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Greg Dakin
Greg Dakin Principal Security Consultant at Arculus Cyber Security

Greg Dakin is an award-winning Information Security Professional with over 20 years of operational and managerial experience in the IT industry. They have worked at a senior management level and possess excellent technical skills. Greg is known for their ability to think creatively and solve complex problems, making them a valuable asset in any team.

Their expertise lies in information security strategy, Information Assurance, third-party supplier negotiations, outsourcing contracts, and infrastructure modernization. They have successfully delivered efficient and cost-effective IT security services to stakeholders during both business-as-usual activities and large-scale transformation programs.

Greg has held key roles in various industries, including CNI, Aerospace, Telecoms, Healthcare, Energy, Manufacturing, and Civil Engineering markets. They have demonstrated leadership in managing internal teams and external consultants, ensuring the implementation of compensating security controls across the enterprise in line with ISO 27001/2, Export Control/ITAR, HMG, and Data Privacy requirements.

Greg holds an MSc in IT Security from the University of Leicester, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations and Affairs from Coventry University. They are currently working as a Principal Security Consultant at Arculus Cyber Security, providing security consulting services and vCISO services to their customer portfolio.

More about this expert

Full name
Greg Dakin
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Title
Principal Security Consultant
Company
Arculus Cyber Security (since 2022)
Industry
Information Technology & Services
LinkedIn Connections
5164
Summary
An award winning Information Security Professional with significant experience at a senior management level, excellent technical skills with an ability to engage with colleagues as a creative thinker and problem solver. I have 20 years of operational and managerial experience within the IT industry, 12 years of which has been gained from information security management roles within CNI, Aerospace, Telecoms, Healthcare, Energy, Manufacturing and Civil Engineering markets. I have successfully undertaken roles at regional, European and global levels across all aspects of information security, demonstrating leadership of internal teams and external consultants to deliver efficient, cost effective, risk-based IT security services to stakeholders during business-as-usual activities and large-scale transformation programmes. Specialties include IT security strategy, Information Assurance, third-party supplier negotiations, outsourcing contracts, multi-supplier ecosystems, infrastructure modernization, global tooling designs, as well as the implementation of compensating security controls across the enterprise in accordance with ISO 27001/2, Export Control / ITAR, HMG and Data Privacy requirements. I acquired an MSc in IT Security in 1994.
Skills
Information Security Security

Education

University of Leicester
Master of Science (MSc)
Attended in 1994 - 1995
Field of study: Security & Information Technology
Coventry University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Attended in 1991 - 1994
Field of study: International Relations and Affairs

Positions

Arculus Cyber Security
Principal Security Consultant
Aug 2022 - Present

Currently providing security consulting and vCISO services to our customer portfolio.
Savanti
Principal Security Consultant
Apr 2022 - Aug 2022

Provided security consulting and vCISO services to Savanti's UK and global customer portfolio.
Littlefish (UK) Ltd
Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
vCISO | Senior Security Consultant
Dec 2020 - Apr 2022

Provided security consulting and vCISO services to the UK and global customer portfolio.
Interserve Plc
Birmingham, United Kingdom
CISO | CSO
Aug 2014 - Nov 2020

Operated as CSO for the largest strategic supplier to UK Government, specialising in construction, civil engineering, facilities management, welfare and health services. My primary responsibility was to develop and deliver a world-class, group-wide information security strategy, covering an 85,000 employee base across the UK, Europe and Middle-East. Key responsibilities included oversight of the Group’s information security portfolio, specifically governance, policy development, education and awareness, incident response planning, information assurance and supply-chain security.
Rolls Royce plc
Derby
European IT Security Business Manager
Apr 2009 - Jul 2014

Responsible for the provision and transformation of IT Security Services to the European geographies of the Rolls-Royce estate including Civil and Defence Aerospace, Commercial Marine and Civil Nuclear Divisions.
Rolls Royce plc
Derby
Global Security Manager
Jan 2008 - Mar 2009

Senior Manager within Rolls-Royce’s North American software development organization, accountable to the Chief Operating Officer and responsible to the Group Security Director of Roll-Royce plc for security matters relating to Energy and Aerospace accounts, including those held with UK, US, French and German Governments.