Steve Hill is an independent strategic adviser, helping Boards to navigate geopolitics, national security and cybersecurity challenges.  Steve served as the Group CISO at Credit Suisse and deputy Group CISO at UBS until August 2024. His previous appointments at Credit Suisse included Global Head of Operational Resilience and Group Head of Technology, Cyber and Third Party Risk.  

Steve served in the British Government for over thirty years, including as Deputy Director in the National Security Secretariat of the UK Cabinet Office, with responsibility for aspects of cybersecurity policy.  For over thirty years, Steve worked at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in a variety of National Security roles with a focus on transnational threats including terrorism and weapons proliferation.  He served overseas in Vienna, Washington, Dubai, Kabul and New York. Steve is a senior visiting research fellow at King’s College, London.  He sits on several global advisory boards including those of Dell Technologies, Venari and Twine.

Alan was formerly Group CISO at Babcock International, UK CSO at CSC and T-Systems, an Associate Partner at IBM Security, and served in the Royal Air Force for 21 years.

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James is a Solutions Architect at Synack, the leading crowdsourced security testing company, where he manages the UK and Ireland region. He helps organisations strengthen their cybersecurity through Synack’s human-led, AI-augmented testing platform, enabling them to test faster, at scale, and on-demand.
James provides clients with strategic insights into systemic problems. His background is in cybersecurity across diverse sectors, including Government, Defence, and Security. His experience spans areas such as business intelligence, the delivery of quantum-resistant secure communications systems, and large-scale cloud migrations.”

Antonio Ramos is one of the leading experts in Spain and Europe in cybersecurity and information systems auditing. He developed his professional career at EY as Director of Technology Risks and at S21sec, in various management positions with responsibility for Managed Security Services.

He holds the most prestigious certifications: CISA, CISM, CRISC, CCSK, ITIL, COBIT 5, etc. He has been president and vice-president of ISACA Madrid, is a member of the ENISA List of Experts, a trainer of auditors and information security managers, and a member of the European Commission’s Stakeholder Cybersecurity Certification Group (SCCG).

He is currently the CEO of LEET Security, an Uptime company, which he founded 13 years ago.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/quentyntaylor/

With 20 years spent working in the security industry, Matt brings significant experience to his role at Qualys. He has worked for many organisations, specialising in areas such as risk management, identity and access management, application, network and database security. Matt most recently held the position of General Manager EMEA and Board member at Netwrix Corporation.  Previous to this role Matt was V.P. Northern Europe at CyberArk Software, where he oversaw five consecutive years of 45%+ per annum revenue growth. Prior to CyberArk he held the position of Business unit executive at IBM Security Systems. Matt joined IBM from CA where he had spent six years, working on their largest information security projects. Matt is a CISSP® – Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

Dr. Oliver Farnan is the Head of Research at Reliance Cyber, with expertise in offensive security, advanced threats, and nation-state cyber policy. With a rich background in cybersecurity, Oliver has held diverse roles, including as an officer in the Royal Signals, a postdoctoral research position at Oxford University, and as the Global Head of Information Security for the INGO Oxfam. Holding a PhD in Cybersecurity, Oliver combines academic research with practical security operations, empowering organisations to effectively navigate emerging cyber threats.

Vasilis Razos is Head of Information Security Risk at Informa, a FTSE-100 international B2B events, digital services and academic publishing company. Vasilis has 14 years of cybersecurity experience, with a focus on risk management. Before Informa, he worked in global companies in a variety of industries, including financial services and telecoms. Vasilis holds the CISSP and CISSP-ISSMP certifications and is a member of the FAIR Institute for cyber and operational risk management. https://www.linkedin.com/in/vasilis-razos-79308a23/