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James "Jimmy" Blake is the Manager of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Security's Security Intelligence & Operations Consulting (SOC) Practice in EMEA.  HP's SIOC Practice helps enterprise customers build and maintain effective Security Operation Centres.

Prior to joining HP, Jimmy was Chief Information Security Officer for the UK's largest Software-as-a-Service vendor.  There he helped protect the data of millions of subscriber's across three continents in a dozen data centres.  Jimmy has over two decades Information Security and Business Continuity Management experience gained both in consultancy and working for leading security vendors.

Jimmy is a GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH) Certified Information Security Systems Professional (CISSP), a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), a Certified ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, a Certified Ethical Hacker for EC Council (C|EH) and holds a Certificate in Cloud Computing Security Knowledge (CCSK) from the Cloud Security Alliance.  Jimmy is also one one of the co-founders of the Security B-Sides London conference.