For over 30 years cyber has been fast paced, exhilarating, at times exasperating, and always contested. Alongside the back and forth of defenders and their adversaries improving their techniques and technology, there have been tensions between companies and governments, between sectors, and within companies, all the while with citizens left fearful and bewildered as to why organisations cannot keep their data safe or why they have just been scammed.

It’s very easy to be caught up in the moment with the latest techniques or attacks. And the need to constantly react, leaves few having the time to see the big picture. So whether as a researcher, or in a startup or large company, or in a policy organisation, just how do you shape what’s going on?

This talk will cover 4 simple mental models, with plenty of cyber examples, that will help you analyse and then act, that are useful from early career to professor, vice-president or senior civil servant – these are the models I have found to be the best guides for making a difference.

Martin Sadler OBE's Bio:

Martin Sadler advises on how to grasp the opportunities offered by emerging technology and how we can get the best from academia, industry and government working more closely together. At the University of Bristol, he has helped set up Bristol Innovations, the university’s initiative to carry out translational activity at pace and at scale.

Much of his career has been in corporate research, firstly at HP and then Hewlett Packard Enterprise, where he was VP for Research for Europe. He led cyber security research for HPE with his lab developing techniques to identify sophisticated cyber-attacks and hardware-based security mechanisms. From early-stage research, through trials, to products, he has extensive experience of research and innovation processes.

He has been a member of many academic, research council and government, panels and working groups for over 20 years, and currently chairs advisory boards in AI and cyber. Martin’s first degree was in pure mathematics. He was awarded an Honorary DSc from the University of Bath in June 2009, and an OBE in the New Year Honours List in 2013.

'How to Shape Cyber Security' talk by Martin Sadler OBE