12.00 Lunch
13.30 AGM
14.00 Our special Guest Speaker will be Peter Wood.
Please note, whilst this is a free meeting for ISACA members, places are limited. So, if you book a place, but then find that you are unable to attend, please cancel your place on Eventbrite, so as to free your place up for someone else. Many thanks.
You need me to do what? 54 years of computing, comms and security
Peter Wood FBCS CITP CISSP MCIIS
Partner and Lead Consultant, Naturally Cyber LLP
Pete is an old friend of the Chapter and has spoken on a number of occasions at Chapter events during the Chapter’s 30 years. Pete is a recognised leader in the information/cyber security industry and has many tales to tell. If you have heard Pete speak, you before you already know we are in for a treat. If you haven’t heard Pete speak, then you need to come along to find out what you have been missing!
Pete will take us on a whistle-stop tour through Peter Wood’s five decades in computing, communications, and security. Pete will talk about some of his more unusual experiences, including installing systems in Poland during the cold war, the challenges of electronic airline systems at Gatwick, the early adoption of local area networks in business, and the first ISP in Brighton. He’ll also explain why he had to patch a live operating system in hex by telephone, paint dozens of Commodore PETs bright orange, and write 6502 machine code for sharing a hard disk. This lively discussion should stir up some fond memories for those who have been in the industry for a few decades, and provide education and amusement for the younger members of the audience.
Peter Wood FBCS CITP CISSP MCIIS
Partner and Lead Consultant, Naturally Cyber LLP
https://www.naturallycyber.com/
Peter’s career spans over 50 years. He founded the UK’s first cybersecurity firm in 1989, providing security testing and guidance for businesses of all sizes.
He is now Partner and Lead Consultant at Naturally Cyber LLP, providing senior management with independent expert advice, guidance on achieving Cyber Resilience, and education on the real cyber risks to business.
Peter also speaks at major conferences and delivers seminars and webinars. He has provided commentary on security issues for TV and radio, and written numerous articles on cybersecurity.
He is a BCS Fellow, a Chartered IT Professional, a CISSP, and a member of CIISec and ISACA. He is also a visiting lecturer at the University of Sussex, teaching cybersecurity and resilience.
Career highlights
- Developed some of the first cyber penetration testing methodologies in the UK during the 1990s.
- Designed and delivered information security training programmes to businesses throughout the UK on behalf of the British Standards Institute.
- Provided cybersecurity consultancy and policy guidance to major institutions, including the Bank of England, the London Stock Exchange, GSK, MS Amlin, Kingfisher plc and Babcock International.
- Presented to CPNI Information Exchange working groups on cyber security and red teaming.
- Designed and delivered cybersecurity training for the Police Central e-Crime Unit at Scotland Yard.
- Provided thought leadership in risk-based cybersecurity, developing methodologies for Threat and Risk Analysis and Red Teaming deployed in FTSE 350 clients.
- Developed and delivered cybersecurity awareness training for C-Suite and board-level audiences, senior management, and the workforce in general, for major organisations.
- Authored and delivered presentations on cybersecurity to hundreds of regional and international conferences from 1994 to the present day.
- Assisted in the creation of, and appeared in, the BBC1 prime-time documentaries ID Fraud: They Stole My Life and Identity Fraud: Outnumbered.