Rothesay

Head of Security Engineering

Bank of England

Deputy CISO

Senior Manager

Head of Threat & Vulnerability Management

DevSecOps

Cigital, Inc

Managing Consultant

Senior Security Consultant

Software Security & Testing (IBM Rational)

Software Developer in IBM

🔴 All posts are my observations of the general landscape meant to engage and educate. NOT problems I'm encountering. All views are my own and not that of my employer. I’m a techie, not an economist.

🔴 Please don't invite me to meals, drinks or round tables. ALL requests will be ignored.

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. 

I'm a Technical Cyber Security Leader with over 17 years of experience within start-ups, 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-ai-war
📒 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
📒 Critical Vulnerability Management Cheat Sheet • https://tinyurl.com/df-cheat

📕 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

Dave F.

Venafi

"There are two actors on a network - people and machines.
People rely on 'user names and passwords' to identify themselves to machines, so they can get access to networks and data.
Machines also need to identify themselves to each other, but they don’t use user names and passwords. Instead, they use 'machine identities'.
We all know that the number of machines on networks is growing exponentially because the digital transformation that is happening is completely dependent on machines, not people.
We spend over eight billion dollars protecting human identities, but almost nothing protecting machine identities.
Bad guys know this. They now devote more time and resources to stealing machine identities.
Venafi invented the technology that provides the visibility, intelligence and automation needed to protect machine identities in the world’s largest, most security conscious companies."

Advising security-conscious organisations to protect their machine identities

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Equiteq LLP

I nurture, develop and sustain important new and existing business relationships.

Assisting the Directors

fst The Group

Highly successful, part-time 12 month contract, to acquire named, new client.

Sales

Cable & Wireless

Developing new business clients in the wholesale channel - acquiring 'wholesale voice clients' with potential to carry £1m+ per month of voice minutes over the Cable and Wireless network.

Business Development Manager

Redstone Telecom

Acquiring new, cross sector, voice and data clients.

New Business Sales

Yellow Pages Sales limited

A successful, long serving sales executive, in this fast moving, high expectation business - sales training second to none.

Senior Sales Executive

Jo Houston

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The Battle

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