WHY BOOK IAN
Ian connects global instability, shifting power dynamics, and emerging cyber threats — giving audiences a big-picture view of risk that most security talks ignore.
IAN'S TALKS
The Bad Guys Know More Than You Do.
Cloud Security Failures & Best Practices for Modern Environments
Summary: Based on cloud security trend analysis, Ian explains where organizations fail, how misconfigurations lead to breaches, and practical steps toward secure cloud operations.
The Attack On Trust
Identity & Access Management: Lessons from Recent Breaches
Summary: A breakdown of IAM failures highlighted by incidents at Marks & Spencer, Co-op and JLR, focusing on help desk compromise risks and persistent IAM missteps.
AI Fraud At An Institutional Level
North Korean Cyber Operations & Fake IT Worker Schemes
Summary: An exploration of DPRK-linked fake IT worker schemes, credential monetization methods, and evolving intrusion tactics. The greatest threat to global security that has not been fully realised (yet).
The Art Of No War
Nation State Cyber Operations & the Reality of Grey Zone Warfare
Summary: A deep dive into CRINK nation-state cyber activities in the past, present, future and their use in grey zone operations to conduct espionage, disruption, and financially motivated intrusions while avoiding overt conflict.
The Attack On Trust
Identity & Access Management: Lessons from Recent Breaches
Summary: A breakdown of IAM failures highlighted by incidents at Marks & Spencer, Co-op and JLR, focusing on help desk compromise risks and persistent IAM missteps.
GLOBAL TOPICS, PRECISE ANALYSIS.
ACTIONABLE ADVICE.
Geopolitics & Nation-State Threat Actors
How international conflict and power shifts influence cyber risk globally (especially relevant for global firms, governments, geopolitical-risk conferences)
Hybrid Risk: Cybercrime, Conflict & Global Instability
Exploring intersections between cyber-crime, state-level threats and economic instability to show complex patterns many miss.
Future-Threat Forecasting: Cyber, Conflict & Risk
Looking ahead at where attacks and disruption are likely to come from, based on geopolitical shifts and emerging trends.
Future-Threat Forecasting: Cyber, Conflict & Risk
Looking ahead at where attacks may come from, how global instability changes the risk landscape, and what businesses need to prepare for now
ABOUT IAN THORNTON-TRUMP
Ian Thornton-Trump CD: ITIL-certified cyber veteran with 30 years of experience across intelligence, law enforcement analysis, enterprise security and consulting.
He served in the Canadian Forces Military Intelligence Branch (1989–1992), later joined Canadian Forces Military Police Reserves, and retired as Public Affairs Officer.
He spent time as Criminal Intelligence Analyst with the RCMP, then moved into cyber-security consultancy across multiple sectors (insurance, banking, healthcare), and eventually became CISO at a leading threat-intelligence firm.
Currently he holds the role of CISO at Inversion6, leading their UK/EU expansion and bringing advanced threat intelligence and security operations expertise to organisations of all sizes.
Ian doesn’t offer generic “cyber hygiene” talks. He deals in real risk — geopolitical, systemic, emergent. His value lies in connecting dots most security speakers don’t even notice.
If you need sober, forward-looking clarity on what happens when politics, war and tech collide — he’s one of the few speakers who can deliver that without eyewash.
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