Dr James Backhouse (BA, MSc, PGCE, PhD [London]) is Director of LSE Computer Security Research Centre and leads the information systems security programme in the IS Department.

At the LSE he pioneered the study of IS security from a social science perspective with his doctoral supervisees now in great demand. Recently he led the FIDUCIA collaborative project into modelling risk in public key infrastructure, as part of the ESRC/DTI Management of Information Link Programme. Other current projects involve financial regulation and profiling in anti-money laundering. He is a member of the Senate of the University of London. He was a member of the Committee which extended BS7799 for web-based operations. He has published in numerous academic journals in the fields of security, online education, risk and financial crime.

Selected Publications