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UK & Ireland CISO Community
Gain powerful new perspectives
Join fellow CISOs in the UK & Ireland community to solve critical leadership challenges through the collective experiences and expertise of the network.
Invaluable network
Build a strong professional network where you live and work. Access the collective expertise of your true peers all in one place. Make new connections and catch up with old friends.
Peer collaboration
Gain new perspectives from peers who understand your most critical priorities and are facing the same challenges -- generate ideas, share real-life experiences and get forward-looking guidance and insights.
Actionable insights
Exchange best practices, validate strategies and walk away with practical insights that are immediately actionable.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today.
- Accelerating security to match the pace of digital business initiatives
- Managing the risk created from a landscape of new core technologies
- Achieving sustainability for the CISO role without compromising outcomes
UK & Ireland CISO Governing Body
A regional Governing Body leads the UK & Ireland CISO community, shaping the topics and agendas for your local programs and ensuring that all content is driven by CISOs, for CISOs.
Co-Chairs
Elaine Bucknor
Sky Plc
Group CISO & Group Director Technology
Jared Carstensen
CRH
CISO
Matt Gordon-Smith
Gatwick Airport
CISO
Paula Kershaw
Barclays
Chief Controls Officer, Cyber & Resilience
Ewa Pilat
Willis Towers Watson
Global CISO
Yolande Young
BP
CISO
Members
Nuno Andrade
RSA
CISO
Dean Atkinson
Burberry
Vice President, Group Information Security
Alan Bambury
Kerry Group
CISO
Lindsey Bateman
M&G Plc
CISO
Luke Beeson
Aviva
Group CISO
Dan Biggs
Network Rail
CISO
Neil Blagden
SSE
CISO
Charl Brits
Laing O'Rourke
Head of IT Network & Security
Dexter Casey
Centrica
Group CSO
Manish Chandela
Unipart Group Limited
Group CISO
Derek Cheng
Deliveroo
CISO
Carole Drape
John Lewis Partnership
CISO
Matt Finn
DLA Piper
Head of IT Risk Management
Don Gibson
Department for International Trade
Head of Cyber
Paul Haywood
BUPA
Group CISO
Kevin Jones
Airbus
Group CISO
Sharon Jones
Kingfisher
Information Security & Risk Director
Nick Jones
TUI Group
CISO
Tony Jowett
Post Office Ltd
CISO
Elizabeth Kennedy
Scotiabank
CISO Europe
Sarah Lawson
OCS Group
Group CISO
Benedict Olaoya
SGN
CISO
Julian Osborne
Volkswagen Group UK
CISO
Andy Powell
A.P. Møller - Maersk
Global CISO
Helen Rabe
Abcam
Group CSO
Jim Roach
Whitbread plc
CISO
Stuart Robertson
Phoenix Group
CISO
David Robinson
Herbert Smith Freehills
Head of Global IT Security
Vijay Samtani
University of Cambridge
CISO
Sam Smith
Environmental Resources Management
CISO
Ian Snelling
Pentland
Group Security & Risk Manager
Simon Strickland
Johnson Matthey
CISO
Simon Tong
Schlumberger
Cyber Security Governance Manager
Douglas Weekes
Sainsbury's
Group CISO and Head of Data Governance
Lee Whatford
Domino's Pizza UK & Ireland
CISO
Philip Whittaker
British Red Cross
CISO
"The CISO Executive Summit is the only event where I am able to sit with a person I don't know and be assured they are largely facing a similar set of opportunities and challenges within their own organization.”
Derek Benz, CISO
The Coca-Cola Company
"The peer interactions I get with the Evanta events are the best I’ve had in my career. These events help to establish a strong peer network that is regularly refreshed.”
Ken Athanasiou, Global CISO
VF Corp
"The format of the CISO Executive Summit absolutely lives up to its billing of being ‘by CISOs, for CISOs.’ The ability to collaborate with peers to discuss today’s issues is worth every minute.”
Jon Moore, CISO
Humana
Upcoming Programs
Virtual Programs
6 October 2021
UK & Ireland CISO Virtual Town Hall
Building the Foundation for Zero Trust Architecture Through Effective IAM
An interactive, peer-led discussion on current topics and priorities.
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October 12 - 13, 2021
Global CISO Virtual Executive Summit
A virtual gathering for CISOs with global responsibilities to discuss challenges unique to international operations.
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20 October 2021
UK & Ireland CISO Virtual Town Hall
Redefining Network and Security Infrastructure with SASE
An interactive, peer-led discussion on current topics and priorities.
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3 November 2021
UK & Ireland CISO Virtual Town Hall
UK & Ireland CISO Virtual Town Hall | Hosted by IBM
An interactive, peer-led discussion on current topics and priorities.
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17 November 2021
UK & Ireland CISO Virtual Boardroom
The CISOs Guide to Implementing Zero Trust
An intimate and interactive conversation framed around a hot topic or priority.
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Content from your CISO peers
BLOG | SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
BLOG | SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Who’s Answering the Next Big Question? Cybersecurity Chief Kurt John of Siemens USA
On The Next Big Question podcast, we ask C-level executives to reflect on a big, timely business question. Here are highlights from our conversation with Kurt John, Chief Cybersecurity Officer of Siemens USA, who discusses how IT and security leaders can navigate an exploding vendor landscape and keep their organizations secure.
VIEW POSTPODCAST | SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
PODCAST | SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
The Next Big Question, Episode 20
Chief Cybersecurity Officer Kurt John of Siemens USA joins the podcast to discuss how to manage the noise in your organization’s crowded technology ecosystem. Kurt explains how digitalization, speed to market, and a plethora of products are contributing to that noise and how to manage risk in this environment.
LISTEN NOWBLOG | AUGUST 23, 2021
BLOG | AUGUST 23, 2021
6 Things We Learned in a Survey of Security Leaders
We recently reached out to our CISO communities to gauge their views about returning to a semblance of normalcy. Here are six things we learned from almost 250 security leaders from top organizations around the world.
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CISO Thought Leader
