After 20+ years in Silicon Valley, where I led global teams at Lucent, Altera, and LSI and ran a $400 million sales and marketing organisation, I went on to grow a Silicon Valley startup to over $100 million in global revenue.I founded Primotech, a London-based advisory and growth partner, to bridge a clear gap in how cutting-edge technology companies enter and expand in the UK and European markets.Primotech helps high-potential cybersecurity, fintech, AI, and quantum firms win major enterprise projects, secure flagship logos, and build long-term relationships across financial services, telco, and data-centre sectors.We’ve achieved major wins with leading organisations including JP Morgan Chase, Barclays, Bloomberg, NYSE/ICE, LSEG, Vodafone, BT, Morgan Stanley, and BAE Systems, helping over 20 emerging vendors establish reference customers, channel partnerships, and seven-figure pipelines.Since 2023, I also run Cyber &amp; Beats, an invite-only roundtable series in London for CISOs and CTOs. The format provides early access to game-changing technologies, credible peer insights, and meaningful conversations under Chatham House rules. Senior leaders explore topics such as AI in security, regulatory change, human risk, and real-world enterprise strategy.For CISOs and CTOs:I offer early access to emerging technologies before mainstream adoption. Whether you want to benchmark, explore new ideas, or stay ahead of the curve, I connect you with credible insights and trusted peers — without sales pressure.For Founders and Growth Teams:I help you break into complex enterprise environments, secure strategic pilots, navigate long sales cycles, and close high-value deals with the right senior sponsors.With deep networks across the UK, Europe, the US, and China, I bring together the right leaders, ideas, and opportunities — enabling innovation to scale faster and more effectively.

Steve Dodsworth

It’s important to rethink how we protect our digital society after experiencing an unprecedentedly chaotic 2025 with numerous large-scale AI driven cyber attacks.

It became apparent that cybersecurity must be viewed not only from an IT standpoint, but also as a public safety issue given the impact these attacks had on critical sectors such as healthcare and food distribution.

Moving forward, organisations will need to focus on building and maintaining their resilience, as opposed to merely achieving compliance.

See more here: https://heyor.ca/nq8b1K

#DigitalSociety #CyberSecurity #AIThreats #PublicSafety

Advisor and Business Partner — Driving Innovation & Growth | Silicon Valley Veteran | Helping CEOs, CISOs & CTOs in Fintech, Cyber, AI | Co-founder Cyber&Beats Roundtable | * Award-Winning Film Producer

Open article: Cybersecurity lessons from 2025 we cannot ignore in 2026 – Intelligent CISO by intelligentciso.com

Cybersecurity lessons from 2025 we cannot ignore in 2026 – Intelligent CISO

*40 LinkedIn Top Voices in Tech for 2025*|Consulting Engineer working with CISOs, CIOs and their teams to scope and solution workloads in Cloud, Cloud Security, Cybersecurity and AIsecurity|Tech Analyst| USAF Vet|

📌 Q: What is a non human identity (NHI)

A: a Non-Human Identity (NHI) refers to a digital credential assigned to a machine, application, or automated process rather than a human user. NHIs act as an "invisible workforce," outnumbering human identities in enterprise environments by ratios typically between 17:1 and 50:1. 

Core Characteristics

🔑Automation-Focused: They are designed to operate 24/7 without manual intervention, such as a script querying a database at 3 AM.

🔑 Programmatic Authentication: Unlike humans who use passwords or biometrics, NHIs authenticate using API keys, tokens, certificates, or cryptographic keys.

🔑 High Privilege & Scale: They often possess elevated permissions to execute backend tasks and proliferate rapidly through automated deployment pipelines. 

Common Types of NHIs

🧩 Service Accounts: Accounts used by applications or background services to perform routine tasks like data backups.

🧩 API Keys & Tokens: Short or long-lived strings that allow programmatic access between different software services.

🧩 Machine Identities: Credentials used to authenticate physical devices, virtual machines (VMs), containers, or IoT sensors.

🧩 Cloud & Workload Identities: Automatically generated roles or principals (e.g., AWS IAM Roles or Azure Managed Identities) that authorize cloud-based resources.

