Dr Danny Steed is an author, consultant, public speaker, and Lecturer in Cyber Security at both Cranfield Defence & Security (Defence Academy of the UK), and the Department of War Studies, King's College London.

As scholar-practitioner, Danny previously worked inside The Cabinet Office in operational cyber security. As a consultant, he has worked with a wide range of industries, advising and delivering cyber security guidance and training. As a public speaker, Danny delivers thought-leadership messaging and simulation exercises internationally.

His second book, The Politics & Technology of Cyberspace, was published in 2021. His third book, British Intelligence, Security & Cyber, is forthcoming with Bloomsbury in 2027.

Research Interests 

• Cyber Security
• Cyber Strategy
• Cyber Intelligence
• Strategic Studies
• Strategic Theory
• Intelligence Studies

Teaching

• BA3 “Cybersecurity: Policy, Politics and Practice”

Publications

• The Politics and Technology of Cyberspace
• British Strategy and Intelligence in the Suez Crisis
• “Disrupting the Second Oldest Profession”
• “Strategy, Time, and the Future”
• “What chance for leadership? Patrick Dean, Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, and the Suez Crisis”
• “The Strategic Implications of Cyber Warfare”
• “The SolarWinds Cyber Incident: Consequences & Policy Options”
• “The Future National Cyber Security Strategy: Defending Values in Cyber”
• “The UK’s National Cyber Security Strategy beyond 2021: The International Dimension”
• “The United Kingdom’s New Vision of Cyber Power” 
• “Strategy: Renewing the Centre of Gravity”
• “Cyber war, let’s get real(ist)”