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Rt Hon Geoff Hoon BA(Cantab)

Director and Head of Sales

The Rt Hon Geoff Hoon is Head of Sales of Cydefence. Having served as the UK’s Secretary of State for Defence, he brings his extensive defence expertise to cyber warfare and solutions to cyber threats.

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Professor Bill Roscoe FREng

Chief Scientist

Professor Roscoe is a world renowned expert in cybersecurity and verification. He read Mathematics at University College, University of Oxford 1975-8, achieving the top First degree in his year.

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Isaac Livne BA(Oxon) MPhil(Cantab)

Co-founder and CEO

Isaac is passionate about security and innovation, and he co-founded Cydefence in order to prevent companies from investing in blanket solutions that do not solve their specific needs.

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Dr John Meakin

CISO

Dr John Meakin is Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Cydefence, and he brings his extensive information security experience and knowledge to our clients

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Rt Hon Geoff Hoon BA(Cantab)

Professor Bill Roscoe FREng

Isaac Livne BA(Oxon) MPhil(Cantab)

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Our
Technologies

Fast

Our cybersecurity tools are carefully selected to allow security professionals and developers to quickly incorporate them into their overall risk management platforms so that they can be used immediately.

Secure

We work closely with our clients to ensure that their software and information systems are secure. We assist our clients to defend against internal and external attacks, malware, removable data breaches and incident management.

Easy

Our priorities are security and usability. We know that tools are only effective if they are utilised. We therefore ensure that all our tools are easy to use and simple to understand by IT professionals and management.

Our
Story

We are a highly passionate and motivated team of Computer Scientists and former Investment Bankers who together help financial firms to achieve their information security goals. We offer only the most effective and easy to implement tools available to our clients.

Our
Vision

Our vision is to become the trusted advisors to the largest, most prestigious and demanding clients. We aim to form a part of their strategy to ensure the continued secure and efficient functioning of their information systems, for their stakeholders.

Our
Technology

Our team has scoured the cybersecurity industry to select the most effective and trustworthy technology vendors. We continuously monitor our existing and potential technology vendors for the benefit of our clients.

Our Strength
& Value

Cydefence can provide:

Market-leading access to original cyber security software solution & service providers

  • Efficiency in selection in a crowded & confusing cyber market
  • Early access to innovative cyber solutions from tech hubs in Israel & US
  • Tailoring of solution selection to specific customer needs

“Prime contractor” management of front-line cyber security service packages

  • Removal of complex relationships with up to 40 vendors
  • Tightly integrated cyber solutions that work together & leave no gaps
  • Experience-based phased introduction of cyber solutions so as to address priority customer risks first & avoid change (or budget) overload
  • Translating complex technical solutions into business language

Deep experience of delivering & managing cyber security in a wide range of commercial markets & in government

Our Offer

We provide our customers with tiered services that

Address the cyber defence needs of fast-moving & innovative businesses that either:

  • Are starting out on their security journey, or
  • Are not ready to invest in their own security team, or
  • Want access to innovative security technologies without the burden of market surveys, RFP, etc

Allow for a phased delivery of security improvements – linked to key risks

  • Ensuring the most important defences are delivered first & in a way that allows business to adjust

Can be selected individually or as a combination of packages

Involve provision of services:

  • Direct from Cydefence (“Direct”)
  • From Cydefence partners under Cydefence management (“Managed”)
  • From Cydefence recommended, evaluated & selected suppliers with direct engagement to the customer (“Introduced”)

Our Services

We adapt our offering to the needs of our customers:

These needs typically vary

  • Depending on where our customer is on their cyber security journey
  • And the maturity of their existing security measures
  • From just starting to address cyber – to looking to deliver a full range of cyber defence that is cost-effective

Therefore we offer a range of services


We then select from these services to provide customers with the breadth & depth of support that meet their particular needs

Our core services cover the following key aspects of making a business secure – and are described in more detail over the following pages:

  • Cyber Defence Strategy
  • Cyber Defence Planning
  • Cyber Defence Implementation
  • Cyber Defence Management
  • Cyber CISO Advisory

Therefore we offer a range of services


Our services draw on 25+ years of CISO experience in large & smaller businesses in many industry sectors

Breadth of
Support

Our services span the full journey that a business should follow to move from no security to appropriate & evolving security:

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Our Cyber Defence Strategy service

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Our Cyber Defence Planning service

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Our Cyber Defence Management service

