At C-Level

Rajesh Ganesan, Vice President of Products at ManageEngine, discusses why organisations should consider adopting a least privilege approach to security, while providing insights into what the future of work will look like.

Sarah Friswell, CEO, Red Ant, discusses the importance of personalised, omni-channel customer experiences for the retail sector.

Karl Thedeen, CEO at Outpost24, discusses how it’s not enough to perform one or two pen tests a year, with cybercrime on the rise and digitalisation increasing. He highlights how Outpost24 is contributing to improved cyber strategies by automating continuous monitoring within networks, cloud and user domain, combined with a deep understanding of threat trends.

Simon Mair, Head of Information Security and Data Privacy at Brewin Dolphin, speaks to Alix Pressley about the importance of raising awareness of cybercriminals’ capabilities and communicating this to the organisation’s customers.

Vaibhav Jain, Founder and CEO, Hubilo, discusses how he has overseen the tremendous growth of the virtual event platform through hiring the right people at the right time, as well as the demand from the market.

Hermes is the largest dedicated parcel carrier in the UK, delivering more than 650 million parcels on behalf of 80% of the UK’s top retailers. Over the last five years, CEO, Martijn De Lange, has overseen the company triple in size and become a £1.5bn revenue business. Moving away from the traditional logistics culture, he is guiding the business to put the customer experience at its heart, led by technology, with an ambitious ‘Digital Futures’ Programme. He tells At C-Level more about his role, leadership style and forward strategy.

Robin Smith, CISO, Aston Martin, discusses why CISOs must be future orientated, progressive and great collaborators to change the industry in the face of aggressive innovation by cybercriminals.

Offering your clients an international payment solution when they need one is a strategic win. Every day, the Enterprise Payment Group at Cambridge Global Payments collaborates with multiple organizations on their journeys towards building best-in-class solutions for their clients. Subject-matter experts Don Banowetz and Chris Morris describe what it takes to create a global payments offering that enhances your client relationships.

Jamie Akhtar, CEO and co-founder of CyberSmart, offers advice to CISOs and CIOs on how they can reduce the risk presented to their organisation from ransomware. He also highlights how governments have an important role to play in facilitating the end of ransomware.

Alex Chircop, Founder and CEO, StorageOS, discusses the importance of flexibility for deployment of applications – and their data – in different environments, as well as why automation and self-service are key.

Prakash Sethuraman, CISO, CloudBees, highlights the importance of communication when it comes to security for helping employees across an organisation to understand why security departments implement certain processes. He argues that ‘context matters’ and while security always needs to be there in the background, it should never get in the way of users.

Haider Pasha, Senior Director & Chief Security Officer at Palo Alto Networks, Middle East and Africa (MEA), Palo Alto MEA, discusses the three core requirements of technology for modern CISOs – integration, automation and simplicity – and highlights why vendors should be considered ‘key partners’ rather than ‘box pushers’.

Perry Carpenter, Chief Strategy Officer at KnowBe4, highlights how an understanding of the ‘knowledge-intention-action’ gap can enable organisations to build better security awareness programmes that focus on culture, behaviour and relationships.

Charaka Goonatilake, CTO, Panaseer, discusses the company’s core values and how it fosters innovation and business success.

Martin Rehak, CEO and founder of Resistant AI, discusses how FinTech is set to emerge into finance, the importance of investing in automation and why organisations need to continue to evolve.

Chris Ard, CISO, Newmont Corporation, discusses the importance of prioritising the greatest risk within an organisation and simplifying key priorities to ensure business success.

Andrew Rose, Resident CISO for EMEA at Proofpoint, discusses the importance of taking a pragmatic approach to cybersecurity.

Sam Thorpe, Chief Product Officer, Nitro, discusses the philosophies he attributes to success in product development: ‘Create value for others first; focus on storytelling as a means to success and support behaviour change throughout the process’

Simon Eyre, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Drawbridge, discusses why it’s crucial to combine staff training and awareness with technology to enable robust cybersecurity.

Didier Lesteven, Chief Operating Officer, Wallix, discusses why he believes a Zero Trust principle is the only way for organisations to ensure full data protection.

Ajay Sabhlok, CIO and CDO, Rubrik, discusses why a comprehensive data strategy is needed at any company that encompasses becoming a data-driven business.

Mihir Shah, CEO, StorCentric, discusses how to create a successful M&A strategy in the technology space, as well as the importance of communication with customers.

Don Boxley, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder, DH2i , discusses why a company culture that keeps employees engaged enables innovation.

Carl D’Halluin, Chief Technology Officer, Datadobi, discusses how technology teams must embrace a ‘fail fast’ outlook to enable innovation and agility.

Steve Benton, Deputy CISO at BT, discusses how organisations can use technology in tandem with their ‘human firewall’ to enable enhanced cybersecurity

Jonathan Westley, Chief Data Officer for Experian UK, Ireland and EMEA, discusses how Experian helps companies to recognise the importance of data within their business.