Simon (Si) Burr - IT Security¶

Persona Description¶

Age: 27

Skills: Cyber-security, penetration testing

Scope: IT - reviews and validates of IT systems and services.

Job:

• Si Burr is a recent hire, responsible for validating the security of Coco Pharmaceuticals' IT systems and services.
• Si officially works for Ivor Padlock 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

Current Projects¶

• Defining the IT Systems Security Strategy
• Assuring IT Systems Security
• New Governance Education Program

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