| Keith's Electronic Domicile | ||
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            Prof.
                  Keith Martin Information Security Group Royal Holloway, University of London Egham,Surrey TW20 0EX United Kingdom Tel. +44 1784 443099 keith.martin@rhul.ac.uk  | 
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| Who am I? | Research | 
            Cryptography | 
I am a Professor in the Information Security Group at Royal Holloway. I am Director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Cyber Security for the Everyday at Royal Holloway.  | 
            I have broad research interests in cyber security, particularly cryptography, key management, and geopolitical aspects of cyber security.  | 
             
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Places I have worked The Spare Room  | 
            Publications Research interests RA/PhD researchers  | 
            My
                  popular science book  Cryptography: The Key to Digital Security, How it Works and Why it Matters (W.W. Norton) was published in 2020.  | 
          
| Teaching,
                Writing, Speaking | 
            Cyber
              Security Foundations | 
            Everyday Cryptography  | 
          
| I teach on Royal Holloway's
                  campus and distance MSc
                      in Information Security and University of London's MSc in Cyber Security on the Coursera platform. I write for and speak to media, technical press, general audiences and schools - feel free to make a request,  | 
              
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              Miscellaneous articlesVideos
                    and audio
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            Cyber
                      Security Foundations (Kogan
                  Page) is a textbook published in 2025 that serves as an
                  introduction to both the technical and societal aspects of
                  cyber security. | 
            The third edition of my textbook
                  Everyday Cryptography (OUP) was published in July 2025.  | 
          
| Information
                    Security Group | 
            Royal Holloway | |