Security pioneer Ross Anderson dies at 67

Obituary for Ross Anderson (1957–2024), the Cambridge professor of security engineering and influential information security researcher, who passed away at 67. It highlights his seminal contributions across cryptography, system reliability, adversarial ML, and hardware tamper-resistance; his widely acclaimed book Security Engineering; impactful work on chip-and-PIN and ATM security; and his policy advocacy through the Foundation for Information Policy Research. The piece notes his awards (including the BCS Lovelace Medal and Fellowship of the Royal Society), his steadfast defense of academic freedom and IP rights at Cambridge, planned teaching at Edinburgh, and tributes from colleagues including John Naughton, Frank Stajano, and Bruce Schneier.