Information Security Group
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The Information Security Group or ISG is one of the worlds largest academic security groups and is based at Royal Holloway, University of London
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It is a research group of computer scientists and mathematicians. With ten established academic posts and a large number of research students, it is one of the largest academic security groups in the world. The group has research links with international industrial and government institutions.
Research areas include the design and evaluation of cryptographic algorithms and protocols to international standards, smart cards, electronic commerce, security management, mobile telecommunications security, and applying security in other areas.
In 1998 Royal Holloway, University of London
, was awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize
in recognition of the work of the ISG.
and Giesecke & Devrient
. Its primary objective is to create a world-wide centre of excellence for training and research in "smart card" applications and related technologies. The centre head is Dr. Keith Mayes.
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
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It is a research group of computer scientists and mathematicians. With ten established academic posts and a large number of research students, it is one of the largest academic security groups in the world. The group has research links with international industrial and government institutions.
Research areas include the design and evaluation of cryptographic algorithms and protocols to international standards, smart cards, electronic commerce, security management, mobile telecommunications security, and applying security in other areas.
In 1998 Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London
Royal Holloway, University of London is a constituent college of the University of London. The college has three faculties, 18 academic departments, and about 8,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students from over 130 different countries...
, was awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize
Queen's Anniversary Prize
The Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education is a biennially awarded series of prizes awarded to Universities and Colleges in the further and higher education sectors within the United Kingdom...
in recognition of the work of the ISG.
Smart card centre
The centre was founded in October 2002 by Royal Holloway, VodafoneVodafone
Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...
and Giesecke & Devrient
Giesecke & Devrient
Giesecke & Devrient is a German company headquartered in Munich that provides banknote and securities printing, smart cards, and cash handling systems....
. Its primary objective is to create a world-wide centre of excellence for training and research in "smart card" applications and related technologies. The centre head is Dr. Keith Mayes.