Steve Loughran 

op26072@bristol.ac.uk 

Year 1 Student - 2026 Cohort - Cohort 8

I have a BSc in Computer Science from Edinburgh University. I've worked in industrial research at HP Laboratories, built and supported production web services, and developed open-source big data software within a company from its birth as a startup to its maturity as a successful corporation. That open-source experience has given me deep insight into the complexity of modern software supply chains, as well as the ongoing AI-assisted CVE storm the projects are experiencing.

My area of interest is securing large scale distributed systems, especially the critical ones our country depends upon.