personal Computer World (April 2007)

Professional Society (BCS) publications

• ‘Presenting digital evidence to court’ BCS (2006).  Available at: https://www.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/7372
• ‘It was the big wooden horse, your Honour’ BCS (2006). Available at: https://www.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/6232  
• ‘The electronic autopsy - digital forensics Part 1’ BCS (2006). Available at: https://www.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/6227  
• ‘Looking for foul play - digital forensics Part 2’ BCS (2006). Available at: https://www.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/6231  

He has experience and interest in teachign across a wide variety of areas including:

• Digital forensics
• Cyber security
• Malware analysis
• Computer security
• Computer programming
• Ethical hacking
• Academic study skills

External Examiner

• Teeside University, MSc Digital Forensics and Cyber Investigation (2020-present)
• Birmingham City University, BSc (Hons) Cyber Security (2019-present)

Academic editorial work

• Member of the Editorial Board for Science and Justice journal (Digital Forensics) (2020-present)
• Member of the board of referees for Science and Justice journal (2019-present)
• Member of the board of referees for FSI: Digital Investigation journal (2019-present)

Membership or offices held in learned societies and professional bodies  

• BCS Assessor for prospective CEng and CITP candidates (2019-present)
• Invited to author updates of the digital forensics accreditation standards for The Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences (2016)

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).