Dr Moufida Sadok
Summary
I am currently a senior lecturer in cybercrime and cybersecuirty at the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Portsmouth, UK. I hold a Ph.D in Information Systems Management from the University Pierre Mendes France in Grenoble, France. I teach across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules such as Information secuirty management and Global landscape of cybersecuirty.
My main areas of research interest include:
-Socio-technical approaches to information systems security
-Cybersecurity and work systems
-Social engineering and human-related risks
-Usable security
-Design and development of secuirty policies
-User acceptance of security policies and technologies
-Organisational governance for cybersecurity
-Global governance of cybersecurity
-Sustainability as governance and systemic sustainability issues
These topics provide opportunities to completment technical and formalised paradigms in the developement and implementation of security policies. These research areas also create opportunities for knowledge tranfert and collaborative partnership with industry and governmental organisations.
Research outputs
2025
An exploration into the requirements and responsibilities of CISO roles: Balancing art with science
Sadok, M., Reid, I.
20 Dec 2025,
Research output: Conference contribution
2024
Information security: still not my job!
Bednar, P., Sadok, M.
28 Dec 2024,
Research output: Chapter (peer-reviewed)
An exploration into work practices of physical security professionals: a sociotechnical perspective
Korhonen, M., Sadok, M.
16 Aug 2024,
Research output: Conference contribution
2023
IS and cybersecurity practice: avoiding self-sabotage
Bednar, P., Welch, C., Sadok, M.
27 Oct 2023,
Research output: Conference contribution
How do professionals assess security risks in practice? An exploratory study
Harris, W., Sadok, M.
10 Jul 2023, In: Security Journal
Research output: Article
2021
An analysis of United Kingdom schools’ information security policies: a socio-technical approach
Sparrius, M., Sadok, M.
9 Dec 2021,
Research output: Conference contribution
Is cyber-security the new lifeboat? An exploration of the employee’s perspective of cyber-security within the cruise ship industry
Knight, V., Sadok, M.
11 Oct 2021,
Research output: Conference contribution
Governing online terrorist propaganda: a societal security issue
Correia, V. A., Sadok, M.
11 Oct 2021,
Research output: Conference contribution
What can we learn from the analysis of information security policies? The case of UK’s schools
Sparrius, M., Sadok, M., Bednar, P.
8 Jul 2021,
Research output: Conference contribution