Richard Frank

Richard Frank is an Assistant Professor in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University (SFU), Canada, and serves as Director of the International CyberCrime Research Centre (ICCRC). He also holds the position of Associate Editor-in-Chief for the journal Security Informatics.

His academic credentials include dual PhD degrees from SFU: Computing Science (2010) and Criminology (2013).

Dr. Frank's research centers on cybercrime with specific emphases on hacker behavior, digital security vulnerabilities, online terrorism, and cyber warfare. His interdisciplinary work bridges criminology and computing science, appearing in top venues such as Knowledge Discovery in Databases, Intelligence and Security Informatics, and leading journals including the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency and the Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice.