Speakers

Peter Stephens is an experienced UK civil servant and international policy advisor, specialising in cyber security, technology and education. He is Director of Government Partnerships at Arm and is based in between London and Cambridge. Previously, Peter has advised Ministers and the offices of Prime Ministers abroad on the creation of Delivery Units at the heart of government. From 2018-22, Peter led the 'Secure by Design' division across the UK government, which included leading the response to the Mirai Botnet to the creation of the Product Security and Telecommunication Infrastructure Act. This legislation was the first of its type in the world, and sought to embed resilience and transparency into the billions of IoT products and their associated services, and fundamentally, to protect citizens from harm. From 2022-4, Peter led the Global Forum on Digital Security at the OECD, and supported other governments, and the G20, as a knowledge partner on security policy issues. Peter is an experienced public speaker and keynote. High profile recent speaking event include DEFCON, CES, Singapore International Cyber Week, The UN Internet Governance Forum, Munich Cyber Security Conference, Chatham House, InfoSec Europe, Cyber UK, and many others. Many years ago, he set the unofficial world record for hitch-hiking (Buenos Aires to NYC), and is pretty sure Barack Obama once stole his joke.