Mr Richard Walters

Richard has spent almost 30 years in the IT industry, starting with blue-chip vendors such as Digital, Dell, and Panasonic. Richard has a strong technical background, dating back to VAX VMS and Unix System V, with over 15 years in C-level positions focused on information security. Richard has in-depth knowledge of operating system and database security, intrusion detection systems, identity and access management and more recently, cloud and mobile security.
Richard has a thorough understanding of risk management and of standards, regulations and legislation such as ISO27001, PCI DSS, and the DPA. He spent over 10 years consulting with FTSE100 companies on all aspects of security and providing corporate intelligence on evolving threats from criminal and state actors.

Richard has spoken at numerous events – including RSA, Infosecurity Europe, Systems in Munich, WebSec London and the eCrime Congress. He has written numerous articles and was one of the first to talk about ‘cyberliability’. Richard has been referenced in SC Magazine, Infosecurity Magazine, ISSA Journal, the Computer Law and Security Report, Information Security Management Magazine and Infosecurity Today, as well as BBC Radio and Sky television.
More recently, Richard was CTO and co-founder of SaaSID Limited, which was acquired by Intermedia.net, Inc. in 2013. Richard continues to work as General Manager and Vice President of Identity and Access Management, leading strategy for the company’s flagship IAM solution - Intermedia AppID Enterprise.