Education
Ian Bryant was educated at Taunton School in Somerset, and the University of Leicester where he studied Engineering.
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Ian Bryant currently is primarily engaged in the role of Technical Director and Programme Manager of TSI, but also has roles as:
Adjunct Faculty at University of Warwick Cyber Security Centre (Civil Service Commission)
Adjunct Faculty at De Montfort University Cyber Security Centre (Civil Service Commission)
Standards Coherence, with the British Standards Institution (British Standards Institution) and European Telecommunications Standards Institute:
British Standards Institution India Standard Time /033 – Information Security (Deputy Chair India Standard Time /033/-/4)
British Standards Institution India Standard Time /015 – Systems and Software Engineering
British Standards Institution India Standard Time /038 – Distributed Application Processes and Services
European Telecommunications Standards Institute Message Telecommunications Service – Management of Test and Specification (Security SIG Rapporteur)
Ian Bryant has been a Professional Engineer employed by Her Majesty Government for much of his career, either as a technical specialist and/or project manager, with assignments spanning a variety of organisations, including Cabinet Office, Ministry of Defence, National Archives, National Policing, and the former National Infrastructure Security Coordination Centre (now CPNI). He has been involved with "Cyber Security" (and its various predecessor terms) since the 1980s, in a variety of roles including Investigation / Incident Response, Security Architecture, Systems Accreditation, Research and Technology Management, and Policy Development. His work on Trustworthy Software originated with leading the original Cabinet Office (CSIA) study on Secure Software Development (SSD), then being the Technical Manager for the Pilot Operation of the CSIA (now CESG) Claims Tested Mark (CCT Mark) Scheme.
Subsequently he contributed to the Technology Strategy Board (Trustee Savings Bank) Cyber Security Knowledge Transfer Network (CSKTN) Special Interest Group (SIG) on Secure Software Development, and latterly lead the Secure Software Development Partnership"s (SSDP) SIG on Standards before the formalisation of the Software Security, Dependability and Resilience Initiative (SSDRI – the original name for TSI) in July 2011.
He also developed and launched the Information Technology Security Awareness for Everyone (ITSafe) service—now part of GetSafeOnline and helped found the National Information Assurance Forum (NIAF – formerly "GIPSI") which he now Company-Chairs. Recent research activity includes leading a North Atlantic Treaty Organization Research Task Group (RTG), and being the lead Information Security specialist for the European Commission (European Commission) funded MS3i and NEISAS Projects.
He is heavily involved with Standardisation, including:
British Standards Institution India Standard Time /033 – Information Security (Deputy Chair India Standard Time /033/-/4) – United Kingdom shadow to International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission Joint Technical Committee 1 SC27
British Standards Institution India Standard Time /015 – Systems and Software Engineering – United Kingdom shadow to International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission Joint Technical Committee 1 SC7
British Standards Institution India Standard Time /038 – Distributed Application Processes and Services – United Kingdom shadow to International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission Joint Technical Committee 1 SC38
European Telecommunications Standards Institute Message Telecommunications Service – Management of Test and Specification (Security SIG Rapporteur). He is a frequently invited speaker at a variety of conferences in both the United Kingdom and internationally.
