Cyber Hot Topics And Geology?! With Rob Flanders

This week Rob Flanders, Head of Threat and Incident Response at BAE Systems, joins the podcast to share an international perspective on cybersecurity today. We delve into hot topics including supply chain security, security trends for 5-50 person organizations and impact on the large enterprises they work with, growing regulation around reporting requirements, and the impact of security on business innovation. And, Rob shares his path to cybersecurity and the non-traditional master's degree he pursued leading up to his cyber career. It's a great discussion you don't want to miss! Rob Flanders, Head of Threat and Incident Response at BAE Systems Rob has 9 years experience, primarily in UK Gov delivering technical cyber security solutions and risk management and assurance. Rob has worked across a number of areas, from delivering ISO27000 risk assessments to security assurance for large programmes. Rob has also delivered more technical security focussed capabilities across government, leading GBEST assessments on behalf of government departments and supporting development of Threat Intelligence capability across the public sector. Rob also spoke at CyberUK in 2018 on the topic of Quantifying Cyber Risk. Rob graduated from Oxford University with a Masters in Earth Sciences and maintains an interest in physical / Arctic oceanography from his Masters project For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e182