Ciaran Martin is the founding CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) at GCHQ. Professor of Practice in the Management of Public Organisations at the University of Oxford in the Blavatnik School of Government. He is also a visiting Professor in the Department of War Studies at Kings College London. His professional career saw him, develop and becoming founding CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre inside the intelligence and security agency GCHQ. Ciaran also changed the entire security strategy for the for the entire United Kingdom Security Strategy. The change resulted in the UK rising from eighth to first in the International Telecommunications Union’s Global Cybersecurity Index thanks to Ciaran’s incredible work.
Ciaran has served the UK civil service for several years, clocking over 23 years of service. He completed his education at Hertford College, Oxford Universitywith a degree in history. In the early 2000s Ciaran was the Principal Private Secretary to the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil …