Dr. Eliana Stavrou

Dr. Eliana Stavrou is an Assistant Professor and the Course Leader of the MSc Cybersecurity at the University of Central Lancashire Cyprus. She holds a PhD in Cybersecurity (2014), an MSc in Advanced Information Technologies (2006) and a BSc in Computer Science (2003) from the University of Cyprus. She is the founder of the Applied Cybersecurity Research Lab with a focus on contacting applied research on cybersecurity capabilities development, cyber situational awareness, cybersecurity education and training and security in the IoT. She is coordinating and delivering training workshops on specialized cybersecurity topics across primary, secondary, higher and vocational level education. She is also a member of the expert advisory panel at the Global Cybersecurity Capacity Centre at Oxford University (UK) and a mentor at the Doctoral School of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC). She has also been involved in a number of national and European telecommunication and security related R&D projects (e.g. 2BeConnected, IDEALVis, SKINIKO, DITIS, e-Minder, PKI pilot, etc.).