Centre for Securing Digital Futures

Welcome to the Centre for Securing Digital Futures

The Centre for Security Digital Futures is one of ECU’s most vital research groups, conducting research to deliver immediate and high impact outcomes in the areas of secure systems, critical infrastructure security, and cyber enabled crime. It has significant infrastructure and a skilled technical support base.

CSDF has grown out of ECU’s Security Research Institute, widening its focus to include consultancy services and training. The CSDF team has a proven track record in their ability to develop innovative and creative technologies and methodologies for securing cyberspace and has grown their multi-disciplinary approach to address the complex socio-technical challenges cybersecurity poses to our economy and society.

Our research is enabling a secure environment through high-impact outcomes in cyber security, digital forensics, critical infrastructure security and cyber education research.

More about Securing Digital Futures

The core research area of the Institute are the three research pillars of secure systems, critical infrastructure security, and cyber enabled crime.

More about research themes

Hear from one of our PhD Candidates

Anna Griffin is in the School of Education but works in the Centre for Securing Digital Futures and discusses cyber security education at universities.

Hear from one of our Early Career Researchers

Dr Leslie Sikos, from our School of Science and researcher at the Centre for Securing Digital Futures, shares his specialty area in data science and AI in cyber security and network forensics.

Contact us

Should you have any questions for our Securing Digital Futures members, please don't hesitate to contact us.