Matt is an experienced Technical Research Director with over 15 years working in Cyber Security. His specialisms include general security consultancy, scenario-based penetration testing, vulnerability research and development of security testing tools. He studied formal methods at Swansea (BSc Hons) and Oxford University (MSc). After university Matt joined GCHQ and spent several years working at CESG in their vulnerability research team, focussing on biometric and network security. After GCHQ he spent over 10 years in penetration testing (IRM and KPMG) as a CHECK Team Leader, providing security assurance to clients around network and application security across all sectors.