Welcome!

I am a PhD researcher at the University of Kent, investigating why people fall for phishing emails. My research takes an interdisciplinary approach, examining the psychological, demographic, behavioural, and environmental factors that drive susceptibility to phishing attacks — and evaluating the effectiveness of organisational controls in reducing that risk.

Alongside my research, I work in industry as Head of Information Security and Data Protection Officer at Bensons for Beds, Data Protection Controller at Poundland & Dealz, and Data Protection Officer at Medway Asthma Self Help. This practical grounding shapes my research focus: I am particularly interested in understanding how real-world organisational environments — rather than the educational settings that dominate existing research — influence phishing susceptibility.

I am open to research collaboration, and welcome contact from practitioners and academics working at the intersection of cybersecurity, human behaviour, and data protection. Please get in touch.

Phishing Social Engineering Human Factors Individual Factors Psychological Factors Environmental Factors Demographic Factors Information Security Data Protection

Recent activity.

📄 May 2026 Systematic literature review submitted: Human Factors in Phishing Susceptibility — examining 54 studies across psychological, demographic, behavioural and environmental dimensions using the PRISMA methodology.
🎓 Jan 2026 Commenced PhD research at the University of Kent, School of Computing, focusing on human factors in phishing susceptibility in real-world organisational settings.