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🔴 Please don't invite me to meals, drinks or round tables. ALL requests will be ignored. 🔴 All posts are my observations of the general landscape meant to engage and educate. NOT problems I'm encountering. I help CIOs in dynamic organisations reduce cyber risk, by developing pragmatic cybersecurity functions that align with the business needs and have a proven track record of increasing simplicity and promoting accountable visibility. Technical Cyber Security Leader with over 17 years of experience within startups, management consulting and top-tier organisations. Extensive hands-on experience with Security Architecture, Engineering, DevSecOps, Security Posture Management, Penetration Testing & Red Teaming. Engagements, Awards, Articles and Education 🔵 InfoSec Europe, Advisory Board • 2024 🔵 e-Crime & Cybersecurity Congress, Lost in Translation • 2024 🔵 Webcast, Control Effectiveness • https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/19525/609336 🔵 SASIG, Adapting to the new cyber threat landscape • 2023 🔵 Central Banking African Summit, x4 talks over 2 days • 2022 🔵 CyberCon, Hosted fireside chat: BoE, LSEG, MS • 2022 🔵 Secure Southwest, High-value security testing • 2019 🟢 National Cyber Awards, Winner of the Financial Services Award • 2023 🟢 BCS Awards, Finalist for High Impacting Business Project • 2021 🟢 SC Awards Europe, Finalist for Best Security Team Europe • 2019 📒 Preparing your Organisation for AI Cyber Warfare • https://tinyurl.com/df-aiwarfare 📒 Finding High-Value Security Initiatives • https://tinyurl.com/df-sec-roi 📒 No Bullsh*t Approach To Simplifying Cyber Supply Chain Risk • https://tinyurl.com/df-supplychain 📒 Zero-Day Vulnerability Management Cheat Sheet • https://tinyurl.com/df-zeroday 📕 Master of Business Administration (MBA) • Exeter University, 2021 📕 Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons), Computer Systems & Networking • University of Plymouth, 2007 📕 CISM, Certified Information Security Manager • ISACA, 2016 📕 CISSP, Certified Information Security Professional • (ISC)2, 2011 📕 CSSLP, Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional • (ISC)2, 2014