Bio

Paul is the CEO of the Global Identity Foundation, a security analyst & consultant as well as being on the advisory board of a number of global security companies.
He is the co-editor of CSA's Cloud Security Guidance version 3 and a co-founder and board member of the Jericho Forum.
He is a highly rated keynote speaker for conferences and corporate events, and a noted commentator on Information Security he has spoken multiple time as the RSA conference, and keynoted for both BlackHat USA and BlackHat Europe and many other conferences.
Paul is also a director of the Cloud Security Alliance (Europe) and also sits on the advisory board of a number of leading-edge computing companies.
He’s been awarded “Chief Security Officer of the year” as well as ''Best Security Implementation'' at the SC Magazine Awards and is twice listed as one of Network World’s “most powerful people in networking”.
Paul is a director of the Cloud Security Alliance (Europe) and also sits on the advisory board of a number of leading-edge computing companies. He also holds US and EU Patents in the field of digital identity.
Prior to the Global Identity Foundation he was the global CISO of AstraZeneca and before that the global CISO of ICI, Hostmark and Motorola Cellular Infrastructure.
Paul’s varied career has included; Electronic Countermeasures, Theatre & TV Lighting, Designing North Sea Oil control systems, Network management for JET (Nuclear Fusion Research) as well as implementing a number of broadcast radio stations.
He also is a British Canoeing Level 3 Kayak Coach.
Paul occasionally tweets as @simmonds_paul
Specialities: Information Security, specifically de-perimeterisation, zero trust, cloud, digital identity, global corporate architecture and alignment of security strategy with business strategy.
He is open to keynote speaking, consultancy, interim CISO, advisory, non-exec Directorships and any other interesting opportunities.