Speaker Bio
Colm is a Senior Cyber Security Advisor working for Huawei’s Global Cyber Security & Privacy Office. He is based in Huawei's Cyber Security Transparency Center in Brussels.
Colm has worked in the cybersecurity industry for more than 25 years. In 2001 he co-founded Espion, which grew to become one of Europe’s largest indigenous cybersecurity consultancies. Colm was also the International Director of the British Standards Institution’s cybersecurity professional services portfolio, overseeing international projects.
Colm has managed a wide variety of cybersecurity related activities in his career, in EMEA, the US and Asia. He has led large-scale security testing programmes, risk-assessments, incident response activities, digital forensics & eDiscovery projects, and has delivered cybersecurity trainings and advice to C-level. Colm provides advice and guidance to help manage Huawei’s end-to-end cybersecurity assurance system and is a global spokesperson for Huawei on all cybersecurity related matters.
Colm holds a B.A. from Trinity College, Dublin, and a Post Graduate Diploma from Dublin Institute of Technology.