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Background

• Bill Hutchinson is an Adjunct Professor at secau – Security Research Centre, ECU and Deakin University and until his retirement in 2010 was IBM Chair at ECU.
• Founding Director of secau Security Research Centre
• Co-founder of the Journal of Information Warfare and written extensively in this area.
• Bill has worked in the oil and finance industries as well as government in various roles.

Research Areas and Interests

• Information Warfare
• Cyber Security
• Counter Terrorism
• Environmental Security
• Information Operations
• Critical Infrastructure Protection

Staff Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy, Murdoch University .
• Master of Science, The University of Western Australia, 1989 .
• Bachelor of Arts, Open Universities Australia, 1981 .
• Bachelor of Education, England, 1972 .

Research

Recent Research Grants

• IBM Chair in Computing and Information Security,  IBM Australia Ltd,  Grant,  2008,  $150,000.
• Better Planning for and Managing Asymmetric Threats to Australia's Security: Applying the Field Anomaly Relaxation(FAR) Systems Thinking Approach.,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (Projects),  2007,  $21,745.
• IBM Chair in Computing and Information Security,  IBM Australia Ltd,  Grant,  2006,  $150,000.
• Better Planning for and Managing Asymmetric Threats to Australia's Security: Applying the Field Anomaly Relaxation(FAR) Systems Thinking Approach.,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (Projects),  2006,  $48,395.
• IBM Chair in Computing and Information Security,  IBM Australia Ltd,  Grant,  2005,  $150,000.
• An evaluation of the vulnerabilities of RFID and their implications to the Australian Government sector,  The Defence Signals Directorate of the Department of Defence,  Grant,  2005,  $25,000.
• A model for IT security outsourcing of critical services,  Deakin University,  Grant - Discovery,  2005,  $20,000.
• Better Planning for and Managing Asymmetric Threats to Australia's Security: Applying the Field Anomaly Relaxation(FAR) Systems Thinking Approach.,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (Projects),  2005,  $43,675.
• Research into the use of deception as a potentially legitimate policy in Commonwealth agencies,  The Defence Signals Directorate of the Department of Defence,  Grant,  2005,  $10,000.
• Research into the use of deception as a potentially legitimate policy in Commonwealth agencies,  The Defence Signals Directorate of the Department of Defence,  Grant,  2004,  $29,000.
• National Information Infrastructure (NII) e-security environment,  The Defence Signals Directorate of the Department of Defence,  Grant,  2004,  $5,000.
• Better Planning for and Managing Asymmetric Threats to Australia's Security: Applying the Field Anomaly Relaxation(FAR) Systems Thinking Approach.,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (Projects),  2004,  $25,968.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Book Chapters

• Hutchinson, B., (2011), Afghanistan - Information Operations, Influence and the Home Front. Afghanistan: The Old-New Geopolitical Blackhole, 36-44, West Perth.
• Pye, G., Warren, M., Hutchinson, B., (2011), Critical infrastructure Protection: An Ethical Choice. ICT Ethics and Security in the 21st Century: New Developments and Applications, 214-230, Hershey USA.

Journal Articles

• Hutchinson, B., (2010), New technologies: dissonance, influence and radical behaviours. Journal of Information Warfare, 9(3), 14-25, Australia.

Conference Publications

• Warren, M., Pye, G., Hutchinson, B., (2010), Australian critical infrastructure protection: A case of two tales. Proceedings of the 11th Australian Information Warfare and Security Conference, 30-36, Perth, Western Australia.
• Hutchinson, B., (2010), Influence Operations : Action and Attitude. Proceedings of 11th Australian Information Warfare Conference, 13-17, Australia.
• Hutchinson, B., Warren, M., (2010), Influence operations and behavioural change. Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Information Warfare and Security, 116-119, United Kingdom.
• Hutchinson, B., (2009), Cyber Influence. Proceedings of the 10th Australian Information Warfare and Security Conference, 1(30 Nov-2 Dec, 2009), 1-4, Perth.
• Hutchinson, B., Warren, M., (2009), Security as an element in environmental assessment and decision making. Proceedings of The 2009 Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics (ANZSEE): Green Mileage in the Global Meltdown: An Ecological Economics Way Forward, 1(27-30 October, 2009), 11, Darwin.
• Hutchinson, B., (2008), Propaganda Dilemmas for Environmental Security. Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Information Warfare and Security, pp103-110, Plymouth UK.
• Hutchinson, B., (2008), Media, Government and Manipulation: The Cases of the Two Gulf Wars. Proceedings of the 9th Australian Information Warfare and Security Conference, 35-40, Edith Cowan University Perth, Western Australia.
• Hutchinson, B., (2008), The Ethics of Information Operations. Conference Proceedings of AiCE 2008 Fifth Australian Institute of Computer Ethics Conference, pp63-67, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

• Doctor of Philosophy,  Compatibility Of A Western Systemic Approach For Handling Complex, Pluralist And Coercive Problems In Developing Countries..
• Master of Science (Computer Science),  A Knowledge-based Approach To Intrusion Detection Systems..
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Evaluating The Influence Of It Capability In The Context Of Smes..
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Transformation Theory In E-commerce Adoption..
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Terroists Conducting Information Warfare: Enhancing National Security In Western Nations..
• Doctor of Philosophy,  An Intelligence Model For Terrorist Incident Prevention For Australian Police: A Systemic Investigation.
• Doctor of Philosophy,  The Information Strategy Requirements Of The Unit States Government From 2004 Onwards..
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Vulnerabilities In Class One Electronic Product Code Radio Frequency Identification Systems.