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Professor Dan Hyde

Dan

Visiting Professor

Profile

Professor Dan Hyde was appointed Visiting Professor to the School of Law, Queen Mary University of London in 2018. An alumnus of Cambridge University, Dan is a prominent practising lawyer, business coach and academic author who lectures widely and teaches cyber regulation and cybercrime at postgraduate level.

A leading authority on the law as it applies to cyber, emerging technologies, innovation and financial regulation, Dan is widely published; authorship/co-authorship includes the first and leading UK publications on cyber law as well the international regulation of cryptocurrency and blockchain. Dan is currently authoring a third edition of Cybersecurity Law and Practice together with a new work framing the law and strategy around entrepreneurship.

Dan was a special adviser to the UK Government in its recent review of information security legislation, an officer of the International Bar Association and is currently Cyber Coach-Mentor at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School and Barclays Eagle Labs. He delivers talks around the world and provides broadcast commentary for major national and international television channels.

Postgraduate Teaching

  • Cyber as part of Comparative Criminal Justice

Research

Works in progress

  • Startup Law and Strategy, Global Law and Business, publication date late 2025
  • Cybersecurity and Online Safety, Lexis Nexis, publication date December 2025

Publications

  • Modern Financial Regulation (Co-editor) Jordans, 2013
  • Cybersecurity Law and Practice, Lexis Nexis, 2017
  • Managing Cyber Risk, Edition 2 (Contributing author) Legend Publishing, 2018
  • Managing Cyber Risk, Edition 3 (Contributing author) Legend Publishing, 2018
  • Blockchain and Cryptocurrency, International Legal and Regulatory Challenges, Bloomsbury, 2019
  • Cybersecurity Law and Practice, Second Edition, Lexis Nexis, 2019
  • An Introduction to Data Protection Law (Contributing author) Lexis Nexis, 2019
  • Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Second Edition, International Legal and Regulatory Challenges, Bloomsbury, 2022
  • Cyberlaw and Online Harms, Lexis Nexis, Expected Publication Date 2025
  • Entrepreneurship: Startup Law and Strategy, Global Law and Business, 2025

Public Engagement

Associations

  • International Bar Association
  • IBA Academic and Professional Development Committee
  • IBA Conference Quality Officers Committee
  • IBA Business Crime Committee
  • IBA’S Human Rights Institute
  • IBAHRI Charitable Trust

European Regional Forum

  • The City of London Law Society
  • The Law Society of England and Wales 
  • Guest lecturer/speaker to various industry sectors:  
  • International Travel Insurance and Healthcare (ITIH)
  • Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
  • Lloyds of London

Broadcast Media

  • Television: Legal Commentary for Sky, BBC and ITV, Arise, BBC World, Channel 4.
  • Radio: Interviews on Radio 5 Live, Radio 4, LBC and regional BBC stations.

Journals and Papers

A full list is available on request. Includes:

Newspapers

Published articles and columns for:

  • The Times
  • Telegraph
  • Independent
  • Guardian
  • Financial Times
  • City AM
  • London Evening Standard
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