Kirsty Perrett is a Lead Cyber Engineer and Product Authority (OT) at Thales UK, with a PhD in Cyber Resilience for Safety-Critical Complex Systems.

She has delivered OT/ICS cyber consultancy across CNI, energy, manufacturing and automotive sectors and previously spent 12 years in NHS Wales as a Networks & Telecoms Architect before moving into Penetration Testing and Cyber Security leadership. Her expertise spans cyber resilience, OT/ICS security, risk and governance, and critical infrastructure protection.

A published researcher and active STEM advocate, Kirsty also leads apprenticeships and contributes to outreach and engineering volunteering.