Simon (Si) Burr - Chief Information Security Officer¶

Persona Description¶

Age: 27

Skills: Cyber-security, penetration testing

Scope: IT - security of the IT systems and services across the company.

Job:

• Si Burr is a recent hire and Coco Pharmaceuticals' Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), responsible for monitoring, testing and validating the security of the company's IT systems and services. He was hired on the recommendation of Sidney Seeker, who found that the company needed more security staff.
• Part of his remit is to set up continuous penetration testing across the company.
• Si reports to Ivor Padlock, the Chief Security Officer, but spends most of his time working with Polly Tasker on the active IT projects and Gary Geeke on the over all IT infrastructure security.

Thinks/Feels:

• Si is very interested in security and is concerned that Coco Pharmaceuticals has no regular security scanning and penetration testing.
• Si feels a bit behind on the changes that AI is bringing to security - both in terms of new threats and capabilities - but is keen to learn more.

Hears:

• Excitement at the increased investment in Egeria, the data management platforms and AI.

Says/Does:

• Provides explanations and education sessions on how IT system security needs to be managed in the modern era.

Sees:

• Deep focus on research and new investments in AI.

Top challenges:

• IT System Security is a very complex topic and is changing rapidly.
• Coco is currently underinvested in IT System Security scanning and testing.
• Keeping up-to-date with the impact of AI on security.

Desired Outcome:

• He would like to set up automated security testing, scanning and monitoring of Coco's IT systems and services.
• He would like to change the software development approach to include a security-first perspective