Strengthening Cyber Resilience

Rick Driggers serves as the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications (CS&C) where he supports the development and implementation of operational programs designed to strengthen the security and resilience of the nation’s critical infrastructure.

Prior to this position, Mr. Driggers served as the Principal Deputy Director for Operations for the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). He joined DHS in 2003, serving in a variety of roles. Of note, he was the Chief Technology Officer for the National Protection and Programs (NPPD). Additionally, he supported the President’s National Security Council as the Director for Data and Systems Integration Policy and was the lead developing the Climate Resilience Toolkit for the Executive Office of the President. Before being appointed to the Senior Executive Service, Rick held multiple senior management positions within NPPD and the Office of Intelligence and Analysis.

A former United States Air Force Combat Controller, Rick deployed as a member of many U.S military and international Special Operations Forces operational and tactical teams conducting high risk mission in austere environments. He holds a B.S. in Applied Science and Technology and is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government Senior Executive Fellows Program.

Dan heads up the Innovation and Delivery function within the Data Security Centre. Delivering using iterative development his team work with users, industry and other key stakeholders to define, design, and commission new capabilities and enhancements to cyber security services and capabilities. These are designed to drive better cyber preparedness, security, and resiliency, while enabling enhanced patient outcomes across health & care in an ever increasingly digitised operational environment.
The Data Security Centre delivers user-defined Data Security services to health and care, building public trust and supporting safe patient care by enabling the secure and safe use of information and assuring critical systems within the health and care sector.

Robin has over 16 years regulatory experience, working in policy, risk analysis, IT, change delivery and most recently, supervision. He leads the Technology, Resilience and Cyber specialists department in Supervision. The team provides insight, technical knowledge and support to frontline supervisors and other FCA staff, so that we better understand firms’ use of technology, the opportunities it brings and the potential harm it could cause. The department seeks to take a proactive approach to assessing firms’ resilience and also leads the FCA’s response to major incidents when IT outages or cyber-attacks occur.

Ben joined the Payments UK in 2011 (UK Finance’s predecessor) with over eighteen years of technical and managerial experience gained whilst working in both consultancy and in-house roles. In addition to Head of Security Delivery for UK Finance, he also holds this role within Bacs, Faster Payments, Cheque and Credit Clearing Company and Paym. During his time at Payments UK he has delivered a number of key initiatives, notably providing strategic advice to UK and European industry bodies and leading the security workstream for the successful launch of Paym in 2014.

From 2017 Lauri is the Head of Crisis Management Department in Estonian Information System authority with the main responsibility of cyber security policy and legal issues, cyber emergency preparedness and situational awareness development. Lauri has been previously working as the head of crisis management in the cyber security branch of the Estonian Information System Authority being also responsible for cyber emergency planning and preparedness on the national level. As part of his job Lauri has been responsible for planning national and international cyber exercises, drafting plans and procedures for emergency preparedness, international engagement as well as capacity building in the relevant field abroad. In 2007-2013 Lauri was working in the Estonian Ministry of the Interior as an adviser in the Crisis Management Department. One of his tasks was to compile with his colleagues the new Emergency Act for Estonia. Lauri was responsible for organising and supporting the work of the Crisis Committee of the Government of the Republic of Estonia, organisation of national emergency preparedness and response planning as well as international co-operation issues in the field of civil protection.
Lauri has graduated MA studies in Political Sciences (International Relations).

Anthony has recently taken the post of CIO for both a large teaching, tertiary hospital in the East of England, and also the wider Norfolk and Waveney Health and Care system. The key present priority is how to shape digital services that are centred around the individual and their care needs. Digital has a real opportunity to improve clinical and care provision through efficiency, minimising variation, decision support, population care management, research and insights. A key consideration in unlocking the benefits is balance the potential benefit of sharing vs the need to protect data, compliance with legislation and citizen’s expectations.
Anthony is from the snowiest town in Canada, has worked in national, regional and local roles across the NHS for 11 years, prior to that he worked in the Ministry of Health in New Zealand. Outside of the health industry, Anthony has worked in forestry, fishing, mining, shipping and film industries.

Ciaran Martin was announced in his new role as CEO of the NCSC on 15 March 2016. He moved into that role from his position as GCHQ's Director General for Cyber Security, a role he had held since February 2014. As CEO NCSC, Ciaran leads the new public-facing London centre whose purpose is to bring together the UK’s cyber expertise to make the UK the safest place to live and do business online.
Since he joined GCHQ, Ciaran has led the transformation of GCHQ’s security mission into an active and supportive role for Government departments and critical national infrastructure and has worked to make GCHQ’s technical expertise and advice more widely available.
Until April 2016 he was also the GCHQ Board member responsible for GCHQ’s strategy for managing information risk and has led on policy and communications for the Department.
Prior to his role at GCHQ, Ciaran spent eight years in the Cabinet Office as Constitution Director, Director of Security and Intelligence and Principal Private Secretary to the Cabinet Secretary. Ciaran has also held a variety of policy roles at HM Treasury and spent three years in the National Audit Office.
Ciaran graduated from Hertford College, Oxford in 1996 with a first in history.

Stuart Murdoch is Founder and CEO of Surevine, specialists in smart and secure collaboration technology for National, Homeland and Cyber Security. Surevine’s Threatvine powers national cyber-security sharing globally, keeping nations one step ahead of the cyber threat. Stuart is a Chartered Engineer with a BSc in Computer Science from Royal Holloway, home of the Information Security Group, and an advanced MSc in Computing from Imperial College, London. He is a professional member of the BCS (British Computer Society) and a member of the IoD (Institute of Directors).

At the end of February 2018 John Noble retired from being a Director at the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The NCSC was launched in October 2016 to protect the UK’s critical services from cyber-attacks, manage cyber incidents and improve the underlying security of the UK internet.

John is an experienced senior leader with a strong track record for operational delivery and strategic business change. During his 40 years of Government service he has built collaborative, diverse and high performing teams and has excelled at creating effective partnerships.
From 2012 to 2016 John was posted to the British Embassy in Washington where he led on engagement across a wide range of national security issues. John was selected to join the NCSC’s Board in July 2016. In his role as the Director of Incident Management, he has established and led the response to nearly 800 significant cyber incidents. This work has given him unrivalled experience in dealing with and understanding the causes of cyber incidents. He regularly advises company boards and speaks at major industry events.

Head of EU Cyber Security Regulatory Policy in DCMS, responsible for coordinating the UK's implementation of the NIS Directive into UK legislation, working with representatives from across Government, industry and the Devolved Administrations. Stuart is also the UK representative on the EU's NIS Cooperation Group. Stuart has been a UK diplomat for 28 years, with overseas postings in Bangladesh, Estonia and Bulgaria, and is currently on a two year secondment to DCMS. Although a relative newcomer to cyber policy, Stuart has over 10 years experience in working with EU partners and negotiating on EU legislation.