Kroll, the investigations and risk management consultancy, has appointed Ioan Peters as an Associate Managing Director in its Cyber Security and Investigations practice, based in London.
Peters has a 20-year track record of designing and deploying information technology for business operations and managing risks, in places as diverse as law enforcement, the UK Government, and blue-chip companies. His experience includes serving as a representative of the UK Government, for which he has worked bilaterally and multilaterally as a senior manager and consultant on matters relating to intellectual property protection, in the UK and abroad.
Andrew Beckett, Managing Director and EMEA Cyber Security Practice Leader, said: “Time and again, Ioan has demonstrated a terrific combination of information technology expertise, strong business acumen, and a global perspective in helping organizations address their most challenging cyber issues. I am confident that our clients will benefit greatly from his holistic approach to cyber security that focuses on the prevention or rapid detection of problems as much as it does on resolving current situations.”
And Jason Smolanoff, Senior Managing Director and Global Cyber Security Practice Leader for Kroll, said: “Cyber criminals can strike organisations from anywhere in the world, quickly wreaking havoc in today’s hyper-connected economy. The global expansion of our Cyber team reflects Kroll’s commitment to helping clients not only address cyber attacks of all sizes and sources, but also to understand their cyber security vulnerabilities from multiple vantage points so they can ultimately better protect their people and property.”
Peters joins from Airbus Group, where he was Head of Security Audit, Corporate Security, responsible for ensuring the effectiveness of security controls across the Group, including critical human factors, in defending people, assets, and intellectual property. Peters devised and deployed cyber-attack simulations; his methods, which included the use of psychological strategies such as gamification, are being investigated as best practice by the UK Government.
Peters had been three years as Head of the Security Consulting Practice with Regency IT Consulting, an Airbus subsidiary. During his tenure, Peters worked on payment card (PCI DSS), and operational (ICS/SCADA) and other systems for blue-chip clients including Airbus Group, the European Patent Office, and utility companies.
From 2008 to 2012, Peters served as Departmental Security Officer (DSO) for the UK Intellectual Property Office. There he established the security regime that protects the UK’s largest collection of sensitive intellectual property. With responsibility for technical, physical, and human security, he rapidly instituted a new set of policies in all of these areas and at all levels; and achieved certification against ISO 27001, the international standard for information security management. Earlier Peters served with South Wales Police, from 2002 to 2008 specialising in technical architecture and security controls. His projects included building a secure email and web access system for the force.
He’s a Prince II Practitioner and a member of the Institute of Information Security Professionals, and holds a number of technical certifications.
