I don ’ t have one particular achievement but a host of achievements where I ’ ve been very proud of our team , the culture we have built and the capability of our team at Nclos – it ’ s such a phenomenal achievement to see where we are today .

The nature of this industry is we have a lot of small wins rather than one large win and that ’ s because we protect our customers every day from different cyberattacks which are always proud moments and achievements .

What first made you think of a career in cybersecurity ?

I never actually pursued a career in cybersecurity , I didn ’ t know what it was and the opportunity sort of fell into my lap two decades ago . When it happened , I never really realised what I was getting myself into and at that time it was called IT Security , so completely uncharted territory for me .

Fortunately , I enjoy and love it . I like the diverse challenges and the variety of people we get to engage and have conversations with from different backgrounds and cultures , who have different insights and opinions of things concerning cybersecurity .

What style of management philosophy do you employ with your current position ?

We give everyone in the team a significant amount of rope to act responsibly as individuals , to consider how they conduct themselves every day and ensure they take full ownership and accountability of their roles and when they engage with customers .

Building this philosophy took some time , because in the beginning you have to trust in people that they will do their jobs . Giving our team full control of their roles as their own managers has created a productive culture at Nclose .

What do you think is the current hot cybersecurity talking point ?

From my perspective , probably the cloud and how we secure our customers ’ data and infrastructure within the cloud as one element . However , another element is securing people ’ s identities , particularly in businesses that use identity-based technologies and capabilities .

My advice for these businesses is to identify what they are trying to mitigate and what would be the best route to mitigate a potential compromise as fast as possible . With anything , identify challenges as early as possible , which will give you time to develop a strategy to prevent and mitigate those challenges quickly .

How do you deal with stress and unwind outside the office ?

I have a block in my calendar in the morning on two days during the week where I have a run on the mountain with my dogs . I ’ m a passionate fisherman and love being out on the water , usually around 100km offshore fishing for Yellow Fin Tuna and just being out there with no one to talk to , listening www . intelligentciso . com

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