Richard Starnes

Richard Starnes is the Chief Security Strategist for Capgemini, where he is responsible for thought leadership, professionalism and operational cybersecurity for several of our company’s largest clients. He is a leading international voice in cybersecurity with twenty plus years of experience implementing information security management programs in both the US and UK. He works closely with corporate executives and the board to approach their enterprise information security program requirements from a risk management perspective. He has developed, implemented, and managed the overall cybersecurity security strategy, associated architecture, policies, standards, guidelines, tooling, vendor and third-party management and training and awareness at an enterprise level for numerous global and national companies. He also regularly speaks at conferences, publishes and is interviewed on cybersecurity matters.

His contributions to the cyber-security community include being a Liveryperson of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists (WCIT) where he is also a member of their Security Panel. He is a Fellow of both the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and the British Computing Society (BCS). He holds a Master of Science in Information Security from Royal Holloway, University of London, and is a former senior instructor for the (ISC)² CISSP CBK seminar.