Andy has worked in the Information Security industry for 20 years, performing a range of security functions throughout his career. Prior to joining NGS Secure, Andy held the positions of Head of Security Research at KPMG, UK and Chief Research Officer at IRM Plc. Before working in the private sector he worked for ten years performing various roles in Government. Recently, Andy has been leading security research projects into technologies such as embedded systems and hardware interface technologies and developing new techniques for black-box software vulnerability discovery