Tony Atkins, MBA

Cyber Security EMEA Leader - IT / IoT / OT / Cyber Physical Systems. Startup / Scaleup Expertise. Helping end-user organisations drive Security, Digital Transformation and Operational Excellence.

Harrow, England, United Kingdom

About

Tony combines over 15 years of Cyber Security experience covering IT and OT (Operational Technology) / Cyber Physical Systems with extensive Industrial Control Systems (ICS) experience. Tony is passionate about helping organisations to scale and grow whilst developing high performance teams, through focus, collaboration, innovation and cultural alignment. Helping end user organisations drive safe and secure increased business performance within their IT / OT / IoT environments through harnessing cutting edge technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML), that improve security maturity, support digital transformation and drives profitability. Working with global organisations in a variety of industries including Power & Water Utilities, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical, Chemicals, Metals, Mining, Manufacturing and Financial. Expertise includes: Cyber Security, Asset Management, Manufacturing Execution Systems, SCADA, Industrial Control Systems, Alarm Management and Operational Excellence Systems. Specialties: EMEA leadership expertise in driving Sales & Marketing. Startup / Scaleup. First Man on the Ground Business Development. Establishing, Managing & Motivating Channels - Distribution / VAR's. Developing Strategic Alliances. Profit & Loss. General Management. Consulting. Leading Multi-Cultural, Multi-Discipline Teams. Training, Coaching and Developing High Performance Teams.

Experience

  • Area Vice President - EMEA at Dragos, Inc.
    Mar 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

    Dragos is an industrial (OT/ICS/IIoT) cybersecurity company on a mission to safeguard civilization. Dragos' offerings include: the Dragos Platform for ICS asset identification, threat detection, and response, Dragos Professional Services for ICS proactive and reactive services such as penetration testing and incident response, and Dragos ICS Threat Intelligence for weekly threat intelligence and vulnerability reports. More information can be found here: https://dragos.com

  • Strategic Account Manager at Forescout Technologies Inc.
    Jul 2020 - Mar 2021 · 9 mos

    Active defense for the Enterprise of Things (EoT) by identifying, segmenting and enforcing compliance of every connected thing. Latest innovations help accelerate Zero Trust adoption, enable IT-OT convergence, reduce threat exposure and contain breach impact.

  • Regional Director - EMEA at Nozomi Networks
    2016 - Jul 2020 · 4 yrs 7 mos

    Delivering a comprehensive real time cyber security network monitoring solution and threat intelligence service covering OT and IoT environments, enabling critical infrastructure to operate 24/7/365. The solution provides: • Asset Discovery & Inventory, Network Visualisation & Modelling, Vulnerability Assessment, ICS Risk Monitoring, OT Threat & Anomaly Detection and Predictive Analytics • OT Threat Intelligence The solution also drives operational excellence and supports digital transformation. Integration with additional security products/services such as Firewall's, NAC, SIEM, MDR, MSSP etc. facilitates a holistic security posture.

  • Regional Sales Director - EMEA at Lockheed Martin
    2014 - 2016 · 2 yrs

    Delivering full-spectrum cyber security solutions and services that address the challenges organisations face from cyber threats including Advanced Persistent Threats (APT’s), leveraging the Cyber Kill Chain™ to create an Intelligence Driven Defense®. Focusing on the Critical Infrastructure sectors such as Utilities, Oil & Gas, Chemical and Financial, covering both the IT and Operational Technology (OT) environments.

  • Regional Account Director - EMEA at Industrial Defender
    2012 - 2014 · 2 yrs

    Industrial Defender was acquired by Lockheed Martin in 2014. Providing a purpose built, vendor agnostic security, compliance and change management solution to specifically address the needs of the Operational Technology (OT) environment. Focusing on the Critical Infrastructure sectors such as Utilities, Oil & Gas and Chemical.