I'm an expert in understanding how people can be both a source of susceptibility or a reservoir of resilience. I have a unique track record in testing systems, personnel, plans and processes - finding weakness and supporting clients in treating it. As the first anthropologist to work for the UK government (1998), an early proponent of Social Network Analysis and unconventional approaches - my applied research in Information Warfare provides me with unique expertise in understanding what defences are needed to protect decision-makers (and the socio-technical systems they rely on) from malign influence.
I am a thought-leader in cyber-security, with a track record of operating at National Strategic level in 10 Downing Street, with the Governor of the Bank of England and the Boards of defence and security agencies from a Cabinet Office post of National Strategic impact whilst remaining head of a national research capability in Influence Activity. I later ran a small consultancy in the risk and resilience space (retaining prestigious government clients and adding private sector customers), before returning to the university sector in 2010.
I am an academic and published author of international standing in cyber-security, especially the human aspects that comprise 95% of the threat - according to IBM. I also offer services and thought leadership around business continuity, risk surfacing & engagement, reliable and agile strategic and operational performance under pressure and the capability of developing new policy and operational options at speed.
I continue to advise and train unique and elite military and commercial clients as well as pursue research leadership with a cluster of PhD, DBA and MBA students under supervision and win research funding.
