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Neil Thacker

Human Factor Security

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Sam Humphries

Will Clarke

Jamie Oliver

Tom Chapman

Ben Hartley

David Higgins

Dave Clarke

Dominic Vogel

Peter Taylor

Sam Lee

John Dowd

Allison Miller

Chris Hadnagy

Mark Carney

Andy Gill

OwlTail

In this episode we welcome a man who was living in the deepest depths of despair, gripped by the torments of drink and drugs. He was figuratively falling towards death and he could do nothing to halt the rapid descent.Suddenly, a voice cried out to him - and everything stopped.Listen to Neil's story of how his mental health was completely turned around by a split second of divine intervention; truly a tale of biblical proportions.This gentle, warm and beautiful man gives hope to many as he now puts into practice his beliefs and teachings. A PodBarber podcast not to be missed.Thanks, as ever, for dropping by and enjoy the show!Peace, love and power to your day.✌🏻❤👊🏻Mickey &amp; HowieTake a sneaky listen to some PodBarber highlights.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thepodbarber)

In this episode we welcome a man who was living in the deepest depths of despair, gripped by the torments of drink and drugs. He was figuratively falling towards death and he could do nothing to halt the rapid descent. Suddenly, a voice cried out to him - and everything stopped. Listen to Neil's story of how his mental health was completely turned around by a split second of divine intervention; truly a tale of biblical proportions. This gentle, warm and beautiful man gives hope to many as he now puts into practice his beliefs and teachings. A PodBarber podcast not to be missed. Thanks, as ever, for dropping by and enjoy the show!Peace, love and power to your day.✌🏻❤👊🏻Mickey &amp; HowieTake a sneaky listen to some PodBarber highlights.<a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thepodbarber" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thepodbarber" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thepodbarber</a>)

Ep.06 - On the precipice of death, he is summoned by God. Neil Thacker's story of enlightenment.

Neil is a veteran information security professional and data protection and privacy expert. He holds more than 20 years of experience in the information security industry with 15 years experience as a leading security practitioner for organisations like Deutsche Bank, Swiss Re and Camelot Group before spending the past five years as Deputy CISO for Forcepoint. Neil is a member of the ENISA Threat Landscape stakeholder group where he contributes to the EU agency program alongside CERTs to position the threat landscape, offer mitigation advice and threat analysis innovation. He is also co-founder and board member of the Security Advisor Alliance, a not-for-profit organisation formed to help security leaders in their role, engage and support interest in the infosec industry and offer advice and tools to move organisations towards improved risk and data-centric strategies. Link to Netskope CSO Team Link to Security Advisor Alliance Link to Neurodiversity Link to ENISA Threat Landscape Link to CSA EMEA Advisory Board Link to Security 2025  Link to The Economy of Ideas by John Perry Barlow Alan Turning: The Enigma (Andrew Hodges)  Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson) Superintelligence (Nick Bostrom) Cybernetics (Norbert Wiener) European Data Protection: Law and Practice (Eduardo Ustaran) Don't forget, to get in touch with me either try the contact page of the site or follow me on Twitter, where I can be found at @Jenny_Radcliffe

Neil is a veteran information security professional and data protection and privacy expert. He holds more than 20 years of experience in the information security industry with 15 years experience as a leading security practitioner for organisations like Deutsche Bank, Swiss Re and Camelot Group before spending the past five years as Deputy CISO for Forcepoint. Neil is a member of the ENISA Threat Landscape stakeholder group where he contributes to the EU agency program alongside CERTs to position the threat landscape, offer mitigation advice and threat analysis innovation. He is also co-founder and board member of the Security Advisor Alliance, a not-for-profit organisation formed to help security leaders in their role, engage and support interest in the infosec industry and offer advice and tools to move organisations towards improved risk and data-centric strategies. <a href="https://www.netskope.com/company/security-assurance" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Link to Netskope CSO Team</a> <a href="https://www.securityadvisoralliance.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Link to Security Advisor Alliance</a> <a href="https://www.neurocyber.uk/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Link to Neurodiversity</a> <a href="https://www.enisa.europa.eu/topics/threat-risk-management/threats-and-trends/enisa-threat-landscape" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Link to ENISA Threat Landscape</a> <a href="https://gdpr.cloudsecurityalliance.org/emea-advisory-board/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Link to CSA EMEA Advisory Board</a> <a href="https://security-2025.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Link to Security 2025</a> <a href="https://www.wired.com/1994/03/economy-ideas/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Link to The Economy of Ideas by John Perry Barlow</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1784700088/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wwwnegotiat0b-21&amp;creative=6738&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1784700088&amp;linkId=93e78e64e9d60d799476c828b55a8c5c" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Alan Turning: The Enigma (Andrew Hodges)</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0099410672/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wwwnegotiat0b-21&amp;creative=6738&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0099410672&amp;linkId=610467df2816cb5f1d6eada0e94126d0" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson)</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198739834/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wwwnegotiat0b-21&amp;creative=6738&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0198739834&amp;linkId=eeb45bed5aed8f1c1323cbab7b28159b" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Superintelligence (Nick Bostrom)</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0262535440/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wwwnegotiat0b-21&amp;creative=6738&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0262535440&amp;linkId=7f90faeb11711a4d5548a5bc663b7b31" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Cybernetics (Norbert Wiener)</a> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38558990-european-data-protection" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">European Data Protection: Law and Practice (Eduardo Ustaran)</a> Don't forget, to get in touch with me either try the contact page of the site or follow me on Twitter, where I can be found at <a href="https://twitter.com/Jenny_Radcliffe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Jenny_Radcliffe</a>

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