🧩 AI Agents: An emerging class of NHIs where autonomous AI systems use ephemeral, context-based credentials to interact with other systems. 

v/ JumpCloud 

Cc: Stan Lowe | Brad Moldenhauer | Derek Bush 

#AIDefense

As cybersecurity enters the year 2026, cybersecurity professionals will be facing a new set of challenges characterised by AI-generated threats and highly sophisticated attacks requiring advanced defenses.

AI security observation tools will allow organisations to effectively monitor end-user devices and identify anomalies in real time to help reduce opportunities for a breach to occur.

While the use of AI for increased threat detection and improved efficiency is beneficial to cybersecurity, organisations need to recognise the continuing importance of skilled cyber professionals.

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#CyberSecurity2026 #AIThreats #AdvancedDefenses #AISecurityTools

Open article: AI-Powered Security Observability Becomes the Backbone of Cyber Defence by techerati.com

AI-Powered Security Observability Becomes the Backbone of Cyber Defence

As stated in the recent Marsh Cybersecurity Report, two-thirds of global organisations will be increasing their cybersecurity budgets by 2026 and more than one-quarter plan to increase their spending by more than 25%.

The main areas where organisations are focusing their increased spend are security technology, incident response, and an increase in the workforce; all represent a proactive strategy for improving the security of customer data and improving an organisation's ability to respond to incidents that may occur.

With the increased number of third-party risks, as well as the recent attacks on several high-profile companies in the UK, companies should be strengthening their vendor security programs and making investments in cyber resilience at the board level.

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#Cybersecurity2026 #CyberBudgetIncrease #SecurityTechnology #IncidentResponse

Open article: Majority of global firms plan to boost cyber spending in 2026 by cybersecuritydive.com

Majority of global firms plan to boost cyber spending in 2026

2026 will continue to change the cybersecurity landscape as the use of AI-driven attacks and defences will completely transform how organisations think about threats and how they respond to them.

These changes include an increased use of AI-based malware and an increase in 'predictive' security operations centres (SOCs), which focus on proactively anticipating threats rather than just responding to alerts.

The emergence of deepfakes will require a major change in the way that we can verify trustworthiness, while operational systems such as ERP and OT will be increasingly targeted by cybercriminals.

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#CyberSecurity2026 #AIDrivenAttacks #PredictiveSOCs #DeepfakeChallenges

Open article: 5 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2026: An Industry Insider’s Analysis by heyor.ca

5 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2026: An Industry Insider’s Analysis

According to Deloitte's "Tech Trends 2026" report, the enterprise landscape is rapidly changing as more organisations use AI. As a result, companies are using technology to improve their operations and competitiveness, in addition to creating greater value from the products and services they provide.

Examples of current trends include the development of physical AI and robotics along with agent-based workforce strategies, as well as the need for organisations to develop optimised AI infrastructure to achieve greater efficiencies and innovation.

While AI creates opportunities for businesses to improve operations, it may also create security risks for them; thus, businesses should think strategically about how to leverage AI's advantages, while also protecting against potential security issues.

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#TechTrends2026 #AIInBusiness #EnterpriseInnovation #AIInfrastructure

Open article: Tech Trends 2026: AI Comes of Age - WSJ by deloitte.wsj.com

With AI's rapid advancements driving cyber attacks to be more automated and adaptive than ever, organisations must prioritise cyber resilience as they evolve their cybersecurity strategy.

To overcome the increasing use of automation in cyber attacks and defend against continuously evolving cyber threats, organisations should strengthen their foundational security, including adopting Zero Trust principles and practising proactive governance.

In addition, as organisations develop offensive and defensive strategies for cyber defence, they will need to create cyber risk frameworks that include considerations of cyber resilience.

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#CyberResilience #CyberSecurityStrategy #ZeroTrustPrinciples #ProactiveGovernance

Open article: Cyber resilience in an era of AI-enabled offense by heyor.ca

Cyber resilience in an era of AI-enabled offense

In the United Kingdom, the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill is designed to provide protection against cyber threats by enhancing regulations and offering greater powers to regulators.

