Technology Consultant of the Year
Security has been part of Jayne Goble’s life since childhood – long before it entered the cyber sphere.
Her father’s work with the Metropolitan Police and Security Services meant growing up in safe houses, with panic rooms and strict safety procedures. She wanted to serve in the military, but was refused due to her family background – and told it was an environment no woman could thrive in.
But Jayne doesn’t dwell on negatives. From a young age, these experiences fuelled a deep-seated determination to forge another path, and help others overcome exclusion.
Fast-forward to today: Jaynes is a world leader in building security solutions that protect critical national infrastructure globally.
She is KPMG’s Operational Technology (OT) Security lead, a service line she established. She continually enhances its offering with innovative new services – some of which are market firsts.
Jayne works with the largest oil and gas, renewables, utilities and industrial manufacturing organisations. She’s helped clients recover from major cyber-attacks, which have wreaked disruption on essential services and affected citizens worldwide.
At KPMG, she has brokered a partnership with the University of Lancaster: launching a pioneering testing lab, and research programme exploring the future of cyber security, and innovating new methods of protecting critical infrastructure.
She also works tirelessly to champion diversity in the UK technology and cyber security sectors. Jayne has built, and leads, a consortium that encourages the next generation of diverse talent into cyber security – comprising their firm, Lancaster University and CyberFirst.
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