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Our Cyber Defence Management service

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Our Cyber Defence Implementation service

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CYDEFENCE
Level 39
1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf
London E14 5AB
info@cydefence.com
sales@cydefence.com
Tel: 0203 948 6077

Level 39
1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf
London E14 5AB

info@cydefence.com

sales@cydefence.com

Tel: 0203 948 6077

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Our Cyber Defence Management service

Cyber threats change over time – businesses change all the time. As a result, keeping a business cyber secure requires expertise & experienced–based decisions to make suitable adjustments to cyber defences over time. Our customers can benefit from access to that quality of security resource through our ongoing, retained CISO advisory service.
Whether or not they are a customer for implementation or managed services

Cyber CISO Advisory service:

A. Provides expert, experienced security leadership & advice on a retained basis
B. Provides for a fixed number of days of advice per month, with provision for extra time on a T&M basis
C. Can provide mentoring to internal security teams & strategic & practical advice to teams, executives & Board
D. Retained Cyber CISO advisory support – 1 to 5 days per month

Our Cyber Defence Management service

For most businesses Cyber Defence is a necessary, but not mainstream, activity. It makes sense for some businesses to partner with an expert & experienced resource like Cydefence in the ongoing management of their security measures – to ensure the right security is maintained without becoming a burden to the operation of the rest of the business.

Cyber Defence Management service:

A. Initial cyber defence scoping study – requires Services 2 & 3 to be contracted
B. Implements cyber defence service delivery management for agreed high-priority services
C. Finalises second phase “Cydefence Introduced” service contracts
D. Cydefence Managed total fees dependent on the cyber defence services selected & agreed with the customer – typically paid as a monthly service fee, including both Cydefence costs & contracted (Cydefence Direct & Managed) vendor service fees
E. Expected managed service initiation timeframe – 1-3 months from Service initiation
F. Followed by managed service operation as agreed with customer – with 1 year minimum and minimum 3 months termination notice (subject to negotiation to meet customers’ needs)

Our Cyber Defence Implementation service

We have many years of experience of the challenges & tricks of implementing cyber security measures efficiently. So not only can we provide our customers with a suitable, realistic plan, but we can manage the process to plan & budget, to deliver an effective set of defences.

Cyber Defence Implementation service:

A. Implements high-priority cyber defence services (as optionally justified in Service 1 (Strategy) & planned in Service 2 (Planning))
B. Finalises priority services through “Cydefence Introduced” service contracts
C. Initiates on-going cyber defence services by customer, third-party – or potentially Cydefence under Service 4
D. Total fees are dependent on the cyber defence services selected & agreed with the customer
E. Expected timeframe for implementation – 3-6 months from service initiation, dependent on scope of security measures
F. Cost in line with customised proposal to meet each customer’s needs

Our Cyber Defence Strategy service

A Cyber Defence Strategy is an essential business tool because it shows how to go beyond basic cyber security hygiene to tailoring of additional security measures to meet the risks that are specific to the business – it lays out a roadmap for continuing improvement over a number of years, as the risks evolve.
Cyber Defence Strategy service:

  • Defines a Cyber Defence Strategy that will:
    Identify key cyber risks
    Clarify the security mechanisms necessary to manage those risks
    Lay out a medium-term roadmap for the customer’s deployment, with credible measures of the reduction in risk over time
  • Aims at providing a risk justification for all the services eventually implemented
  • Requires 4-8 weeks elapsed time
  • Provides a suitable preparation for service 2 (Planning)
  • Results in a documented strategy, risk assessment & service implementation plan
Our Cyber Defence Planning service

Cyber Defence Planning is necessary for most businesses – apart from the smallest – to ensure that the security measures that the business invests in are implemented fully, efficiently – and at optimal cost.
A Cyber Defence Plan may lay out the first steps (e.g. for the first year) in following a Cyber Defence Strategy
Cyber Defence Planning service:

  • Provides a detailed implementation plan for the customer’s front-line cyber security mechanisms
  • Specifies the need & priority for cyber defence mechanisms in phases of deployment as suitable for the customer’s strategy & growth, with indicative costs for later phases
  • Requires 4-8 weeks elapsed time
  • Results in a documented cyber defence implementation plan
  • Optionally, can result in a commercial contract draft for provision of front-line services under “Cydefence Direct” arrangements
  • Optionally, can result in prepared contracts for third-party provided cyber mechanisms as “Cydefence Introduced” services