Bsides Exeter 2026

Curiosity made a CISO
2026-04-25 , Auditorium

A Keynote presentation - How self-driven learning builds careers

The presenter will expose a series of vignettes from a 30+ year career in the security industry, with the theme of taking a self-learning odyssey.


Technical Level: 1 - Complete beginner friendly. Suited to anyone including younger people, newbies, parents etc.

Keri is a working CISO in a professional services firm. He has had senior management roles in tech companies, implementers and managed service companies as well as having run his own business.
His security journey started in UK defence manufacturing in the late 1980s.. but has been a calling since the mid-1990s.
Keri spends a lot of his out of office time mentoring people through career transitions.