Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Additional Information
Project Management And Supervision
Commercial Knowledge And Experience
Teaching And Coaching
Publications
Activities
Specialist Abilities And Knowledge
Accomplishments
Software
Certification
Interests
Timeline

Clive Blackwell

Cybersecurity Expert

Summary

Cyber security and digital forensics expert with over 20 years in the field with a strong research and technical background. Strategic vision and radical thinker. I am hard working, self-motivated and an excellent problem solver. Hugely experienced in IT and technical writing. Specialist in cybersecurity and digital forensics, and proficient in databases, 'big data' and data analytics. Knowledge of the business landscape in industry (including consultancy) and academia. I obtained Security Clearance (SC) and am Enhanced Criminal Records checked.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Trainer (EMEA) and Content Developer

Securonix
01.2019 - 01.2021
  • Training analysts and administrators on the SNYPR SIEM 'big data' platform
  • Updating and rewriting course material and technical documentation.

Cyber Security Skills Coach / Assessor

QA Apprenticeships
01.2018 - 01.2019
  • Coaching, training, and mentoring 60 learners with 95% retention rate
  • Aiding portfolio development, writing and assessment
  • Cyber security domains include policy, risk assessment, networking, and cryptography.

Big Data Consultant in cybersecurity

NCC Group PLC
01.2017 - 01.2018
  • Designing, building, configuring, and operating big-data platforms using Splunk to aid the investigation of ongoing incidents and reduce manual work by 75%
  • Certified Splunk Consultant, Architect and Administrator.

Assistant Vice-President - Security Analyst

Bank of America
01.2016 - 01.2017
  • Designed and coded programs and dashboards for risk assessment and investigation
  • Technical - big data, security metrics, SQL, Power BI, Excel, PowerPivot
  • Design - requirements engineering, business intelligence and security metrics
  • Project Management - organised and performed development of Board of Directors' metrics for oversight, management and reduction of organisational threats.

Research Engineer

Airbus Group Innovations
01.2014 - 01.2015
  • Developed pilot of SIEM tool for rollout in multiple Airbus SOCs using Splunk
  • Completed several Technical Reports amounting to over 200 pages specifying the requirements, design, implementation, and testing of the tool to aid future development.

Research Fellow in Digital Forensics

Oxford Brookes University
01.2010 - 01.2013
  • Helped to institute the Digital Forensics group
  • Facilitated and ran 3 international Cyberpatterns workshops including editor of a book on Cyberpatterns for Springer and proceedings for IEEE
  • Taught many security and computing modules, and supervised several MSc dissertations
  • Wrote over 20 research papers on digital forensics and cyber security.

Education

PhD Information Security -

Royal Holloway, Univ. of London
Status: Not submitted

MSc Information Security - undefined

Royal Holloway, Univ. of London
Status: Distinction

BSc Computer Science - undefined

Royal Holloway, Univ. of London
Status: 1st Class (1st in year)

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

University of Warwick, 1st Class
04.2001 -

Skills

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Additional Information

  • Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS)
  • IEEE
  • ACM

Project Management And Supervision

Development of innovative analytics tool for a security 'balanced scorecard', a next-gen SIEM tool for big data analytics, more than a dozen students in cyber security and digital forensics, 60

Commercial Knowledge And Experience

Worked in several multinational companies in multiple business sectors in Europe and US to reduce and mitigate security incidents.

Teaching And Coaching

security and digital forensics, algorithms, database skills, writing skills, security and digital forensics (undergrad), security and digital forensics (MSc), computer science modules - algorithms, database skills, writing skills, technical subjects, True, True

Publications

30

Activities

  • Former Surrey County Chess champion
  • Trained gym instructor

Specialist Abilities And Knowledge

Cyber security, digital forensics, big data, security analysis, Insider threat, data protection, ethical hacking, network security, operating systems, security standards (NIST, ISO), cryptography, Disk forensics, log analysis, fraud, legal investigation, laws relating to computer investigations and evidence, forensic standards and codes of practice, SIEMs, data analytics, databases, artificial intelligence, Documentation, legal documents, requirements engineering (goal modelling, use cases), business intelligence, both Windows/Linux, Bash and PowerShell, especially C, assembly, Kafka, Spark, HDFS, Yarn, Splunk Certified Consultant and Securonix trainer, Hyper-V, VirtualBox

Accomplishments

Awarded scholarship. Only one was available for PhD with 8 for MSc

Facilitated and ran 3 international Cyberpatterns workshops including editor of a book on Cyberpatterns for Springer and proceedings for IEEE


Software

Operating systems (both Windows/Linux), scripting (Bash and PowerShell), programming (especially C, assembly), Hadoop (Kafka, Spark, HDFS, Yarn), SIEMs (Splunk Certified Consultant and Securonix trainer), virtual machines (Hyper-V, VirtualBox)

Certification

Red Hat Certified Engineer course

Interests

Former Surrey County Chess champion and trained gym instructor

Timeline

Senior Trainer (EMEA) and Content Developer - Securonix
01.2019 - 01.2021
Cyber Security Skills Coach / Assessor - QA Apprenticeships
01.2018 - 01.2019
Big Data Consultant in cybersecurity - NCC Group PLC
01.2017 - 01.2018
Assistant Vice-President - Security Analyst - Bank of America
01.2016 - 01.2017
Research Engineer - Airbus Group Innovations
01.2014 - 01.2015
Research Fellow in Digital Forensics - Oxford Brookes University
01.2010 - 01.2013
University of Warwick - Bachelor of Science, Mathematics
04.2001 -
Royal Holloway, Univ. of London - PhD Information Security,
Royal Holloway, Univ. of London - MSc Information Security,
Royal Holloway, Univ. of London - BSc Computer Science,

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