London-based cyber security firm RelianceACSN Ltd has appointed John Madelin as Chief Executive. John has seen 19 years in the cyber security sector most recently at Verizon, and previously at BT, RSA Security and Entrust.
Brian Kingham, Chairman, said: “I am delighted to welcome John to the leadership of our well established management team at this time of major investment and expansion of the business. He is no stranger to many of our clients and his appointment marks the opening of what will be a year of investment in senior and middle management appointments. John brings to the job a vision for the comprehensive cyber security solutions our clients are demanding and in which we are investing.”
John Madelin, CEO, said: “I am excited in joining Peter Martin and his team at this key moment for our industry. RelianceACSN has a great common sense business approach and deliver excellent connected end-to-end managed services. As an industry, cyber security is under-performing. The data suggests that just 7pc of incidents are discovered through good log management, a key platform representing billions in investment. Compromise of business information assets takes minutes, the discovery of those compromises take weeks or months. With the threats to information accelerating, the delivery of cyber security services needs transformation.
“There is an absence of clear reporting, describing in actionable terms what improvements are being delivered for the huge investments being made. The dark art of cyber, characterised by technology rather than business focus, must quickly mature if we are to safeguard our most critical assets from crime and espionage. After 13 years of steady capacity building RelianceACSN is well placed as a catalyst for change in the industry.”
