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EIBER,
WE ‘GO PHISHING’ WITH PHILIP SCHR
REGIONAL DIRECTOR, MIDDLE EAST, AF TY RI , CA
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AND SOUTH ASIA AT NCIPHER SECURI WH
THE OFFICE.
TELLS US ABOUT LIFE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
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What would you describe as your
most memorable achievement?
At nCipher we have a team that is
privileged to work on many projects
that impact the security of systems
to safeguard identity, improve
financial inclusion, enable secure
ecting
communications and assist in prot
have
to
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feel
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What first made you think of a
career in technology?
I began my career in the 1980s as
ing
personal computing was first mak
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e.
plac
work
great strides in the
promise of this technology greatly
elled
intrigued me. Consequently, it prop
ed
pac
fast
and
ting
me to join a very exci
with
–
rity
secu
on
mati
industry – infor
re
opportunities for success and failu
ever y day.
Creating a genuine
team among
different genders,
ethnicities and faiths
remains the greatest
pleasure of my role.
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What style of
management philosophy
do you employ with your
current position?
I am fortunate to manage a
highly diverse team across
several continents. So, I
have to adopt a management
style which recognises
that different cultures
need different approaches
while highlighting the
similarities we all possess.
Creating a genuine team
among different genders,
ethnicities and
faiths remains the
greatest pleasure
of my role.
What do you
think is the
current hot
technology
talking point?
Customers
across the
region are
looking at how
cloud technologies can make their
tive.
businesses more agile and competi
r
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to
talk
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has, or is developing, a plan to mov
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to 24 mon
How do you deal with stress and
unwind outside the office?
that
My wife and I like to walk and find
talk
to
nity
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both
it gives us
things through. Things that can seem
after a
overwhelming never look as difficult
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and are looking forward to our next
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