David S. Wall is a Professor of Criminology in the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies, School of Law, University of Leeds, UK where he conducts interdisciplinary research into Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity in the Cloud, Ransomware, Policing Cybercrime and Organised Cybercrime.

During the past 30 years, he has published a wide range of articles and books on his research interests and has a sustained track record of interdisciplinary funded research in these areas.

He has been a member of various Governmental working groups on Cybercrime, and more recently he has worked with the Turing Institute and UNODC Expert panels on various cybercrime initiatives.