Vinh Thong Ta received the MSc degree in 2008 in computer science/IT security from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BUTE).

He earned the PhD degree in 2014 in IT security from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BUTE), in the Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security (CrySyS Lab), under the supervision of Dr. Levente Buttyán.

From February 2014 to January 2015 he worked as postdoctoral researcher at Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA), in the group PRIVATICS with Dr. Daniel Le Métayer. At INRIA he investigated possible solutions for privacy by design and accountability problems.

Between 2015-2021, he worked at University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) where he held a lecturer (until 2020) and senior lecturer positions, as well as co-founded and was a member of the Laboratory of Security and Forensic Research (SAFeR). He was leader for the cyber security BSc (Hons) and apprenticeship degrees at UCLan main campus.

He joined the Department of Computer Science at Edge Hill University in 2021, where he is currently senior lecturer in cyber security and leader for the security related programmes.

His teaching and research interests include Network Security, Cryptography, IT Security Management, Malware Analysis, Penetration Testing, Computer Forensic, Game Theory and Machine Learning in Security.

He is member of the British Computer Society (BCS) and Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA).