Career
Buchanan's work focuses on applied cryptography, blockchain, cybersecurity, citizen-focused health care and digital identity. In 2012, along with Dr Jamie Graves, he co-founded a university spin-out named Zonefox, [6] and which was acquired by Fortinet in 2018. [7] He also co-founded a university spin-out named Symphonic Trust in 2014, [8] and which was acquired by Ping ID in 2020. [9] Buchanan also led research in Digital Forensics that led to the creation of Cyan Forensics [10] [11] and which has since been renamed to Cyacomb. [12] He also supported research work which focused on ransomware detection and resolution and which is defined by a patent application entitled "Detection of ransomware". [13] This work led to the MemCrypt spin-out company in 2021. [14]
On 6 May 2015 he launched The Cyber Academy at the Merchiston Campus of Edinburgh Napier University with a goal of "bringing together industry professionals, law enforcement and academics with a view to combining strengths to combat the growing threat of criminal use of hacking software to steal money, data and intellectual property." [15]
In November 2015, Buchanan and his team set up a fake Web site for hackers to gain access to, as part of a BBC Panorama programme. [16] In 2016, Buchanan was also included in the FutureScot list for the "50 Scottish Tech People Who Are Changing The World". [17]
In 2018 Buchanan was the lead academic on a project designed to improve the security of Internet of Things (IOT) devices. The aim was to test how vulnerable IOT devices and networks are to hacking. [18] Buchanan is the creator and sole author of the Asecuritysite.com web site. Asecuritysite was a shortlisted finalist at the Security Training Programme of the Year at the Computing Security Excellence Awards 2024. [19] On 3 December 2025, he gave evidence on the Digital Assets (Scotland) Bill [20] in the Scottish Parliament. [21]
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