Speakers

Graham Dawson, Cyber Security Architect, Naked Wines

Graham Dawson is from at Naked Wines in Norwich, where he has worked for 4 years, initially as a Security Analyst, latterly a Security Architect. He has worked in IT for 30 years, and spent the past 10 years in Security and Compliance. One of the hats he wears at NakedWines is PCI compliance officer. In his last role at a software service provider, he implemented... ISO27001.more

Louis Sherman, Cybersecurity Lead, C&J Clarks

Louis Sherman holds a background in Electronic Engineering, a Master’s degree in Telecommunications, and is a CISSP-certified cybersecurity professional. With a strong technical foundation and extensive hands-on experience, his career spans a wide range of sectors and roles within the cybersecurity landscape. He began his cybersecurity journey at Orange Telecommunications,... gaining first-hand experience in large-scale telecom environments. He went on to hold key roles at BreakingPoint and Ixia Technologies, where he was responsible for testing end-to-end data security across complex enterprise systems. Louis is currently the Cybersecurity Lead at C&J Clarks, where he plays a pivotal role in strengthening cybersecurity operations across both corporate and retail environments globally.
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Jo Vane, InfoSec Compliance Director, Checkout.com

Jo Vane is the InfoSec Compliance Director at Checkout.com, known for her ability to simplify complex security matters. As a former police officer turned cybersecurity enthusiast, Jo is on a mission to continue to elevate Checkout.com's PCI programs both internally and externally.
With nearly fifteen years of leadership experience, Jo has a solid track record... of leading teams through transformative journeys. Her expertise spans a wide range of security standards and regulations, making her the go-to person for security and compliance discussions.
Jo has a unique talent for bridging the gap between tech and people. She's a strong communicator who can translate complex compliance topics into plain language that everyone can understand.
Her role at Checkout.com is pivotal in maturing the PCI program, particularly for DSS and 3DS. She's passionate about upholding the highest security standards for payment processing and is dedicated to making the digital world safer for everyone more

Luke Fardell, Lead Cyber Analyst, Tokio Marine Kiln

Luke Fardell is Tokio Marine Kiln’s Lead cyber Analyst dedicated to supporting Cyber Underwriting. Luke has a background in UK Intelligence and previously worked for the UK’s Ministry of Defence and National Cyber Security Centre leading investigations into nation state cyber-attacks. Luke Fardell has investigated over a hundred ransomware incidents affecting... both the public and private sector networks conducting forensics examinations on all types of systems and infrastructure. Luke has first-hand experience of the real world implications of cyber-attacks and the Tactics, Techniques and procedures used by current threat actor groups to gain access to networks and their data. 
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Manit Sahib, Ethical Hacker & Former Head of Penetration Testing & Red Teaming, Bank of England

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

Stuart Golding, Independent Cybersecurity Consultant

Stuart is considered a reputable Senior Leader in the Information Security industry, with a proven history of success in driving high-level data security strategies to ensure compliance with multiple standards and regulations (ie. PCI DSS, Cyber Essentials, ISO27001, NIST, SOC2) across a range of complex business landscapes. With over 40 years of industry insight... and 17 years’ experience in information security, Stuart supports businesses to demystify and comply with data security standards, informing corporate strategic direction for protecting sensitive and confidential data, outlining key issues and risks and developing robust Governance structures and practices. Stuart has been actively involved in governing and managing PCI DSS programmes with multiple UK based retailers for over seventeen years, including the WH Smith Group, the Sainsbury’s Group and Carnival UK. In the last eight years Stuart has assisted multiple organisations as a Virtual Chief Information Security Officer, from small start-ups to large multi-national organisations including The WorkTech Group, Solvedby.AI, Omnicommerce and Daiwa Capital Markets Europe, achieve and maintain certified compliance with data security control frameworks including ISO27001, Cyber Essentials Plus, DORA, NIST, SOC2 and SWIFT. Stuart is passionate about keeping data security simple and demystifying the multitude of information security frameworks, focussing on the people and process elements of data security practices and controls aligned with technology, as well as the principles of security by design and security culture.
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Dr Emma Philpott, Director and CEO, IASME

