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Research

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Scholary Activities
- Students and Internships
- Higher Education Engagement

Scholary Activities

Dr McDermott has held various roles, in academia and industry. A selection of these are listed below.

Students and Internships

Current PhD Students

Nadeeka Pathirannahalage: Exploring Unintentional Insider Threats
Khaliq Ur Rahman: Exploring the security of underwater wireless sensor networks
Shabnam Bagheribisafer: Ontological Approaches to Third Party Risk in the Energy Sector

If you are interested in studying for a PhD in any of the research areas above, please get in touch

Current Internship Students

Enzo Maze
Thomas Martin
Robin Rouet
Emmanuella Odounlami

Previous Masters, Undergrauduate ad Internship Students

A full list of past Masters, Undergraduate, and Intern students along with their projects can be found on the RGU website

Higher Education Engagement

Theme Lead: Cybersecurity SICSA (2026-)
External Examiner: MSc Cybersecurity & Human Factors; MSc Digital Health Bournemouth University (2023-)
PhD Examiner (2024-)
External Advisor: Course Validation BSc Computer Science Lancaster University: UA92 (2019-2020)
External Advisor: Course Validation BSc Computer Science & BSc Cybersecurity Coventry University: Scarborough (2017)