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tolerant of my work–life imbalance.
,
When I am out, I enjoy family time
time with friends and reading.
If you could go back and
change one career decision
what would it be?
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Honestly, none. My career evolutio
has worked out in a way I couldn’t
re
have predicted but that I love. The
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are some busi
decisions I might have made
differently and there were a few
times when I might have joined a
company to get a better financial
outcome. But hindsight for that sort
of thing is always perfect. In the
s I
moment, I made the best decision
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have
and
could
What do you currently
identify as the major
areas of investment in the
cybersecurity industry?
The VCs are clearly enamoured
of endpoint security and data
analysis. It’s all about the overflow
of information and applying human
intelligence at scale. Personally,
I believe that endpoint telemetry
village
in each region. We live in a global
with a behavioural focus has the
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last year and how do you see
that
noise. The 99% aren’t the attacks
these developing in the next
the
are targeted or make a difference;
12 months?
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What advice would you
offer somebody aspiring to
obtain c-level position in the
security industry?
Gravitas is more about how you do
four
things than what you do. Follow my
g;
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and have a mentor. There is no one
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ons
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and
personally have a ‘board’ of advisers
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that I turn to and learn from regularly
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