Gavin Butler

This is my ‘second coming’ at BNU as a Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security. Previously, I have worked for the Silverback Security Academy, and have been an external tutor for Portsmouth University, an external assessor for Leicester University and an external examiner for the University of Chester. I spent 16 years at the University of Westminster and a further seven years at BNU (2010-2017) before I left to become a senior partner in a security consultancy specialising in cyber resilience and risk, investigations and business continuity planning (Mortisman LLP). It was a pleasure to return to BNU in 2019, first as an Associate Lecturer and now as Senior Lecturer to help support the development of the cybersecurity and organisational resilience programmes.

My first degree is in criminology from the University of Westminster (PCL) and I have a Masters in Security Management and Information Technology from Leicester University. I have accrued industrial experience as an independent security consultant, advising mainly on museum security and retail security and working for CSD Global Ltd on cyber security training programme development. I was a leading academic on the Masters of Science in IT Security at the University of Westminster and later led the initial development of cyber security programmes at BNU.

I am Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and I am also a qualified private investigator (DipAPI). I was nominated and shortlisted for the award of ‘Excellence and Innovation in Learning and Teaching Practice’ in the BNU SU Annual Awards 2021.

My main areas of academic interest are: biometric security systems, business continuity planning, commercial burglary, computer crime, computer forensic investigations, contingency planning, criminal profiling, criminological theory, cultural issues in IT, customer relations management, cybersecurity, cyber-terrorism, disaster management, E-business modeling, electronic privacy, E-groups, E-marketing, ethical and legal issues in IT security, fraud, health and safety, human security, information technology security, museum security, organisational resilience, physical security, policy development, qualitative research methods, risk analysis, security education, security management principles, standards (including variants on ISO27001 and ISO22301), shoplifting and stress management.

In the wider community, I am still known for my highly influential work on commercial burglary - 'Commercial Burglary: What Offenders Say' in Gill, M. (1994) Crime at Work, Leicester: Perpetuity Press.

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