Charles Weir

Keywords

Software engineering - Software Security
Mobile and ubiquitous computing

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Affiliations

Security Lancaster (Cyber Security)

Security

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Research Student

Computing and Communications

Lancaster University

InfoLab21

LA1 4WA

Lancaster

Tel: +44 7876 027350

ORCID: 0000-0003-3051-4195

Research overview

Charles Weir has thirty years of experience as a software architect, design consultant and company MD, specialising in applications for terminals and mobile devices. He was Symbian technical lead for the Ericsson R380, the first smartphone, and app security lead for EE Cash on Tap, the UK’s first commercial Android payments app.

Charles is researching at Security Lancaster how to improve the security skills of software development teams: how to motivate developers, their best security learning resources, and what they most need to learn.

Email: c.weir1 @lancaster.ac.uk . Telephone: +44 (0) 7876 027350

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Publications & Outputs

E-pub ahead of print
Interventions for Software Security: Creating a Lightweight Program of Assurance Techniques for Developers
Weir, C., Blair, L., Becker, I., Noble, J., Sasse, A. & Rashid, A., 15/02/2019, Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Practice Track. Sharpe, H. & Whalen, M. (eds.). IEEE
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper
Published
The Secure Development Handbook
Weir, C. & Ford, N., 1/10/2018, 1.1 ed. London: Amazon Kindle. 47 p.
Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book
Published
Light-touch Interventions to Improve Software Development Security
Weir, C. A. F., Blair, L., Becker, I., Sasse, A. & Noble, J., 25/09/2018, Proceedings of the IEEE Cybersecurity Development Conference 2018. Yeo, D. & Chong, S. (eds.). IEEE, 9 p.
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper