Business resilience is increasing as four trustees join Cyber ​​and Fraud Center – Scotland

From left to right: DCC Bee Smith, Gerry Magee, Jude McCorry, Paul Atkinson, Bruce Harrison and Sophie Hodgson. Photo: Cyber ​​and Fraud Center – Scotland

Four new administrators have joined the board of the Cyber ​​and Fraud Center – Scotland to boost the online resilience of Scottish businesses.

Deputy Chief Constable Bex Smith has more than twenty years of policing experience, gained in a range of nationally significant command positions, including 18 of her 21 years in public protection, major crime, local crime and serious and organized crime (SOC) policing. Her current portfolio at Police Scotland includes her responsibilities in major crime, public protection, local crime, organized crime, counter-terrorism, intelligence and operational support.

Bruce Harrison recently left his role as managing director at BlackRock, one of the world’s largest investment managers. During his tenure at BlackRock, Bruce was responsible for overseeing a comprehensive suite of portfolio risk management tools. He brings with him a worldview of managing technological risks.

Further strengthening the expertise of the Cyber ​​and Fraud Center – Scotland’s board is Gerry Magee. Gerry has over 25 years of experience in brand and marketing leadership positions across a wide range of sectors and is currently UK brand and marketing director for Betfred – one of the world’s largest independent bookmakers. Gerry has worked with well-known UK brands including Scottish Power, Sainsbury’s, Clydesdale Bank, Virgin Money and now Betfred, and brings a wealth of expertise in brand building, strategic marketing planning and campaign execution.

Sophie Hodgson is currently director of corporate communications at US cybersecurity giant Secureworks, bringing with her global experience in corporate communications and PR. Having worked with technology giants such as Adobe, HP, Informatica, Symantec and Virgin Media Business, Sophie’s career spans over twenty years in strategic communications in a technology environment.

Jude McCorry, CEO of the Cyber ​​and Fraud Centre-Scotland, said: “We are delighted to welcome our four new administrators to our board. Everyone at the Cyber ​​and Fraud Center looks forward to working with them and our existing board members to support our business community in the fight against cyber and fraud crime.

“The threat of cyber and fraud crime is increasing and calls to our Incident Response helpline have more than doubled in a year. Our new administrators bring significant connections and contacts, as well as expertise in working across the policing, technology and commercial sectors, which will help us tackle this problem by bringing new ideas to our organization and creating opportunities to realize our vision where Scottish organizations are as resilient as they can combat cyber and fraud crime.”