James M.

Founded CultureAI to provide companies with real-time protection right across the human layer. Despite all the blinky boxes and technical controls, people are still the primary breach vector. They're not the weakest link, they've just been the least protected.

From a concept, through to writing the first line of code back in 2014, I grew Phishd, its team and its revenues over 4 years in my capacity as managing director before being successfully acquired by F-Secure in July 2018, a £103m deal that saw the organisation acquire Phishd, MWR InfoSecurity & Countercept to become one of the largest information security providers in the world. Phishd was founded based on my belief that we should be working towards a world where individuals are able to easily protect themselves & their organisations from phishing attacks. In my experience as a penetration tester, far too many successful compromises were as a result of poor employee security behaviour.

Delivered red-teaming engagements and penetration tests for many of the largest, forward-thinking organisations across the UK, USA, South Africa and Singapore.

Working as a CHECK Team Leader I delivered penetration tests and Redteams for 120+ organisations globally, including a significant number of FTSE 100's, spanning the entire spectrum of domains; from web applications through to infrastructure, red teaming, social engineering, physical, mobile (including devices, not just apps) and even hypervisor testing. I gained significant experience working with a wide range of sectors; from financial and healthcare, through to gambling and government.