Speakers

Glen Hymers, Deputy Director Cyber and Information Security (CISO), Cabinet Office

Glen has spent his working life in Policing and Security, falling into Policing of a fashion joining the RAF Police in 1998 after discovering University was expensive and as such he was running out of funds. He was employed in all aspects of policing, finally settling into the Counterintelligence role, carrying out Counter Espionage and Counter Terrorism duties at... home and abroad. Parting ways with the RAF in 2012 he began his journey into the “real world”, stopping at Fujitsu Defence and National Security (Head of Operational Security & Risk Management), Sopra Steria (Head of Operational Security for Government accounts), The Prince’s Trust (CSO and DPO), Save The Children International (Global CISO and Head of Data Protection), and latterly The Cabinet Office where he was Head of Data Privacy & Compliance and Information Assurance until taking up the role of Deputy Director Cyber and Information Security (CISO) at the beginning of July.more

Martin Peters, Detective Superintendent, Deputy Lead , NPCC National Cybercrime Programme

Martin is a Detective Superintendent and a City of London Police Officer on the NPCC National Cybercrime Programme, 30 years’ police service, majority as a Detective in all ranks. Currently the Deputy Lead for the NPCC Cybercrime Programme for Policing. Martin has extensive experience in Covert Policing, Undercover Policing, Surveillance Operations, Cybercrime,... Fraud, Money Laundering and drugs investigations. A PIP3-SOC-SIO, Accredited Financial Investigator and Strategic Cybercrime Investigator & Accredited Government Counter Fraud Investigator.more

Dr. Adrian R. Warman, Deputy Head of Security Operations, Ministry of Justice

Adrian is enjoying the third age of his career, having moved into the public sector by joining the Ministry of Justice in 2017. He applies specialist knowledge in organisational security operations, policy and culture to his current role within the MoJ Security Operations Centre. Generally, he prefers to avoid giving a “Computer Says No” response to security questions.... He is very much of the opinion that the goal of optimal cyber security is not just a technical problem - which is interesting because most cyber security problems have a technical origin.
Prior to becoming a Civil Servant, he worked in industry, including 17 years with IBM, and before that working in the telecommunications and retail banking sectors. He began his career as a University Lecturer, researching Information Systems and Computer Security.more

Bec McKeown, CPsychol, Mind Science

Bec McKeown is a Chartered Psychologist with twenty years’ experience of researching and evaluating human performance in high-risk, high-stakes organisations, including the UK Ministry of Defence.  The knowledge and insights gained from this research has given Bec a unique perspective on the ways humans behave when working in complex, uncertain and ambiguous... environments.  She is an experienced speaker and thought leader on the psychology of human performance in cybersecurity.In 2019, Bec established Mind Science, an organization dedicated to assisting companies at both operational and strategic levels. Her primary focus is to reduce risk and enhance resilience for teams operating in complex environments. She does this by leveraging psychological principles to enhance situational awareness, decision-making, problem-solving and building high-performing teams.  With a proven track record, Bec continues to make significant contributions in shaping the landscape of human performance psychology.more

Chris Maddocks, Head of Economic & Cyber Crime, North West Regional Organised Crime Unit

Chris Maddocks leads the Economic and Cyber Crime at the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit (NWROCU). The NWROCU is a collaboration of the six North West forces that focuses on organised criminality sitting between local and national bodies. Chris’s team of around 100 specialists relentlessly tackle serious and organised crime that effects our communities... by denying the use of criminal assets from organised criminals to the investigation of ransomware. Ransomware remains a key threat to the Nation’s security and Chris’s team of experienced investigators and digital forensic practitioners respond and deal with complex ransomware cases across the North West. Not only do the team respond to cases but they are pro-active in preventing ransomware investigation through the North West Cyber Resilience Centre -  a national network of Police led, not-for-profit businesses that support small to medium sized enterprises by delivering services that deliver an enhanced cyber response.more

Anthony Garrett, Risk Management Specialist, Essex County Council

Anthony James Garrett, MSc CMAS CMgr FCMI F.ISRM AfCGI ACIIS MITP, is a Security and risk management consultant with extensive experience in defence and operations, of more than quarter of a century who holds an MSc in risk, crisis and disaster Management and is a certified master of anti-terrorism who now focuses on public safety, crisis communication, project... management, force protection humanitarian, training instructor, educator/teacher and a medic with deep Interest in information security, counterterrorism, Health Emergency Management, exercising for Integrated Emergency Management and Business Continuity Management as well as social psychology of risk. From London, who is an advocate of Isomorphic learning through safety science, psychology, and organisational learning. more

Neil Kemp, Senior Officer, National Cyber Crime Unit, National Crime Agency

Neil Kemp has been in the NCA and its pre-cursor agency for over fourteen years, working within the fields of cyber intelligence, as well as co-ordinating the UK law enforcement response to cyber-crime at a national level.

Jonathan Pownall, Senior Digital Specialist, National Audit Office

Jonathan is a senior digital specialist at the National Audit Office and has over 20 years’ experience of assessing digital and technology programmes in the central government sector, including the management of associated technology risk.
He is a contributing author to numerous NAO reports including Digital transformation in the NHS, The challenges in implementing... digital change and Digital transformation in government as well as the NAO good practice insight guides on Cloud Services and Cyber and information security.
Prior to joining the NAO he held an assurance role with one of the leading international accountancy and advisory firms.more

Ross Martin, Sales Engineer UKI, SentinelOne

Ross is an experienced systems engineer, with over 8 years working within enterprise security technology. He has experience of working with large, international organisations, supporting their endpoint security requirements to help protect IT environments.

Andrew Dillon, Sales Engineer, Mimecast

Having worked with various email security solutions for the past 4 years, Andrew’s passion lies in sharing valuable insights to fortify defenses against the ever-evolving landscape of sophisticated threats targeting users’ inboxes, as well as how organizations can prevent threat actors using their brand and reputation against those that trust them.

Tom McVey, Sr. Solution Architect, Menlo Security


Tom is a Solution Architect at Menlo Security for the EMEA region, a leader in cloud security. In this role, he works closely with customers to meet their technical requirements and architects web and email isolation deployments for organisations across different industries. Coming from a varied background in cyber, Tom provides expert cybersecurity advice and strategic... guidance to clients. 

Prior to Menlo Security, Tom previously worked for LogRhythm and Varonis. Tom is experienced at speaking at live events, including Infosecurity Europe, and presenting on webinars and podcasts.
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