Personal profile
Personal profile
Konstantinos is a trained mathematician, information security professional, and CISSP, who moved to academia to conduct experimental research on behavioural aspects of security. His work utilises behavioural economics and psychology to examine security behaviours in various contexts, including perceptions of risk, types of 'rationality', decision-making, and human aspects of cybercrime. He supervises a group of PhD students.
Konstantinos is the Director of the Distance Learning (DL) MSc programme in Information Security and has been teaching the courses: Human Aspects of Information Security and Privacy and Cybercrime for several years.
He is a Program Committee Member for the Workshop on Active Defense and Deception (AD&D) with the IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy, the European Network Intelligence Conference, the Workshop on Applications of Social Network Analysis, the International School and Conference on Network Science and the International Conference on Signal Image Technology & Internet Based Systems.
To advance interdisciplinary research, Konstantinos co-founded the research group HIVE (Hub for research into Intergenerational Exploitation to Vulnerability) amongst the Information Security Group, Law, and Psychology at Royal Holloway. Indicative HIVE projects include the protection of adolescents from cyberbullying / cyberstalking, and the elderly from financial fraud. HIVE has established collaborations with London Met Police, NCSC, and a number of financial and charity organisations.
In 2021 and 2023, he provided input at the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Cybersecurity on the Online Harms Bill (now Online Safety Act), and Maritime Security.
He is Director at the International Cyber Security Centre of Excellence (https://incs-coe.org), an international research community founded between 6 universities: Imperial (UK), Royal Holloway (UK), Northeastern (US), UMBC (US), Kyushu (Japan), and Keio (Japan). The centre fosters research collaborations and rapidly expands globally.
Konstantinos is a Visiting Professor at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan 特別 招聘 准教授 慶応 大学 東京 日本.
Education/Academic qualification
Information Security, PhD, Risk Perception and Attitude in Information Security Decision-making, Information Security Group, Royal Holloway, University of London
Award Date: 7 Mar 2017
Information Security, MSc, Information Security Group, Royal Holloway, University of London
Award Date: 1 Sept 2003
Mathematics, MSci, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Award Date: 1 Mar 2001
External positions
Visiting Professor 特別 招聘 准教授 慶応 大学 東京 日本, Keio University Tokyo
10 Oct 2024 → …
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Cybersecurity Behavior Change: A conceptualization of Ethical Principles for Behavioral Interventions
Mersinas, K., Bada, M. & Furnell, S., Jan 2025, In: Computers and Security. 148, 9 p., 104025.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Decomposing Culture within Threat Actor Groups – Insights from the Conti Ransomware Collective
Mersinas, K., Liu, A. & Panteli, N., 1 Sept 2025, IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy. Venice, Italy: IEEE, p. 103-108 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Being Responsible in Cybersecurity: A multi-layered perspective
Panteli, N., Nthubu, B. R. & Mersinas, K., 19 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Information Systems Frontiers. 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Iran: how the Islamic Republic uses internet shutdowns as a tool of repression
Mersinas, K. & Ferazza, F., 15 Jan 2026, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to non-peer-reviewed publication › Internet publication
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New Naval Strategy, Not Cyberwar: China’s State-Sponsored Maritime Cyber Operations
Ferazza, F. & Mersinas, K., 19 Feb 2026.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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ResilMesh: Situation Aware enabled Cyber Resilience for Dispersed, Heterogenous Cyber Systems
Happa, J. (PI) & Mersinas, K. (CoI)
UK Research and Innovation UKRI
1/10/23 → 30/09/26
Project: Research
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Behaviour Change: an AI-based approach for Information Security
Mersinas, K. (PI)
16/12/19 → 16/04/20
Project: Research
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Define and deliver scoping studies for further research into securing UK HEIs
Mersinas, K. (PI), Watling, D. (CoI) & Durojaiye, T. (Researcher)
National Cyber Security Centre
1/12/19 → 31/03/20
Project: Research
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Aspects of Attacker Economics and Industry-Specific Threat Modelling (KPMG Netherlands)
Mersinas, K. (PI), Moeckel, C. (CoI) & Pan, L. (CoI)
1/08/18 → 31/01/19
Project: Research
Activities
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Martin Schleper
Mersinas, K. (Host)
11 Nov 2025Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
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Constantin Blome
Mersinas, K. (Host)
11 Nov 2025Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
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15th International Cybersecurity Symposium, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Mersinas, K. (Speaker)
27 Oct 2025 → 3 Nov 2025Activity: Talk, presentation or media contribution › Invited talk
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Cybersecurity for Digitized National Security, Economic Security, and Societal Security: Global Multilateral Public-Private Partnership Actions
Mersinas, K. (Speaker)
27 Oct 2025 → 3 Nov 2025Activity: Talk, presentation or media contribution › Invited talk
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Expert Stakeholder Group, Estonian Maritime Academy - Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech)
Mersinas, K. (Participant)
24 Oct 2025Activity: Other › Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange - Industrial engagement