Episode 80: Neil Thacker
Neil is a veteran information security professional and data protection and privacy expert. He holds more than 20 years of experience in the information security industry with 15 years experience as a leading security practitioner for organisations like Deutsche Bank, Swiss Re and Camelot Group before spending the past five years as Deputy CISO for Forcepoint. Neil is a member of the ENISA Threat Landscape stakeholder group where he contributes to the EU agency program alongside CERTs to position the threat landscape, offer mitigation advice and threat analysis innovation. He is also co-founder and board member of the Security Advisor Alliance, a not-for-profit organisation formed to help security leaders in their role, engage and support interest in the infosec industry and offer advice and tools to move organisations towards improved risk and data-centric strategies. Link to Netskope CSO Team Link to Security Advisor Alliance Link to Neurodiversity Link to ENISA Threat Landscape Link to CSA EMEA Advisory Board Link to Security 2025 Link to The Economy of Ideas by John Perry Barlow Alan Turning: The Enigma (Andrew Hodges) Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson) Superintelligence (Nick Bostrom) Cybernetics (Norbert Wiener) European Data Protection: Law and Practice (Eduardo Ustaran) Don't forget, to get in touch with me either try the contact page of the site or follow me on Twitter, where I can be found at @Jenny_Radcliffe