Cyber After Dark: Tackling Continuous Threat Exposure

Robert has a portfolio of Non-Executive Board Chair, Director & Strategic Advisory roles, supporting public & private sector organisations through complex change programmes, with a particular focus on risk & cyber security.

Robert spent 30 years working in senior positions in the UK Government, his final role was as Head of the UK National Technical Assistance Centre within GCHQ. This was followed by eight years as a Senior Fellow of the Microsoft Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments, and two years as Microsoft’s Enterprise Cybersecurity lead for EMEA.

Robert holds a B.Sc. in Psychology, is a Fellow of the British Computer Society, Freeman of The City of London, and a Member of the Expert Advisory Panel at the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre, University of Oxford. He also holds the rank of Lt. Colonel (V) in the Staff Corps of the British Army.

Erin Murtha, the Chief Operating Officer at OccamSec, draws upon over 15 years of risk mitigation experience from Homeland Security.

In her role as COO, she orchestrates a diverse range of operational functions to drive OccamSec’s success. This includes spearheading strategic initiatives, executing growth plans, implementing stringent cost controls, optimizing organizational processes, ensuring exceptional client delivery standards, and leading initiatives for continuous improvement.

Her career also featured roles in high-priority procurement, developing comprehensive risk reporting for the White House, and successfully managing teams during time-sensitive Congressional inquiries at Homeland Security. Murtha’s outstanding leadership skills have earned her multiple awards for top performance

Mark Stamford is OccamSec’s Founder & CEO. With over 25 years in information security, working in both operational and advisory roles, Mark oversees strategy across all areas of Occamsec, drawing on a wealth of experience to ensure the company continues to provide services which are relevant and useful to clients across all sectors.

As OccamSec’s Founder, Mark has been involved in all aspects of the company including breaching some of the worlds largest companies, running physical security breach activities, coming up with the idea for Incenter (OccamSec’s SaaS solution) designing secure architectures, building security programs, and casting an at times jaded eye across much of infosec.

Prior to OccamSec, Mark ran the threat and vulnerability management program at UBS, was senior penetration tester at KPMG, and built the security program at CMC Markets. Prior to all of that he messed around with computers for fun…

Ivano has over 20 years’ experience in hands-on roles within the IT Operations and IT Security domains and holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology and Information Systems from the Dublin Institute of Technology, (now TU Dublin).

Prior to joining OccamSec he worked for a multitude of SME and multinational companies within the telecommunication, finance and IT service delivery industries such as – for instance – H3G, Ericsson, Société Générale, Global Payments and Puppet.

As a Senior Security Engineer with OccamSec, Ivano delivers offensive security engagements targeting IT infrastructures, web applications and APIs, often with a focus on compliance, due to his past experience as a Qualified Security Assessor.