David Sutton’s career spans more than 55 years and includes radio transmission, international telephone switching, computing, voice and data networking, structured cabling systems, information security and critical information infrastructure protection.

He joined Cellnet (now Telefónica UK) in 1993, where he was latterly responsible for ensuring the continuity and restoration of the core cellular networks and represented the company in the electronic communications industry’s national resilience forum. In December 2005 he gave evidence to the Greater London Authority review into the mobile telecoms impact of the London bombings.

David has been a member of the BCS Professional Certification Information Security Panel since 2005 and delivered lectures on information risk management and business continuity at the Royal Holloway, University of London, from which he holds an MSc in Information Security.

He is a Chartered Fellow of BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, a member of the Chartered Institute for Information Security (CIISec), a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists and a Freeman of the City of London.

Other books by the author

Business Continuity in a Cyber World: Surviving Cyberattacks. New York: Business Expert Press, 2018. ISBN 978-1-94744-146-0

Information Security Management Principles. Third edition (co-author). Swindon: BCS, 2020. ISBN 978-1-78017-518-8

Information Risk Management: A Practitioner’s Guide. Second edition. Swindon: BCS, 2021. ISBN 978-1-78017-572-0