Professor Keith Mayes B.Sc. Ph.D. CEng FIET A.Inst.ISP, is the Director of the Information Security Group (ISG), and the Head of the School of Mathematics and Information Security at Royal Holloway University of London; which has been pioneering information/cyber security research and education since 1990. He is an active researcher/author with 100+ publications in numerous conferences, books and journals. His current research interests are diverse, including, mobile communications, NFC, Mobile platform security, smart cards, RFIDS, the Internet of Things, transport ticketing/system security, embedded systems and e-commerce. Keith joined the ISG in 2002, originally as the Founder Director of the ISG Smart Card Centre, following a career in industry working for Pye TVT, Honeywell Aerospace and Defence, Racal Research and Vodafone. Keith is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, a Founder Associate Member of the Institute of Information Security Professionals, a Member of the Licensing Executives Society and an experienced company director and consultant.

Keith has 15 years' experience of information/cyber security teaching at post-graduate level, including supervision of 100+ MSc projects. He is a co-author/editor of the Springer text books "Smart Cards, Tokens, Security and Applications" (now in its second edition), and Secure Smart Embedded Devices, Platforms and Applications".