Harry West
I am a technologist and security leader with 20+ years experience in helping organisations govern their cloud, secure their cloud and defend their cloud.
Cyber security, GRC and cyber resilience has played an integral role in both my career and my life.
It's not just a job for me - its a passion.
I am fascinated by the role they play in enabling organisations to create business value.
But my cyber career has been an unconventional one. I am not degree educated, I do not have a long list of badges. I'm not a Doctor or self-professed guru.
What I am is a technologist and security leader with 20+ years experience working with some of the biggest brands in the world - helping them empower their people to embrace technology, that helps built a more secure future.
Like many, my journey started in traditional IT. Then in 2009, I was introduced to the wonderful world of cloud and never looked back.
The majority of my career has been spent in advisory, systems integrator and service provider environments; including senior leadership positions at Microsoft and Rackspace.
Some of the problems i have solved (so far) include:
- Design and delivery of a cloud-native cyber defence capability for a market leading insurance provider.
- Empowering a pan-European healthcare provider to embed security by design and by default across their Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud based, multi-cloud environment.
- Designed, implemented, managed and continuously improved an ISO/IEC 27001 Certified ISMS that resulted in 0 Non-Conformities over 3 consecutive audits.
- Delivered a vulnerability response program that saw a 85%+ reduction in the organisations vulnerability landscape and attack surface across a multi-cloud environment.
- Designed and implemented a SecOps capability that saw a 90% reduction in MTTR of security incidents and suspected breaches.
Check out my LinkedIn profile to learn more.
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