Dr Emma Philpott is director and CEO of IASME and joined the organisation in 2013. A material scientist by training, Emma spent time working in the Ministry of Defence and QinetiQ followed by 5 years working in Singapore. When Emma moved to Malvern in 2009, she found that there were lots of small cybersecurity companies that faced barriers to growth. Emma set up the... Malvern Cyber Security Cluster to support and represent these small companies. One of the start-ups that Emma met through this work was IASME. The founders approached Emma for some business planning advice and she became increasingly involved in the plan to develop a route to cyber security certification for small companies.  In addition to this, Emma has been involved in training and supporting neurodiverse individuals in cyber security as well as the wider diversity aspect of the Cyber Security industry. In 2019, Emma was recognised for her services to cyber security with a MBE in the Queen’s Birthday honours list. more

Laurent Jacquemin, Field CISO, Akamai

Laurent is Akamai's EMEA Field CTO. Laurent became part of Akamai as a result of the Guardicore acquisition, during which time he was responsible for the management of the international Solution Engineering Team which Laurent built from merging the LATAM, EMEA and APAC teams. Laurent started his career as a Sales Representative and transitioned into Pre-Sales. During... the course of his well-rounded career which spans two decades, Laurent has developed a significantly strong IT security background through multiple roles at large industry players from Citrix and McAfee to Bluecoat and Zscaler.more

David Holin, Professional Services Principal Consultant, Crowdstrike

After finishing his M. Sc. in IT-Security at Ruhr-University Bochum in 2019, he was part of the IR teams of a world leading telecommunication provider where he focused on providing IR services for the German market.  Since 2022, David is a Principal Consultant for Incident Response at CrowdStrike. He focuses on remediating and investigating cyber attacks from... advanced eCrime actors and nation state actors. In this role, he led and participated in over 100 engagements throughout the world. His focus lies on investigations into the on-premise environment and OS/network level forensics.more

Jack Humphries, Professional Services Senior Consultant, Crowdstrike

Jack is a Senior Cloud Incident Response consultant. He has been working in cloud security for 5+ years, working with AWS, Azure, GCP, as SaaS. His role focuses on incident response in cloud and SaaS environments, involving sophisticated eCrime and nation state actors. When not responding to breaches, he leads proactive cloud services assisting organisations in incident... readiness and prevention.
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Gary Cox, Technology Director, Infoblox

Currently Technical Director for UK and Ireland, Gary joined Infoblox in 2010 and has held a variety of roles over the years. He often speaks at industry events and on webinars and has over 20 years of IT experience working across multiple verticals including finance, public sector, media and service providers. 

Alex Gardner, Product Marketing Director, Human Security

Alex Gardner is a Product Marketing Director at HUMAN focusing on fraud and security solutions. With over 10 years experience in cybersecurity, Alex previously worked in the endpoint security, EDR and XDR spaces.

Maya Ogranovitch Scott, Retail Solution Manager, Ping Identity

Maya Ogranovitch Scott is a senior product and solution marketing manager for Ping's retail and fraud solutions. With a background in vertical solutions as well as fraud prevention, she is passionate about leveraging the power of identity to help enterprises deliver exceptional customer experiences that are simultaneously secure and seamless. 

Bernard Montel, EMEA Technical Director and Security Strategist, Tenable

With over 20 years in the security industry, Bernard Montel is Technical Director at Tenable. His expertise includes cryptography, Identity & Access Management, and SOC domains. Bernard has published numerous articles and is regularly invited to speak about cybersecurity providing insight into current cybersecurity threats, cyber risk management, and cyber exposure.... Before joining Tenable, Bernard held the position of EMEA Field CTO for RSA, where he played a leading role within its Threat Detection & Response department. He has significant experience advising both large and medium size organisations on cybersecurity best practices. Bernard holds a Master of Science in Network and Security and a Master 2 degree in Artificial Intelligence. With over 20 years in the security industry, Bernard’s expertise includes cryptography, Identity & Access Management, and SOC domains. more