John Noble – Keynote Speaker

At the end of February 2018 John Noble retired from being the Director of Incident Management at the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). During his 40 years of Government service, John specialised in operational delivery and strategic business change. For his work in creating effective partnerships in the run up to the London Olympics, he was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2012.

John helped to establish the NCSC and led the response to nearly 800 significant cyber incidents. This work has given him unrivalled experience in dealing with and understanding the causes of cyber incidents.

As a non-executive director at NHS Digital, John Noble chairs the Information Assurance and Cyber Security Committee. He holds a number of advisory and non-executive director roles. He is also a senior cyber advisor at McKinsey, advising Company Boards and speaking at major industry events.