Meet The Team
The management of cyber risk is a journey that adapts to changes in an organisation’s circumstances. Cyber risk develops as business strategy changes, as new and existing products and services are developed, deployed and implemented. As organisations acquire new businesses and grow strategically and organically.
Cyber risk management is a complex and ongoing process of evolution and adaptation. Evolving at a pace that matches or exceeds the threats to the business model. To address the threat of cybersecurity to national security, cybersecurity risk management is being regulated by nation-states. With the EU and U.S implementing cybersecurity risk management regulation and enforcement regimes. Regulations and enforcement that require leadership teams to take accountability and responsibility for cybersecurity risk management, governance, strategy and incident response, management and reporting.
We don’t advise leadership teams to take this journey alone. Unless you have the skills and experience to develop a cybersecurity risk management strategy and operations alongside those of the business. Cyber regulation and compliance are expensive, and the cost of failure can be significant. Legal precedent has been set legal risk to both board members and CISOs.
Andy Watkin-Child
Andy is a leader in cybersecurity risk management. He has held roles leading both 1st and 2nd Lines of Defence for organisations as diverse as Group VP cyber risk Grupo Santander, European DGM Operational Risk and CISO Mizuho Corporate Bank, and global head of cyber Penguin Random House. He was the Council-appointed expert to the ICO on cybersecurity. He received a U.S presidential volunteer service award for his work on the U.S DoD CMMC program.
Andy is a Chartered Security Professional (CSyP) and CSyP assessor, recognised by the UK’s Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI), and holds a place on the UK Register of Chartered Security Professionals. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) received during his time at Rolls-Royce plc, and he is a member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (MIMechE). He was a member of the Board of the Security Institute (MSyI), he is a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Security Professionals (WCoSP), and a Freeman of the City of London.
Andy has provided thought Leadership and helped formulate cyber strategy through many papers, webinars and conferences. That have included discussions with the White House Office of the National Cybersecurity Directorate, U.S Department of Defense, The Cyberspace Solarium Commission, Members of Congress, All Party Parliamentary Committees conducted with the U.S DoD, he has led CMMC for UK defence trade associations and given webinars, presentations and papers for the AICPA, IIA, AFCEA and NDIA, amongst many others.
Ted Dziekanoswki
Ted is a veteran of cybersecurity with over 40 years of experience in the design, delivery, oversight and assurance of cybersecurity and risk management systems. Ted’s area of expertise is the management of risk in Information Technology, developed over the years. He is an experienced systems Auditor and Integrator, giving him a unique insight as to the challenges associated with developing eGRC programs, which satisfy the compliance requirements faced by organisations of all types and sizes.
Ted is an internationally recognised cybersecurity, risk management and Information systems educator and a highly respected security trainer. He is authorised to train ISACA CISA, CISM, CRISC, ISC2 CAP, CCSP, and CISSP. He holds DoD secret clearance and has taught courses for a broad range of public and private sector organisations that include most U.S Federal Agencies, State and Local Government, and companies across financial services, consultancies, engineering, manufacturing, defence, healthcare, media and IT services providers and cloud.
Brian McCarthy
Brian has over 30 years of experience in training design, development, facilitation, and human capital performance. Brian enables the best solutions for measurable impact and improvement, from pharmaceutical product launch training to reskilling thousands of developers in the financial sector to Department of Defense (DoD) compliance.
Brian has worked with every DoD service branch and most prime contractors and has deployed training globally. He has created global soft-skills programs for organizations like Thomson Reuters in multiple localized languages, recruited and staffed multi-lingual global facilitation teams, and architected multiple telecom programs for teams like Comcast and Verizon. Brian has placed the top echelon of cybersecurity, risk management, compliance, audit, and technology trainers for organizations such as Global Knowledge, Marines, University of Arizona, and leading “Bootcamp Styled” training providers.
Brian has created solutions is an Authorized Training Organization (ATO), delivering the highest caliber training and programs for information management, audit, risk, and cyber, with resources to deploy globally.
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