Infosec Manchester 2026
Developing Cybersecurity strategies in the North West
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About
INFOSEC Manchester
With a focus in North West of England, namely Manchester, the INFOSEC Manchester events are vendor-neutral and feature panel discussions by industry experts who address a wide spectrum of real-world challenges and current strategies in Cybersecurity today.
The events will be supported by industry leaders, commercial organisations, professional associations, technology vendors and Information Technology professionals from around the world.
In the past we have had speakers from the FBI, Universities, industry-leading organisations and our sponsors. This year we are looking to continue our strong speaker standards to provide our attendees with valuable information and insights into all things Infosec.
Infosec Manchester is proud to be supporting the Wood Street Mission, with a collection on the night, which has gone down exceedingly well in previous events, we have raised hundreds of pounds for the wonderful work the Wood Street Mission are doing, and we hope to continue this at our next event.
Upcoming Event
Event Title:
Let’s get physical. The relationship between physical security and cybersecurity. The defender, the attacker, the enforcer.
Abstract:
AI and automation are accelerating across retail and B2B services—but often without the control to match. Decisions are made fast, data isn’t always ready, and governance can lag behind.
This session looks at how to scale AI and Automation safely while empowering citizen developers. Where should the boundaries sit, who owns the decisions, and how do you keep innovation from turning into risk?
A view on governance, data readiness, and making sure you don’t end up in that “Instagram password reset” moment.
Venue:
Heron House,
47 Lloyd Street,
Manchester
M2 5LE
Date:
Thursday 24th September 2026
Sponsors:
Agenda:
Event Runs from 17:00 – 21:00
17:00 to 18:00 – Registration & Drinks reception
18:00 to 19:30 – Guest speakers
Approx. 19:30 onwards – Networking, drinks, and close.
Upcoming Speakers
Stuart Kennedy
Independent Offensive Security Researcher & Consultant
TBC
TBC
Chris Wright
Head of AI and Automation @ Speedy Hire
Past Speakers
Rosie Anderson
Head of Strategic Solutions for th4ts3cur1ty.company
Deborah Haworth
Director of Information Security for Penguin Random House UK
Stephanie Lynch-Ozanar
Business Information Security Officer for JD Sports Fashion
David Bowen
CISO, Tesco Mobile UK
Steven Porter
Head of Information Security, Capita
Chris Spinks
Head of Operations, CYJAX
Andy Cooksley
Former RAF CISO and Deputy Digital Director
Daniel Pass
Chief Technology Officer @ Perenna Bank
Christopher Cope
Interim National Police Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Meletius Igbokwe
Senior Modern Workplace Engineer @ Lima
Matt Beard
Director of Cyber Security at AllPoints Fibre Networks
Tom Hebbron
Partner at FSP, leading identity practices
Joe Whiteley
Head of Cybersecurity Operations at Vaultex UK Ltd
Leum Dunn
Head of Information Security @ Pencil
Alsa Tibbit
Cybersecurity & AI Researcher, Founder @ Alsasaur
Holly Grace Williams
Managing Director – Akimbocore
Edmund Sutcliffe
Principal, Considrd.Consulting
James Roberts
Enterprise Security Architect @ Bet365
Sebastian Hyde
SSE & Single Vendor SASE Leader @ Netskope
David Lacey
David Lacey FCIIS FBCS CITP, Leading Cybersecurity Researcher, Writer & Innovator.
Raj Samani
SVP & Chief Scientist @ Rapid7
Dr. Katie Paxton-Fear
Content Creator @ Traceable – Ethical and API Hacker
Rik Ferguson
Vice President Security Intelligence @ Forescout
Pavel Lasta
Senior Technical Sales Specialist @ Build38
Sam Stepanyan
London Chapter Leader & Global Board member @ OWASP Foundation
Thomas Ballin
Co-founder @ Cytix
Andy Kennedy
Senior Solutions Engineering Manager @ CloudFlare
Haydn Brooks
Founder & CEO @ RiskLedger
Lee Morton
CISO / Head of Information Security
Dominic Carroll
Director of Portfolio at e2e
Philip Winstanley
Principal Security Engineer at AWS
Brad Freemen
Director of Technology at SenseOn
FBI
FBI Agent of 15+ years and Cyber Action Team Agent
Bharat Mistry
Trend Micro UK & EU Technical Director
Greg van der Gaast
Former Head of Information Security @ University of Salford & Expert Cybersecurity speaker
Graeme Cantu-Park
CISO @ Matillion & CyberCircle Founder
Martin Borrett
IBM Security UK & Ireland Technical Director
Geoff White
Reporter for Channel 4 and BBC Radio
Gary Miliefsky
Executive Producer @ Cyber Defence Magazine
Peter Stelzhammer
Co-founder of AV-Comparatives
Carl Nightingale
CGI Director of Cybersecurity Services
Bruce Wynn
UK Ministry of Defence Senior Cyber Advisor
Detective Sergeant Paul Taylor
Cyber Crime Coordinator for the North West region
Khaled Fattal
Chairman of the MLi Group, (also known as Multilingual Internet Group)
Paul Mason
Ethical Hacker and Experienced educator
Dave Palmer
Director of Technology at Darktrace
Stu Hirst
Head Of Cloud Security at Photobox Group
Dr Baines
Leading Author and Speaker in the field of cybersecurity.
Jasmine Taylor
KMPG
Organising Committee
Ayaz Rathore
Prof. Daniel Dresner
Chris Hepple
Rosie Anderson
