Richard is an Information Security Expert, focussed on the implementation and architecture of Digital Transformation and Public Cloud adoption at forward thinking organisations.
Advising on Information Risk Management, User Training, Operational Policies and Security Architecture, his IT industry expertise comes from 15 years behind the keyboard starting out in Infrastructure support in the area of Identity and Access Management. From an initial passion in automation tooling and supporting users in AS400-based technology, he soon become interested in Infrastructure Design and Support.
A member of (ISC)2 since 2016, he presently works as the Information Security Manager at Global in the UK, and is often found being interviewed for industry media and podcasts.
Other interests include multi-cloud security posture assessments, vulnerability management programme design, managed service reviews, open source software maturity programmes, disaster recovery audits and software readiness reviews.
Educated at the University of Portsmouth with a specialism in Electronic and Electrical Engineering, and with CPD qualifications CISSP, AWS Solutions Architect Associate and AWS Cloud Practitioner, Richard is a keen advocate of skilling up young people in Online Security and Privacy awareness.
Away from the screen, Richard volunteers his time with the Scout Association and Archery GB.