Dr. Steph Rudd

Steph’s passion for her work is rooted in the belief that emerging technologies have potential to foster positive societal transformations, and it is essential to align such advancements with improving human welfare and crime reduction. Steph’s central focus are topics pertaining to cyber: Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT).  

Steph obtained a PhD in low-energy security for smart-farms in 2023, and has since undertaken research towards the applications of:  Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), specifically entanglement and Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) resilience with integration of PQC in IoT, Explainable AI (XAI), Cyber Threat Intel (CTI), DLT technologies towards network assurance, transparency and trust attestation using smart contracts and consensus mechanisms, and a series of readiness metrics to quantify competency-oriented assessment of handling cybercrime investigations.