Geraint Williams 

Consultating

About

Geraint Williams, lead consultant and owner of Geraint Williams Consulting.

Recently worked as a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for over 5 years with a leading MSP and ISP in the commercial property vertical and before that a leading Cyber Security consultancy group.

A former cyber security consultant and evangelist with over 20 experience of being a Cyber Essential Assessor, Payment Card Industry Qualified Security Assessor, and a CREST accredited ethical hacker.

Also, extensive experience of delivering training with over 10 years of experience of delivering training for a leading Cyber Security consultancy including developing and delivering training for those wishing to gain the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) qualification. 

 Over 5 years of experience as a university lecturer delivering undergraduate and postgraduate courses in cyber security, ethical hacking, and digital forensics.

Geraint has presented papers at local, national and international conferences and has had papers, books and book chapters published. He has frequently talked and presented at local branches of the British Computer Society and other societies as well as supported university chapters.

Qualifications and Certifications

Qualifications

  • MSc Internet Technology - Distinction (2004)

Certifications
  • IBITGQ Certified Data Protection Officer (C-DPO July 2023)
  • EC-Council Certified Chief Information Security Officer (C-CISO, Aug 2023)
  • (ISC)2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP, Feb 2007), valid until Feb 2025
  • CREST Registered Tester (Mar 2013) (Expired)
  • PCI QSA (Nov 2012) (Expired)
  • ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM, Jun 2012) (Expired)
  • ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA, Dec 2011) (Expired)
  • EXIN Cloud Foundation (Jan 2012) 
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA, Jan 2009) (Expired)
  • Prince2 Foundation & Practitioner (Nov 2008) (Expired)
  • EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH, Aug 2006)
  • EC-Council Certified Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI, Aug 2006)
  • CompTIA Security+, Network+ & A+
  • Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) Windows 2000 Professional & Windows 2000 Server

Publications and Conferences

Publications

  • Edewede Oriwoh, Geraint Williams, ‘Internet of Things – the argument for Smart Forensics’, Handbook of Research on Digital Crime, Cyberspace Security, and Information Assurance, Chapter 27, published July 31, 2014, ISBN-13: 978-1466663243

  • Alan Calder, Geraint Williams, PCI DSS A Pocket Guide, third edition, published Jan 2014, ISBN13: 9781849285544

  • Carsten Maple, Geraint Williams, Yong Yue, 'Reliability, Availability and Security of Wireless Networks in the Community', Informatica Journal, Volume 31, Number 2, 2007 pg 201-208
Conferences
  • Geraint Williams, “PCI DSS and Secure Applications”, June 2014,OWASP AppSec Europe 2014, Cambridge.
  • Geraint Williams, “Security as ‘Business as Usual’ - a recommendation of the PCI DSS v3”, ISO27001:2013, PCI DSS v3 and CES v1.0: New standards in the global cyber war”, 8th May, 2014, Churchill War Rooms, London
  • Geraint Williams, Cost Effective Assessment of the Infrastructure Security Posture', The 7th International IET System Safety Conference, incorporating the Cyber Security Conference 2012, 16th-17th Oct, Edinburgh, Scotland 
  • Geraint Williams, Carsten Maple. “Development of a facility to aid the teaching of Computer Security and Digital Forensics at the University of Bedfordshire", 3rd International Conference on Cybercrime Forensics Education & Training 2009, 1st-2nd September, Canterbury, UK. Conference Proceedings ISBN 978-1-899253-44-9
  • Geraint Williams, Carsten Maple, Yong Yue 'Reliability, Availability and Security of Wireless Networks in the Community' IADIS International Conference e-Society 2006, 13-16th July, Dublin, Ireland

Email: geraint@geraintwilliamsconsultating.co.uk

Phone: TBC