Ms Debi Ashenden
Senior Lecturer
Location: MH204
E: d.m.ashenden@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1793 785479
Informatics and Systems Engineering
Current activities
Vice-Chair of the Human Factors Working Group for DBERR (formerly the DTI)Cyber Security Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN)
Programme Chair for the European Conference on Information Warfare (2008)
Academic Lead for the MSc in Information Assurance (in development)
Dissertation Tutor for MSc dissertations in the Information Systems Programme
Clients
MoD, Cabinet Office, Home Office, PITO, Barclaycard, CRESTCo (now Euroclear), Close Bros Merchant BankBackground
Previously Managing Consultant for Professional Risk Services within QinetiQ’s Trusted Information Management Department (formerly the Defence Evaluation Research Agency). Specialising in information assurance in general, and risk assessment in particular, other specific areas of interest include human factors in information assurance, information sharing, threat assessment and information security awareness.
Qualifications
MBA (2007), MSc Computer Science (1999), MA Victorian Literature (1995), BA (Hons) English Literature (1993)
Selected publications
BooksJones, A, & Ashenden, D, ‘Risk Management for Computer Security: Protecting Your Network & Information Assets’, Butterworth Heinneman (2004)
Articles
Sasse, M, Angela, Ashenden, D, Lawrence, D, Coles-Kemp, L, Flechais, I, and Kearney, P, ‘Human Vulnerabilities in Security Systems’, Human Factors Working Group, DTI Cyber Security KTN, (2007)
Ezingeard, J-N and Ashenden, D, ‘The Need for a Sociological Approach to Information Security Risk Management’, 4th Annual Security Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, (March 30-31, 2005)
Ashenden, D, ‘Governance Models for Information Sharing’ Ethicomp, (2005)
Ezingeard, J-N, McFadzean, E, Howlin, N, Ashenden, D, and Birchall, D, ‘Mastering Alignment: Bringing Information Assurance and Corporate Strategy Together’, European and Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems, Carthage, (2004)
