Andrew is an independent consultant and researcher working with Government,
Industry and Academia on a range of technology and strategy issues. From an
Innovation and Business Support perspective he was part of the UK Department
of Trade and Industry's Review team, authoring a number of the Business
Support Instruments for R&D and Knowledge Transfer, and led work on their
approval for State Aids purposes. Within security, he had previously been a
defence analyst and led the UK Government's Cyber Crime Task Force.
Subsequently, during the formation of the UK's Technology Strategy he
co-ordinated Whitehall's defence, security, and transport technology
strategy requirements, forming the Cyber Security Knowledge Transfer Network
and planning the initial Innovation Platforms in Network Security and
Telematics, alongside plans for a number of Defence related versions.
Current personal research interests include security and privacy concerns in
authentication and Identity Management, such as for payments and online
access control, and he is a frequent speaker on future threats and
safeguards against such vulnerabilities. In addition to his first degree he
holds Masters in Defence & Security Analysis (MA, Lancaster) and
Information Security (MSc, Royal Holloway) where his theses, respectively,
were on the historic assimilation of new technologies into modern warfare,
and the evolution, and impact, of cybercrime.