Bsides Exeter 2026

Paul Watts

Paul Watts FCIIS CITP MBCS CISSP CISM has been in Information Security leadership for over twenty years of a thirty-plus years career in information technology. He has led and advised security teams across several industry sectors including financial services, retail, critical national infrastructure, food and beverage, data analytics and market research both in the UK and on the global stage. He speaks at national and international conferences and events, and has published numerous blogs, articles and papers on a range of cyber security topics. Outside of security, Paul is a non-executive director in the UK’s education sector.


Session

04-25
14:00
45min
Keynote: Life as a cyber security leader: advice to my former self
Paul Watts

In this presentation, Paul will reflect on his two decades in cyber security leadership (three in Information Technology), and offer his former self some advice: if I had my time again, what would I do differently - and what does the future hold for our amazing, but challenging, industry? I might even chuck in a couple of career anecdotes for good measure!

Purple
Auditorium