Our Mission
Cyber security is an adversarial field in which technology is viewed as being either offensive or defensive in nature. We believe it can be so much more. At Whisper Lab we see cyber security not just as a tool to stop the bad guys, but as a vehicle to advance our society in the digital age.
We see a future where people can cast a ballot online and be given a compelling reason to believe their vote was counted. We see a future where vast amounts of patient data can be leveraged to unlock secrets of longevity and well-being, while respecting privacy laws and protecting individuals. We see a non zero-sum future where society's data needs can be satisfied without the death of individual privacy. Our mission is to help create that future.
As a research field, cyber-security is tough but rewarding. We're up against some of the smartest and most well-resourced people on the planet. Our research mission is to fight to protect people and their data.Aleks Essex
Principal Investigator, Whisper Lab
WHISPER LAB MEMBERS
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Aleksander EssexAssistant ProfessorPrincipal investigator and graduate supervisor -
Joe AbleyM.E.Sc.DNS and internet measurement -
Anthony CardilloM.E.Sc.Secure records linkage for health and genotype data -
Leah KrehlingM.E.Sc. -
Mounika PratapaM.E.Sc.
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Fadi SaloPh.D. CandidateMachine learning for intrusion detection systems
WHISPER LAB ALUMNI
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Rhys CarltonM.E.Sc. - Defended 2017Secure multi-party computationa and applied crypto -
Nicholas Chang-FongM.E.Sc. - Defended 2017Security analysis of cryptographic end-to-end verifiable voting system implementations -
Kristen DoreyM.E.Sc. - Defended 2017TLS protocol security and configuration analysis -
Vasundhara SharmaM.E.Sc. - Defended 2015Cryptanalysis of secure records linkage protocols