Sommer, Peter


Professor Peter Sommer  

Department

Position held

IS Integrity Group (Department of Management)

Visiting Professor

Non LSE positions held

Department

Position held

Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology, Open University

Visiting Reader

Experience keywords:

computer security; industrial espionage; white collar crime; cyber-terrorism; digital evidence; risk analysis; insurance; hacking; cybercrime; counter-terrorism; internet issues; forensic science; computer crime; financial services; forensic computing; information warfare; contingency planning

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Peter Sommer is a Visiting Professor in the Information Systems Integrity Group in the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and also a Visiting Reader, Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology, Open University. He sits on the Digital Evidence Advisory Board for the UK Forensic Science Regulator.

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

ConsultancyFinancial ServicesInformation TechnologyLawTelecommunications

Languages:

Spanish [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]; French [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]

Media experience:

Has written for mainstream pressRadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 7060

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2011

Sommer, Peter (2011) Book review: cyber criminals on trial. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Sommer, Peter and Brown, Ian (2011) Reducing systemic cyber security risk. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Working Paper , IFP/WKP/FGS(2011)3 . Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development , Paris, France

Sommer, Peter (2011) Certification, registration and assessment of digital forensic experts: the UK experience. Digital investigation, 8 (2). pp. 98-105. ISSN 1742-2876

2009

Sommer, Peter (2009) Meetings between experts: a route to simpler, fairer trials? Digital investigation, 5 (3-4). pp. 146-152. ISSN 1742-2876

Sommer, Peter (2009) Directors and corporate advisors to digital investigations and evidence, 2nd Edition, Version 2.1. Information Assurance Advisory Council, Swindon, UK

2006

Sommer, Peter (2006) Computer misuse prosecutions. Computers and law, 16 (5). ISSN 0140-3249

Sommer, Peter (2006) Criminalising hacking tools. Digital investigation, 3 (2). pp. 68-72. ISSN 1742-2876

2005

Sommer, Peter (2005) Directors and corporate advisors' guide to digital investigations and evidence. Information Assurance Advisory Council, Swindon, UK

2004

Sommer, Peter (2004) Computer aids. In: Thackeray, Sue and Dobbs, Linda, (eds.) Fraud: law, practice and procedure. Butterworths Law. ISBN 9780754524342

Sommer, Peter (2004) Cybercrime. In: Thackeray, Sue and Dobbs, Linda, (eds.) Fraud: law, practice and procedure. Butterworths Law. ISBN 9780754524342

Sommer, Peter (2004) The challenges of large computer evidence cases. Digital investigation, 1 (1). pp. 16-17. ISSN 1742-2876

Sommer, Peter (2004) The future for the policing of cybercrime. Computer fraud and security, 2004 (1). pp. 8-12. ISSN 1361-3723

2003

Sommer, Peter (2003) Evidence in internet paedophilia cases: a case for the defence. In: McVean, A. and Spindler, P., (eds.) Policing paedophiles on the internet. New Police Bookshop. ISBN 1903639123

Yasinsac, Alec and Erbacher, Robert F. and Marks, Donald G. and Sommer, Peter and Pollitt, Mark M. (2003) Computer forensics education. IEEE security and privacy, 1 (4). pp. 15-23. ISSN 1540-7993

2002

Sommer, Peter (2002) Evidence in internet paedophilia cases. Computer and telecommunications law review, 8 (7). pp. 176-184. ISSN 1357-3128

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