Dr Laura Di Chiacchio is a cybersecurity lecturer at Aston Business School and researcher at the Cyber Security Innovation Centre. She specialises in cybersecurity awareness, its relation to the human factors and organisational learning. Laura’s research has been presented at international conferences and published in leading international journals.  Laura actively engages in outreach activities, including delivering the Cybersecurity Bootcamp, Catch the Flag events, and conferences aimed at raising awareness about cybersecurity education pathways and cybersecurity risks.  She is an APMG certified Cyber Security University Instructor and a member of ISACA UK Central Chapter and ECR British Academy of Management special interest group. 

She was awarded the Ede and Ravenscroft Prize for Academic Excellence at Coventry University. She was awarded two PhDs from the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT) in Spain and Coventry University in a co-tutelle arrangement. 

• Digitalisation and digital transformation
• Cybersecurity 
• Technology governance, policies and human factors
• Ethical use of digital tools
• Corporate social responsibility and Sustainability
• Corporate communication and Stakeholders management
• Knowledge management

Lecturer in information systems and cyber-security 

Module Leader of PIPE (Product, Intellectural Property and Entrepreneurship)

Module leader Cybersecurity Human factor and Regulatory Aspect

Teaching in the Cybersecurity Bootcamps at Aston

- Member of the British Academy of Management 

- Member of ISACA