SOCTales - Meet the Team

A 25 year Veteran of the IT Security Industry, Matt currently works in Cyber Threat Intelligence and has recently worked as a Specialist Consultant at Palo Alto Networks, specialising in Security Operations, as well as working in the NOC for Blackhat Inc at their global Security Events.  A lover of films, especially the all time classic that is Back to the Future, ensures that there will no doubt be the odd Marty McFly reference.

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Liz is currently working as a Cortex Systems Engineer for Palo Alto Networks. Previous experience as a Cyber Security consultant for SOAR in Adarma in Splunk Phantom and in Cortex whilst at Fujitsu as the lead SOAR consultant and has worked in the Cyber Threat Intelligence Team within the Fujitsu SOC with experience in Incident Response and OSINT . Liz graduated with a 2.1 BSc (hons) from The University of St. Andrews in 2016. and has worked as head of research and development at Cotswolds distillery from July 2016 to Sept 2017.

Ciarán is a highly experienced Technical Engineer specialising in SOC Transformation with a background that covers both Partner and Vendor technologies. Passionate about the world of Cyber Security he brings a touch of vocal subtlety to the pod with his dulcet Irish tones. 

The SOCTales Podcast would not be possible without:

Music: Stuart Long and The Tribal Freaks

Podcast Consultancy: Patrick Bayle, Matt Blackwell, Jamie Yoxen

Podcast Pimps (Guest Management): Katie Fenton, Amit Kheti

Technology: Aokeo Microphones, Audacity Editor, Auphonic Online, Murf.ai text to speech. Zapsplat Sound effects, Buzzsprout