Sommer, Peter


Professor Peter Sommer  

Department

Position held

IS Integrity Group

Visiting Professor

Non LSE positions held

Department

Position held

Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology, Open University

Visiting Reader

Experience keywords:

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

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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 Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology, Open University. He is Joint Lead Assessor for the forensic computing specialism in the scheme run by the UK Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners.

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:

020 7955 7060

Publications

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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