Alan Jenkins | The Cyber Security Navigator
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I am a highly confident, effective and adaptable leader, manager & team player, with over 35 years experience as a practitioner in all facets of security, particularly cyber and enterprise security risk management, with a focus on 'value-at-risk'.  During my career as a senior RAF Police officer, I accrued extensive operational exposure in the UK & overseas, in both multi-national & multi-agency environments, against the backdrop of a broad threat spectrum & across all 3 of the so-called physical, personnel & information security pillars. My ‘hard' experience is complemented by softer skills & broad general management experience, incl corporate governance, strategic planning, programme management, business continuity, cyber resilience & crisis/disaster/incident response activities.
 
Since leaving the RAF in 2006, I have added management consulting plus business development, delivery & pre-sales experience in both Public & Private sectors in the role of a Trusted Advisor & SME. After spells at CSC & T-Systems as UK Chief Security Officer, responsible for end-end security governance, operations and risk, I joined Babcock International Group as their first CISO in Apr ‘13. I led the delivery of significant improvements in the Group's cyber security capabilities to the benefit of the wider business & its customers. After a year as an Independent, I joined IBM Security in Nov ‘15 as an Associate Partner leading activities in the UK’s FinSvces Sector; I also led the delivery of a £multi-million security workstream as part of a £1.2 billion contract with a Tier 1 Bank. Since I returned to freelancing in Aug ‘18, I have worked at a variety of startups and other orgs on contract including Hitachi Europe’s Security Business Group and also VocaLink. I was also CISO-in-Residence at CyLon Labs, Mar ‘19 - '22, supporting 2 Cohorts of startup/scale ups and supporting a CyLon Spark workshop in Oman in Feb ‘20. I have just parted company with Saepio Solutions Ltd after an 18 month spell leading their vCISO Practice and will soon be starting a part-time MA in Intelligence & Security. I possess an unusual portfolio of skills & experience across the breadth of security & broader business risk management issues. I champion better alignment of security to the needs of business as an enabling strategy, with emphasis on the benefits & value-add that result from a converged security approach.