publications

Papers and articles

1. When Googling it doesn’t work - The challenge of finding security advice for smart home devices. Turner, Sarah, Nurse, Jason, and Li, Shujun Springer 2021 DOI: [10.1007/978-3-030-81111-2_10] [HTML]

   This paper engages in a critical study of the type of advice that home Internet of Things (IoT) or smart device users might be presented with on the Internet to inform their cyber security practices.

2. The exercisability of the right to data portability in the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) environment Turner, Sarah, Galindo Quintero, July, Turner, Simon, Lis, Jessica, and Tanczer, Leonie Maria SAGE Publications 2020 DOI: [10.1177/1461444820934033] [HTML]

   This research delivers the first empirical analysis detailing the exercisability of the RtDP in the context of consumer IoT devices and the information provided to users about exercising the right.

3. Approaches and Technologies to Support Home Users’ Engagement with Cyber Security Turner, Sarah BCS 2020 DOI: [10.14236/ewic/HCI20DC.14] [HTML]

   "Approaches and Technologies to Support Home Users’ Engagement with Cyber Security” analyses the way in which UK families engage with cyber security when using home Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

4. Connected Toys: What Device Documentation Explains about Privacy and Security Turner, Sarah University College London; PETRAS National Centre of Excellence for IoT Systems Cybersecurity 2020 DOI: [10.14324/000.rp.10100395] [HTML]

   This report looks at the amount of safety and privacy information that is publicly available about Internet connect devices that are targeted at children.

5. Conferences Attending Doctoral Events - Experiences and Lessons. Matkovic, Viktor, Scheuerman, Jaelle, Steeds, Maddy, Turner, Sarah, and Porter, Sarah IEEE 2020 DOI: [10.1109/MPRV.2020.3021300] [HTML]

6. Living with Hearing Loss in a Connected Home - White Paper Pothong, Kruakae, and Turner, Sarah University College London; PETRAS National Centre of Excellence for IoT Systems Cybersecurity 2020 DOI: [10.14324/000.rp.10096344] [HTML]

   This paper details challenges facing people with hearing loss in engagement with connected technologies and identifies priority areas for technology intervention and development.

Blog posts and websites

1. Data Portability... Lis, Jessica, Galindo Quintero, July, Turner, Sarah, and Turner, Simon UCL Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy 2019 [HTML]

   A blog post detailing the results of the research undertaken into data portability in Internet of Things devices.

2. Are you aware of your right to Data Portability? Turner, Sarah, Lis, Jessica, Galindo Quintero, July, and Turner, Simon PETRAS National Centre of Excellence for IoT Systems Cybersecurity 2019 [HTML]

   A blog post about the need to research the right to data portability in Internet of Things devices.

3. Port My Data Turner, Sarah, Lis, Jessica, Galindo Quintero, July, and Turner, Simon 2019 [HTML]

   Website detailing all research findings relating to data portability in Internet of Things devices.

Other fun things

1. New Device? Looks Nice - but what’s going to happen to your data? Turner, Sarah, Turner, Simon, Galindo Quintero, July, Lis, Jessica, Mahieu, Rene, Ruiz, Javier, Veale, Michael, and Tanczer, Leonie Maria University College London 2019 [HTML]

   A flyer detailing out a data subject’s right to data portability under Article 20 GDPR.

Talks and videos

1. Threat Modeling Turner, Sarah 2020 [HTML]

   Sarah was delighted to present a talk on personal threat modeling as part of the NCSC’s Empower Cyber week, helping 12-13 year old girls in the UK explore the world of cyber security.

2. Parents, children and IoT devices in the home - what do we know? Turner, Sarah Kent Union 2020 [HTML]

   Sarah spoke about the early stages of her research at the Kent Postgraduate Research Symposium.

3. STEaPP Chat Turner, Sarah, Turner, Simon, Jarquin Solis, Maria, and Seatwo, Alan UCL STEaPP 2020 [HTML]

   In this episode of STEaPP Chat: Alan Seatwo chatted to three MPA graduates, Maria Jarquin Solis, Sarah Turner and Simon Turner, who had just started their new roles in PETRAS straight after their completion in the programme. They shared about their overall learning experience and in their Final Group Project; and how such experiences were useful.

4. The Present and Future of Data Portability in IoT Turner, Sarah, and Galindo Quintero, July DEF CON London / DC4420 2019

   The Present & Future of Data Portability in the Internet of Things (IoT) is a research project exploring the right to data portability, as granted by the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

5. Power to the user? - Moving your data between Internet of Things devices Turner, Sarah, Lis, Jessica, Galindo Quintero, July, Turner, Simon, and Tanczer, Leonie ORGCON, Open Rights Group 2019

   The right to data portability in the GDPR guarantees people the ability to move data from one system to another. It is meant to improve consumer choice and encourage competition. The workshop will explore how this under-researched and technically-challenging right can be achieved, particularly in the Internet of Things sector.

6. The Present and Future of Data Portability in the IoT Environment Turner, Sarah, Lis, Jessica, Galindo Quintero, July, and Turner, Simon Connected Life Conference, LSE and Oxford Internet Institute 2019

   The Present & Future of Data Portability in the Internet of Things (IoT) is a research project exploring the right to data portability, as granted by the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).