Cybersecurity and the law firm

Helena leads the data protection team at Addleshaw Goddard and has 18 years of experience as a specialist commercial, technology and data lawyer. She leads a team across our UK and international offices delivering complex and high profile data advice for a number of clients, including many of the UK’s major financial services providers including banks, building societies and pensions / insurance providers. Helena also advises many clients operating in the payments industry  including a number of payment service providers, and has been involved in industry consultations on the use of data in payments and open banking. As an accredited Practitioner in Data Protection, she provides support on the full spectrum of information matters including GDPR compliance audit, complex regulatory opinions, marketing and consent reviews, international data transfers, service offshoring, subject access, and ICO complaints and investigations . Helena also provides specialist regulatory input on information rights litigation, which enables her to give a very practical view of risk in data protection advisory matters. Helena is a member of the Law Society of Scotland’s technology committee and led on implementation of their award winning cyber security guidance.

Keith McDevitt served as a police officer with Central Scotland Police for over 30 years with experience in intelligence and covert policing he served a number of secondments outside the force The last five years of his police service he served as the Head of the eCrime Unit at the Scottish Crime and Drugs Enforcement Agency (SCDEA) working closely with the UK and international law enforcement agencies involved in cyber crime investigations.

In March 2013 joined the Scottish Government to continue  working within the cyber-crime arena within the Security, Defence and Cyber Resilience Division. In November 2015 the Scottish Government launched Safe, Secure, Prosperous a Cyber Strategy for Scotland. Keith leads the Private Sector engagement and with his colleagues is working with stakeholders on delivering the 5 associated actions plans that will deliver this strategy.

David specialises in advising and securing law firms against the threat of cyber-crime and data breaches.
Mitigo’s experience in protecting law firms will enable David to highlight common vulnerabilities and explain how to implement a proportionate security framework for your practice.

Alongside Mitigo’s CEO (Lindsay Hill, former Partner and Head of Commercial & Financial Services Dispute Resolution at London law firm Fox Williams), David has been instrumental in the design and creation of Mitigo’s cyber security solution for the legal sector.  As a result of Mitigo’s experience within the legal profession, and as the Approved Supplier to members of the Law Society of Scotland, Mitigo has rewritten the Law Society of Scotland’s guide to cyber security.

David has, alongside his Mitigo partners (who collectively held careers previously at KPMG, NCC Group, Capita and Citation), developed the Mitigo cyber security service into an unrivaled and market leading packaged solution.
David spent a decade as a key player in the security and digital transformation of the Financial Services industry. He grew the LBG brands (Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland) to a combined total of 10 million users. He turned around the Co-Op Banks capability to deliver a ‘digital first' model where digital technology & security, customer service, and payments were transformed into a secure cloud base digital platform. David is highly experienced in technology leadership with a proven track record in delivering world class digital security and transformation solutions to businesses.

Jamie is a data security, enterprise software entrepreneur, and is the ex-CEO/Founder of ZoneFox. Jamie is currently the VP of Security Analytics at Fortinet Inc, which acquired ZoneFox in 2018, where he helps educate and inform on the use of Artificial Intelligence in the security industry. He is also product manager for FortiInsight which is an AI-based threat detection tool that protects business-critical assets, data and IP, and has a proven track record protecting reputation, sales revenue, and competitive advantage for its client base.

Jamie has a PhD in Computer Science, extensive information security experience and was recognised as the 'Champion of Champions' at the inaugural Scottish Cyber Security awards for his contribution to the industry. He attended the prestigious Ignite course at Cambridge University’s Judge Business School, and the Entrepreneur Development Programme at MIT.

Gaye is an Information Security Consultant in Grant McGregor Ltd, one of the Scottish Business Resilience Centre's Cyber Security Trusted Partners. Working mainly in Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus Certification, she advices organisations on the requirements of Cyber Essentials so that they can demonstrate that they both understand and address cyber risks. She also has a keen interest in Data Protection.

Gaye has an MSc is Advanced Security and Digital Forensics from Edinburgh Napier University and has worked in IT for over 20 years.  Previous speaking engagements include Building a Sound Foundation in Information Security at Scot-Secure Conference, 2019.

Helena leads the data protection team at Addleshaw Goddard and has 18 years of experience as a specialist commercial, technology and data lawyer. She leads a team across our UK and international offices delivering complex and high profile data advice for a number of clients, including many of the UK’s major financial services providers including banks, building societies and pensions / insurance providers. Helena also advises many clients operating in the payments industry  including a number of payment service providers, and has been involved in industry consultations on the use of data in payments and open banking. As an accredited Practitioner in Data Protection, she provides support on the full spectrum of information matters including GDPR compliance audit, complex regulatory opinions, marketing and consent reviews, international data transfers, service offshoring, subject access, and ICO complaints and investigations . Helena also provides specialist regulatory input on information rights litigation, which enables her to give a very practical view of risk in data protection advisory matters. Helena is a member of the Law Society of Scotland’s technology committee and led on implementation of their award winning cyber security guidance.