Steve Taylor

Dr. Steve Taylor is a senior research engineer at the University of Southampton, UK. He holds a PhD in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) from the University of Greenwich (1997). His work focuses on cybersecurity, risk management, and computational governance, particularly in healthcare and regulatory compliance domains. He leads major EU-funded projects including H2020 ProTego (dynamic cybersecurity in healthcare) and FogProtect (end-to-end data protection from fog to cloud). Current projects include the HDRUK PRiAM initiative modeling privacy harms in Trusted Research Environments (TREs).

Research Interests:

• Risk Management
• Cybersecurity in Healthcare
• Data Protection Compliance (GDPR/ISO 27001)
• Trusted Research Environments
• Computational Governance Models

Key Projects:

• Horizon Europe NEMECY (2023- )
• TELEMETRY (UKRI, 2023- )
• THEMIS 5.0 (Trust Optimization in Decision Support)
• PRiAM Privacy Risk Framework (DARE UK)

Professional Roles:

• Member of NESSI Steering Committee
• Contributor to University of Southampton’s Social Data Foundation initiative