Speakers
Mario Beccia, Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity, NATO
Mr. Mario Beccia is NATO’s Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity, working in the Office of the Chief Information Officer. He holds a university degree in Economics and Management, an MBA in management of innovation, and several certifications in cybersecurity and information technology. He started his career in 1997 by joining a start-up company focused on the use of web... technologies for businesses. He then worked as independent consultant on IT and Information Assurance projects in Italy and Belgium. He joined NATO Allied Command Transformation in 2006, where he worked on business transformation and capability development programs. He supported the setup of the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability (NCIRC) and IT Modernization (ITM) programs by collecting and engineering requirements, championing the creation of an implementation roadmap for Cloud Computing and Cyber Defence in NATO. He joined the European Defence Agency in 2018 as Chief Information Security Officer and Project Officer Cyber Defence, leading the creation of a Cybersecurity practice in the Agency, the creation of a stronger classified information management ecosystem and the Cyber Defence program of the Agency. He led and supported several cross-domain and multinational projects under the PESCO (PErmanent and Structured COoperation) framework and other multinational initiatives. In 2020, he started the milCERTs Interactive Conference, a yearly cybersecurity exercise and conference aimed at creating a stronger military CERT interaction between EU military entities. In March 2021, he joined back NATO and, as of February 2022, he took on the role of Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity, leading a major Cybersecurity Transformation program in NATO. He is passionate about martial arts, computer programming, crypto currencies and electric vehicles. more
Sarah Lawson, CISO and Deputy CIO, UCL
Sarah has over 20 years’ experience in technology and cybersecurity, starting her cybersecurity journey as an IT assistant at a time when ransom attacks were focussed in the individual device. Now CISO at University College London (UCL), Sarah leads a team of professionals working on improving security resilience while ensuring users experience of robust security... is a positive one. more
Simon Ashworth, Managing Director, Chief Analytical Officer – Insurance Ratings and Cyber Lead, S&P Global Ratings
Simon Ashworth is the Chief Analytical Officer for Insurance Ratings at S&P Global Ratings. In addition to his global insurance analytical responsibilities, Simon leads cross-practice analytics with respect to cyber risk in credit. This involves publishing thought leadership on the impact of cyber across the credit landscape, ... target="_blank">Cyber Risk Insights: C-Suite Must Walk The Cyber Talk | S&P Global Ratings (spglobal.com) and Cyber Risk In A New Era: The Increasing Credit Relevance Of Cybersecurity | S&P Global Ratings (spglobal.com).
Previously he was an Analytical Manager with responsibility for insurance credit ratings across the U.K., the Netherlands, France and Ireland from 2015-2018. Before taking this role, he was primary analyst for many of the credit ratings across the U.K. life insurance industry but also in the Netherlands, in particular Aviva, NN Group, Legal & General and Prudential PLC.
Before joining S&P Global Ratings in early 2011, Simon trained as an actuary and qualified in 2009 with EY. Simon graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc Hons in Economics.more
Parul Khedwal, Security Operations Lead, Trainline
Parul has been working in Cybersecurity for over a decade across multiple areas including Incident response, SIEM administration, Threat Intelligence, SOC strategy and operations. In her current role as Security Operations Lead at Trainline she is responsible for building their next-gen Security Operations Center.
Mark Logsdon, CISO, NHS England
Mark is Chief Information Security Officer for NHS England having joined from UKHSA (Test and Trace) where he was head of Cyber Assurance and Oversight. With over 30 years of experience in security, Mark has held a number of high profile roles in the public and private sectors. He has a strong business focus seeing security as a business enabler. At every opportunity... Mark seeks to manage the needs of business against those of security and risk. Outside of work, Mark works to raise much needed funds for NSPCC Childline. He is a member and former Chair of the WhiteHat Ball Committee which to date has raised over £2M for the NSPCC. more
Evie Wild, Information Security Officer, EMEA Region, LBBW Bank
Evie Wild formerly worked at the Financial regulator where she was responsible for policy formation and Sourcebook creation in relation to Operational Risk. Since then she has worked in various Risk Management positions in the financial sector, specialising in Information and Cyber Security for the last 10 years. She is currently the Information Security... Officer, EMEA Region, for LBBW bank. more
Ian Dalby, Global Head of GRC A&O Shearman
Ian runs the global Cyber GRC team at A&O Shearman, a multinational law firm, prior to this Ian worked for number of public and private organisations in governance, risk, compliance and information security roles.
This included roles in Ford of Europe’s general counsel department, handling technical risk and compliance in all M&A programs, more recently... Ian worked in the Ministry of Justice operational IT risk team and also as a consultant for Microsoft advising their larger customers on strategic security matters.
In his previous role at Dentons, another multinational law firm, Ian was part of the main M&A team that led over 30 acquisitions as part of the strategic growth initiative – Ian is also part of the on-going merger team that is leading the integration work following one of the largest law firm mergers in history.
Clair Phelps, CISO, Wagestream
Clair is CISO at Wagestream — the financial wellbeing platform used by over 3 million frontline workers. She has extensive knowledge and experience of ISO 27001, SOC2 and Cyber Essentials Plus. She has gained over 20 years' experience in information security in numerous organisations including Legal & General and Earthport. Clair loves passing... on her knowledge at her masterclasses and is passionate that everyone takes personal responsibility for all things information security related. more
Manit Sahib, Ethical Hacker, The Global Fund
Manit is an experienced offensive security expert who is certified by UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) as well as His Majesty’s CESG Check scheme (HMG CHECK). He has over ten years professional experience in both UK Government and private offensive security operations. Formerly, Manit was the Head of Penetration Testing & Red Teaming... at the Bank of England. He is contracted to Global Fund. more