Ian Whitehurst delivers cybercrime and national security presentation

January 28, 2026

Ian Whitehurst from Exchange Chambers yesterday delivered a specialist online lecture to postgraduate students on the MSc Cybercrime programme at the University of Plymouth, joined by a cohort of military officers and security professionals from Bundeswehr University Munich.

The session focused on the intersection between serious cyber incidents, financial crime, asset recovery and national security decision-making. Drawing on practical experience, Ian’s presentation explored issues of attribution, evidential thresholds, ransomware enforcement, cryptocurrency-related crime and the increasing role of state-led responses to cyber-enabled criminal activity.

The mixed cohort included civilian postgraduate students alongside serving military officers and security-sector professionals undertaking advanced national security and cyber-related postgraduate training. The session provided an opportunity to examine how cybercrime is increasingly treated not only as a criminal justice issue, but also as a matter of strategic security and international governance.

Ian has been appointed as a Visiting Specialist Lecturer by the University of Plymouth and continues to contribute to postgraduate teaching programmes in cybercrime, financial crime and international security-related subjects in the UK and overseas.