Steven Furnell is a professor of cyber security at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. He is also an Adjunct Professor with Edith Cowan University in Western Australia and an Honorary Professor with Nelson Mandela University in South Africa. His research interests include usability of security and privacy, security management and culture, and technologies for user authentication and intrusion detection. He has authored over 350 papers in refereed international journals and conference proceedings, as well as various books, book chapters and industry reports. Prof. Furnell is the UK representative to Technical Committee 11 (security and privacy) within the International Federation for Information Processing, as well as the editor-in-chief of Information and Computer Security, and a Fellow and board member of the Chartered Institute of Information Security.

He is 32+ years experience in ISRO in areas of Satcom & Navigation programmes planning, management & implementation, procurement of launch services and insurances, RF systems design, development, system engineering & link analysis. Installation of remote sensing receive and satcom ground stations, configuration design,system engineering & installation & commissioning of VSAT networks, implementation of various satcom applications projects across the country like Tele-education, Telemedicine, Village Resource Centres, Disaster Warning Dissemination System,etc....and so on..

Have held the responsibility of planning of space segment, transponders capacity allocation, utilization and pricing as per the Satcom Policy of the country and providing optimum satcom solutions to users.

Presently responsible for Frequency Spectrum Management & Coordination at national and International levels, and satcom planning for ISRO's space programme. Leading the group responsible for handling ITU-R activities; presently Vice Chairman of ITU-R Study Group-4; Chairman SWG 4C4 of WP 4C; Chairman of National Study Group 4 for satellite services; extensive contributions to WP 4C, WP 5D, CPM 19-2, APT conference group for WRC-19 (APG-19), WRC-19, RA-19, etc; coexistence studies between satellite and 5G services at national & international level, etc .

Specialties: Frequency Spectrum Management and Coordination, ITU-R activities, coexistence studies between terrestrial (including 5G) and satellite services, Satcom & Navigation satellites planning and projects management, transponders capacity costing & pricing, earth station RF systems & link analysis and satcom & Navigation applications including Broadcast & VSAT networks