The Bill will cover three areas that will help to develop an effective environment for cybersecurity within the UK.

As a result, the legislation will provide additional layers of protection to critical sectors such as healthcare and energy, by requiring that these industries comply with minimum cybersecurity requirements and that incidents be reported quickly so that their supply chains are secure.

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#CyberSecurity #UnitedKingdom #ResilienceBill #CyberThreats

Open article: What are the key areas of focus of government's Cyber Security and Resilience Bill? by techuk.org

What are the key areas of focus of government's Cyber Security and Resilience Bill?

This mirrors what CISOs say to me. AppSec noise keeps rising.  Teams drown in findings while real, exploitable risk waits quietly. Kodem cuts through noise by anchoring decisions in runtime evidence. That focus changes outcomes.
#AppSec #CISO #CyberSecurity #RuntimeSecurity

Chief Information Security Officer "CISO" (Fintech / Private Equity / Tech) | BCS Author

It was great spending time with Aviv Mussinger, the founder of Kodem Security, at our recent Cyber & Beats night.  Kodem is doing genuinely cutting-edge work in the application security space—focused on helping security teams reduce real risk without slowing developers down.
If AppSec is on your roadmap, it’s well worth reaching out to them for a conversation. Steve Dodsworth

Cybersecurity in 2026 will increasingly involve the interplay of global tensions and cyber terrorism from state actors such as Russia, China, and Iran, and their respective use of cyber warfare tactics to compromise areas of increasing importance, such as semiconductors.

At the same time, the growth of AI will provide new opportunities for malicious users to launch attacks in an advanced manner via techniques including, but not limited to, AI voice cloning, prompt injection, and automated botnets, which can be used for malicious activities.

AI will also provide organisations with tools to improve their ability to identify, analyse and respond to threats, in addition to creating a need for organisations to change quickly to help mitigate risk and protect critical infrastructure. This is as cyber warfare extends into the realm of outer space as a result of GPS systems now being used as an attack vector for disrupting GPS signals.

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#Cybersecurity2026 #CyberTerrorism #StateActors #CyberWarfare

Open article: 2026 cyber forecast: AI attacks and rising political tensions by heyor.ca

2026 cyber forecast: AI attacks and rising political tensions

According to a recent report from Genetec, as cyber and physical security converge in 2026, collaboration between security teams will become a focus area.

The trend is towards integrated technology versus using separated physical security systems.

Organisations will use data more efficiently and have greater operational efficiency with integrated technology and contribute to continued business.

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#CyberSecurity2026 #PhysicalSecurity #SecurityConvergence #IntegratedTechnology

Open article: With physical and IT security merging, collaboration will be a 2026 priority: Genetec by heyor.ca

With physical and IT security merging, collaboration will be a 2026 priority: Genetec

I’m at TechEx Global 2026 on 5 February at Olympia London. If you’re around, join me for a coffee and a quick catch-up.

Matt Dangerfield

I am a Group CTO / Global CTO and Fractional CTO & CISO with an international track record delivering technology strategy, cyber governance, and large-scale transformation in regulated, high-performance environments.

Over 30 years, I have operated at Board, ExCo, and regulator-facing level across Capital Markets, Financial Services, FinTech, RegTech, Technology Platforms, Real Estate, Telecoms, and Internet-scale businesses. My remit consistently spans technology vision, cyber risk ownership, operational resilience, and capital efficiency, aligning complex engineering estates directly to business and regulatory outcomes.

I have led organisations through the full lifecycle: start-up, scale-up, hyper-growth, transformation, and M&A integration. My roles have included Group CTO, Global CTO, CISO, COO, and Board Director, both in-house and fractional, with accountability for multi-year roadmaps, global delivery, and material technology risk.

I am a recognised innovator, having originated and delivered nanosecond trading platforms, FPGA-accelerated architectures, low-latency risk systems, decentralised finance ecosystems, digital identity and verifiable credential platforms, and next-generation observability. I regularly engage with Boards, regulators, and industry forums on technology risk, infrastructure strategy, and emerging architectures.

