09 Jan 2024
by Dr Ryan Heartfield

Talking 5 with Cyber Security Member Exalens

With special guest Dr Ryan Heartfield – CEO & Co-founder of Exalens

In our first ‘Talking 5, Cyber’ interview of 2024, techUK’s Programme Manager, Cyber Security, Jill Broom talks to Dr Ryan Heartfield from Exalens – an organisation with a focus on AI-driven cyber security, cyber-physical systems security and incident response optimization.

In this conversation, Ryan provides expert insight on:

  • the key cyber security threats and trends of 2024;
  • what the evolving technology landscape means for manufacturers in particular; and
  • what organisations can do to enhance their operational resilience and ensure that they think about security in a holistic way.

You can watch the full interview with Dr Ryan Heartfield here:

 

techUK Talking 5 Cyber Interview - Exalens

 

Read more from Ryan on Securing UK Manufacturers from Cyber Attacks with Cyber-Physical AI here.

Find out more about Exalens here.  

 

Jill Broom

Jill Broom

Head of Cyber Resilience, techUK

 

Authors

Dr Ryan Heartfield

Dr Ryan Heartfield

Co-founder and CTO / Chief Scientist, Exalens

Dr. Ryan Heartfield Co-founder and CTO/Chief Scientist at Exalens. He has over a decade of experience in combatting complex cybersecurity threats through AI-driven threat detection and incident response capabilities, and dynamic software-defined network security architecture.

Prior to Exalens, Ryan was a senior security architect at Splunk for Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR), and security architect for UK Government, where he led the delivery of advanced cybersecurity operations capabilities. He is a previous Research Fellow of Cybersecurity within the Internet of Things and Security Research Centre at the University of Greenwich, and he holds a PhD in Cybersecurity and First-class degree in Computer Systems and Networking from the University of Greenwich.

LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-h-607627198/

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