# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ross-j-anderson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:30:27.078Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ross-j-anderson"
name: "Ross J. Anderson"
slug: "ross-j-anderson"
description: "Ross John Anderson was a British researcher, author, and industry consultant in security engineering. He was Professor of Security Engineering at the Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge where he was part of the University's security group."
tagline: "British computer scientist, cryptographer (1956–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ross_Anderson_(security_researcher).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1956-09-15"
deathDate: "2024-03-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "rossjanderson"
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    url:       "https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ross Anderson (Informatiker)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump