Paul Hortop

Paul Hortop is a seasoned professional with 17 years of expertise in IT security, compliance, and risk management with a focus on building secured architectures on AWS and advocating for DevSecOps principles. His experience spans across various roles in renowned organizations such as Trend Micro, Cloud Conformity, Snapper Services Limited, and nbn™ Australia, where he held leadership positions in security programs, portfolio management, and general management. Paul holds a background from Kent School and has hands-on experience in implementing enterprise security solutions like forensics, WAF, IPS, and SIEM. He has also served in consultancy and leadership roles at Virtual CERT, Voco, Gen-i, CERTStation, New Zealand Defence Force, MOD UK, and AISU.