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Leeds Beckett research to boost cyber security
Last year it was estimated by the Government that two thirds of large UK businesses were hit with a cyber breach or attack — costing £34 billion in damages.
The project, funded by SALT.agency and overseen by Reza Moaiandin and John Ward, will investigate current website security certificates, leading to the development of a best-in-class auditing tool that will be able to assess the security credibility of some of the largest and most complex websites in the world.
The tool will then advise on updates and improvements, as required by its findings, earning what will be the prestigious SALT.agency Certification of Excellence.
Dr Schreuders, Director of the Cybercrime and Security Innovation Centre at Leeds Beckett said: “This collaboration will analyse existing approaches to security audit and will design a new approach that leverages state of the art technology to provide a comprehensive automation framework for security auditing. We look forward to this new partnership, and working on knowledge exchange, with an aim to significantly impact SALT.agency and their clients, while producing new knowledge that will benefit the security community.”
Reza Moaiandin, SALT.agency co-founder and director of technical, said: “This is an exciting project for both SALT.agency and Leeds Beckett University in what will help us push global security standards forward and in return, significantly improve websites, networks and infrastructure on a global basis. Through this, we will potentially be able to save companies and organisations from large-scale attacks at the hands of hackers.”