Greg va der Gaast, Author, Security Advisor to the Office of CTO, CDW UK
Greg van der Gaast boasts is deemed one of the World's Top 5 Most Infamous Hackers and an FBI most-wanted, Greg now uses his expertise as a force for good – having since worked as an undercover FBI and DoD operative. Driving change in information security practices, Greg shares his in-depth understanding of how to maintain the security of data as a business-minded CISO and cutting-edge technical consultant.
Most recently, Greg was appointed as a Security Advisor to the Office of the CTO of CDW UK, having also been the Chief Technologist of Security for CDW UK. He has also been an avid Strategic Security Advisor for Clearco and a Member of the Cyber Expert Group of the Cyber Resilience Centre for Greater Manchester. To further his passion for information security, Greg has authored the bestselling books What We Call Security and Rethinking InfoSec. He has also committed time to working as the CISO of Scoutbee and a Navigator for Bloor Research. Committed to making organisations less vulnerable to cyber threats, Greg is now also highly sought after as an information security keynote speaker for corporate events, imparting his wisdom on how security can grow bottom and top-line revenue.