Our Authors

Martin Jakobsen is the Managing Director of Cybanetix and brings over 20 years of experience delivering NOC and SOC services to a wide range of customers. At Cybanetix, Martin has overseen the company’s growth into a trusted MDR specialist supporting clients across multiple sectors, including large-scale enterprises and public sector organisations. Martin remains focused on expanding Cybanetix’s capabilities and its use of advanced, AI-enabled security operations to deliver practical, intelligence-driven services.

Prior to Cybanetix, Martin served as Managing Director of Capita Cyber Security and holds board positions at KonsensIT A/S and CapMon A/S, contributing his expertise in governance and strategic growth.

He has played a central role in the design and build of some of the UK’s largest government networks and has provided outsourced security operations to multinational enterprises. His combination of technical expertise and leadership has enabled organisations to strengthen their defences and run more resilient security operations.

Matt Donato is the co-founder and managing partner of HuntSource. Based in Charlotte, NC, HuntSource provides comprehensive talent recruiting services for companies and professionals in the cyber security, data intelligence, and analytics markets. The company accelerates, streamlines, and simplifies the hiring process for companies and professionals in all three of these industries. The company’s capabilities include performing direct hires and executive searches, retained searches, and various staffing solutions.

Matt has 15 years of experience in the recruiting profession.
A few quotes about his beliefs and the company:

I believe the world is facing a major crisis defending corporate and governmental assets. Not only from a technology and governance perspective, but also from a people perspective, there are not nearly enough qualified cyber security professionals in place to defend and prevent these threats from escalating.

I believe this business exists to help organizations and individual professionals solve this talent problem. Helping companies find qualified cyber security talent faster and easier, and showing them how to be trained and re-skilled effectively and efficiently, is an important business to be in.

Highly experienced technical leader with a proven track record over 25 years of delivering advanced network solutions to meet demanding customer requirements and timescales.

Working at the leading edge of Cloud, Security, CPaaS, UCaaS, SDN/NFV & Unified Communications – trusted advisor to both partners and end customers, educating and supporting the adoption of secure cloud solutions within the Enterprise and Service Provider space.

Transitioning from an existing known architecture to a new model - be it UC, Cloud services or a fully virtualised model based around NFV can be a daunting prospect.

Matt Lindley is the Chief Innovation & Information Security Officer at NINJIO, a leading cybersecurity awareness training and human risk management platform. Matt leads NINJIO’s cybersecurity team and AI innovation projects. Previously, he was the CEO and Principal Consultant at REIN Cybersecurity, which focused on governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC). He has also served as the Director of Security Services at Cal Net Technology Group and the virtual CIO at Convergence Networks.

Matt is an authority on IT, cybersecurity, GRC, and operational maturity whose expert insights have been published in media outlets spanning cybersecurity and many other relevant verticals. His byline has appeared in a wide range of cybersecurity and tech publications, including Dark Reading, Cyber Defense Magazine, Innovation & Tech Today, Spiceworks, Security Magazine, Cybersecurity Insiders, Security Boulevard, U.S. Cybersecurity Magazine, Information Week, and Cyber Protection Magazine. Matt has also published extensively in outlets serving specific industry verticals, such as InsuranceNewsNet, Business Traveler, Manufacturing.net, and Carrier Management.

Matt is a leading security analyst whose research and expertise cover AI strategy and transformation, emerging cyberthreats, behavioral psychology, social engineering, and organizational resilience. Matt has over a decade and a half of experience as both a practitioner and a thought leader in cybersecurity, and he is particularly focused on human risk management—a core pillar of cybersecurity at a time when the human element is implicated in the majority of breaches.

A veteran IT industry executive, keynote speaker and author, Matt has been helping organisations achieve cyber-resilience for over 18 years in varied roles at Microsoft, Sophos, Rapid7, and now Gartner Leader, Exabeam, where he heads up their EMEA Security Engineering teams.  

 As an ex-actor who ‘luckily fell into IT’, Matt is passionate about engaging and enthusing the next generation of cyber-defenders – whether they realise that’s what they are or not. 

Matthew Margetts is Director of Sales and Marketing at Smarter Technologies. His background includes working for blue-chip companies such as AppNexus, AOL/ Verizon, and Microsoft in the UK, Far East and Australia.

Maya Lahav is a trained criminologist from Oxford University and the lead researcher of the Human Exploitation Vertical at the technology company, ActiveFence. On a day-to-day basis, Maya collaborates with numerous tech companies, providing insights and mitigation strategies on human trafficking risks and malicious content. Additionally, Maya shares her knowledge and expertise on trust and safety matters through her role as a lecturer at several universities, where she teaches courses on the concept of evil in the context of online criminal behavior.

- Experience in Technical Team Management, and Wireless Device Testing across the Telecom domain.

- Understanding and coordinating client’s needs / enhancements, customizing product accordingly and consulting with technical team to provide solutions as per the delivery schedules.

- Knowledge of Wireless/cellular technologies with sound understanding of 3GPP Standards/ Specifications.

- Adept in device testing, problem resolution & project coordination; technology training and supervising teams in quality, adherence to work order specifications and equipment maintenance.

- Team building, organisational and analytical skills coupled with demonstrated relationship management and communication abilities.

Melis works as a Senior Information Security Associate at PwC Turkiye and has over 7 years of experience in the information security field. In addition, Melis specializes in IT compliance, security awareness and risk management on security best practices. She writes academic articles on various security topics such as risk management and international security standards. Additionally, Melis conducts various awareness-raising initiatives to improve the information security awareness of organizations and society.

Michael Cichosz has been working in various IT security areas for over 15 years. Since 2008, he has been a malware researcher for the open source project ClamAV under Sourcefire. For local companies, Mr. Cichosz has been responsible for security testing and consulting activities.
Currently, he is employed as a Linux Engineer at Research Industrial Systems Engineering (RISE) in Berlin.
In parallel, he has been a freelance author for Cyber Protection Magazine since April 2022 and an author for the Federal Agency for Civic Education (BPB) since August 2018.
Previously, he worked more than five years as a Datacenter Operations Specialist in Wolfsburg, focusing on installation, relocation, and support of server infrastructures. Mr. Cichosz combines his extensive experience with regular publications and author contributions in IT security.

Michael Freeman is Head of Threat Intelligence at Armis. He brings more than 25 years of experience, with a background in cryptography, vulnerability research, reverse engineering and exploit writing. He has previously developed offensive and defensive capabilities for various intelligence agencies.