Jill Slay is a

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and

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. Her work has attracted international attention and she was made a Member of the

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for "service to the

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industry through contributions in the areas of forensic computer science,

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, and

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Career

Slay completed a B.Sc. degree with honours in

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

from the

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in Hatfield,

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, England, in 1975. After working as a professional engineer she returned to university to undergo a

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, at Curtin University: Perth, WA, AU, which she completed in 2000. Upon receiving her Ph.D. Slay began her academic career as an

information security Information security is the practice of protecting information by mitigating information risks. It is part of information risk management. It typically involves preventing or reducing the probability of unauthorized or inappropriate access to data ...

researcher at the

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. During this time she was approached by

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to assist with cases involving computer devices. After 12 years at the

, Slay moved to

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where she served as the Dean of IT at the Polytechnic of Namibia (now known as Namibia University of Science and Technology). Slay returned to

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in 2014 where she was the Founding Chair and Director of the

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as a professor at the

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through the

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1949. The university comprises seven faculties, through which it offers bachelor's, master's and docto ...

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Honors and awards

Slay was made a

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(AM) in the

2011 Australia Day Honours The 2011 Australia Day Honours are appointments to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by Australian citizens. The list was announced on 26 January 2011 by the governor general of Australia, Quentin Bryce. The Australia ...

. She is a Fellow of the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium and also a Fellow of the

Australian Computer Society The Australian Computer Society (ACS) is an association for information and communications technology professionals with 40,000+ members Australia-wide. According to its Constitution, its objectives are "to advance professional excellence in ...

. In 2015 Slay was awarded the Australian Information Security Association InfoSec Educator of the Year.

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