Lisa Ventura Founder – Cyber Security Unity
L
isa Ventura is nothing if not ambitious.
where the cyber security industry can come together
Her goal, she says, is to “build a global
to talk about the latest threats, key trends and
community in cybersecurity consisting
topics that every cyber security professional should
of all the key membership organisations,
know about.”
government bodies and community
groups, collaborating to help combat the growing
Ventura got into cybersecurity in 2009 when she
cyber threat.”
joined Titania, a cybersecurity software development company founded by her then husband. It was a big
And she has already created a vehicle to realise
transition from her previous role in the entertainment
that goal: Cyber Security Unity, a metamorphosis
industry: working with the host of a TV program:
from an organisation she formed earlier: The UK
Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
Cyber Security Organisation, which she set up after spotting a gap in the UK market for a cybersecurity
“I have always had a strong interest in psychology and
trade organisation.
how the minds of cyber criminals work, ie what drives them to do what they do and to hack into systems,”
Ventura says she created Cyber Security Unity to
Ventura explains. “My ex-husband was a pen tester
“bring all the great work being done in the industry
who undertook work for the likes of the Ministry of
together under one roof and to foster greater
Defence and the UK Government, but he couldn’t tell
collaboration in the industry which has traditionally
me much about what he did as he was bound by the
been missing to date.”
Official Secrets Act. His work always fascinated me. So when I had the opportunity in 2009 to join the
According to its website Cyber Security Unity is “a
cybersecurity software development company he
new global community … to help unite the industry
founded, Titania Ltd, I jumped at the chance to do so,
and combat the growing cyber threat.” It promises
and I never looked back.”
to “hold regular networking meetings and events
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