Our Authors

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.

Michael Queenan is the co-founder and CEO of consultancy-led data services integrator, Nephos Technologies. A decade ago, Michael and his business partner Lee Biggenden identified a gap in the data market for a services-led integrator to guide the largest organisations through the complex process of data strategy, governance and analytics. They believed this expertise would enable their customers to drive business growth, compliance and insights from their data assets.

In 2012 he founded Nephos Technologies with Lee, to provide true expertise and value around data integrity and challenge organisations to think differently about one of their most valuable assets. As CEO, Queenan plans Nephos Technologies’ future strategy and direction, identifying trends 24-36 months ahead of time and building centres of excellence to deliver on those trends.

Michael brings 15 years of marketing creativity and out-of-the-box thinking to SCADAfence. Before joining the team, Michael was the Director of Marketing at TrapX Security, where he was famous for thought leadership and for turning a small, declining startup into a successful, profitable world-leading vendor in their vertical. Prior to that, Michael was the VP of Marketing at AMC and rebuilt their entire marketing architecture, bringing in strong revenue figures that the firm has’t seen in decades. Michael studied at Harvard Business School, at Bar Ilan University for his MBA & Lander College for his BS degrees in Marketing and Business Management.