Tamar Berenblum

Dr. Tamar Berenblum serves as Research Director of the Federmann Cyber Security Research Center – Cyber Law Program at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Faculty of Law. She concurrently holds Post-Doctoral Research Fellow positions at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR), the Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering (Hebrew University), and the Center for Cyber Law & Policy at Haifa University (CCLP).

Her research expertise spans victimology, sociology of knowledge, cybercrime, online social control, and digital rights, rooted in her doctoral thesis The Internet as a Sphere of Social Control which examines cyberspace as both a domain and tool for social control over deviant activities. Current projects investigate deterrence mechanisms, online-shaming phenomena, language accessibility in legal proceedings, and juvenile cyber-delinquency.

Analysis of her publications reveals consistent focus on human-centered cybersecurity challenges, with recurring themes in ransomware mitigation (Security Vaccination), hacking network topology (Hackers Topology Matter Geography), and digital justice dynamics (Viral Justice and E-shaming). Her methodological approach blends criminological theory with computational analysis of real-world cyber incidents.

Beyond research, Berenblum serves as a public representative in Parole Committees of the Court Administration and contributes to policy discussions through the Cyber Law Program's regulatory work on computer crime prevention and IoT security standards.