My approach is strategy-led and execution-focused. I specialise in environments where performance, security, regulation, and scale converge, including hybrid cloud, on-prem and colocation estates, deterministic trading systems, and identity-centric security models. I advise Boards on true TCO, ROI, and risk trade-offs, avoiding technology fashion in favour of durable advantage.

Core Expertise

Group & Global Technology Strategy
Board-Level Cyber Risk, Governance & CISO Accountability
Capital Markets, TradFi, CeFi & DeFi Architecture
Enterprise, Solution & Low-Latency Architecture
Hybrid Cloud, On-Prem, Colocation & HPC Strategy
Digital Identity, DLT, Cryptography & HSMs
Organisational Design, Transformation & Change
Vendor, Outsourcing & Regulatory Management
Multi-Year Roadmaps, Budgeting & Board Negotiation

I am typically engaged where technology is business-critical, regulatory exposure is material, and outcomes must be delivered with clarity, pace, and accountability.

CTO & CISO 

Developing and implementing security policies and procedures: As a CISO, I am responsible for creating and implementing security policies and procedures that help protect our organisation from cyber threats. This includes creating guidelines for access control, data protection, and incident response.

As a CTO (Chief Technology Officer), My role is a crucial one that involves overseeing all the technological aspects of EXMO. I am responsible for developing and implementing the technology strategy in line with the company's overall vision and goals.

Thank you for the kind words. I am delighted to be joining the team at this pivotal stage of the company’s journey. As a fractional CTO, my focus is on helping organisations at the cutting edge of technology turn converged capabilities into emergent value.

Zombie Delete exemplifies this shift from convergence to emergence, delivering a new class of product and service.

Fractional Group CTO & CISO | Capital Markets, FinTech & RegTech | Board-Level Technology, Cyber Risk & Infrastructure Strategy | AI, DLT, Low-Latency Systems

Founder & CEO at Together Alone Ventures | Authenticity as Design.

We’re very pleased to get 2026 off to a rollicking start with a big team announcement. Matt Dangerfield takes the role of Chief Technology Officer at Together Alone Ventures (TAV).

With over 30 years of experience building and scaling secure, high-performance platforms across financial services, capital markets, fintech, and digital assets, his track record includes leading organisations through start-up, scale-up, transformation, and M&A, combining board-level governance with hands-on delivery.

Matt will combine his fractional role with his other commitments, and slots perfectly into our current leadership structure, with myself as CEO and Dr. Stephane (Stef) Savanah continuing as Chief Scientist.

This is a role that will supercharge our launches, corporate and commercial partnerships, compliance, and, most critically, pragmatic technology development and adoption, while further burnishing our DeepTech innovations. Matt already has deep expertise in areas directly aligned with our mission: decentralised identity, cryptographic security, and AI-enabled automation.

As we are a just a few weeks from bringing, firstly, Zombie Delete to market in 2026, Matt’s guidance, management and execution on enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, and regulatory-aligned delivery will be invaluable.

It’s a testament to the work of our expanding team throughout 2025, across both Bonded and TAV, that we are able to bring an elite operator of Matt’s calibre on board.

Thanks to the team, and … welcome, Matt!

100% agree, observability is key and xMetrix brings clarity to a very complex environment.

You can't optimise what you don't understand. 

Most trading firms see outcomes - delayed acks & fills, slippage, client complaints—but struggle to link them back to their root causes. 

Was it poor algo performance? network microbursts? TCP retransmission? Market data gaps? 

The result is hours of investigation, multiple teams involved, and still no clear answers. 

The challenge isn't monitoring. It’s intelligence. 

Legacy monitoring tells you what happened. Infrastructure intelligence shows why it happened, the business impact, and what to do next. 

How well you understand your infrastructure determines whether you’re reactive or proactive, firefighting or optimising, guessing or knowing. 

xMetrics is trading infrastructure intelligence - connecting technology performance directly to business outcomes.

Learn More https://zurl.co/1G19b 

#TradingTechnology #FinTech #CapitalMarkets #InfrastructureMonitoring #xMetrics

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