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Adam Bannister is a contributor to IFSEC Global, having been in the role of Editor from 2014 through to November 2019. Adam also had stints as a journalist at cybersecurity publication, The Daily Swig, and as Managing Editor at Dynamis Online Media Group.
After consultation with a panel of respected judges, we recently revealed our top influencers in the security and fire communities.
Shortly after a meet-and-greet session held in the ASIS Lounge during IFSEC International IFSEC TV stopped by and interviewed two of the judges and one of the influencers – watch the videos below.
IFSEC Global security & fire influencers 2018 – the categories
Lead judge Grant Lecky, co-founder of the Security Partners Forum, former IFSEC Global influencer and inductee to the Canadian Who’s Who 2018
We defined ‘influence’ in the following ways:
Someone who has played a key role in driving technological innovation
Someone who has been a driving force in changing regulation, standards/guidance or best practice
Someone whose insights/opinions are widely respected and which are influential in shaping debate around industry issues
Someone who has been instrumental in the success of the organisation or business they lead or are employed by
Someone who has helped to raise the industry’s profile or been an influential voice in the national media
James Willison, an influencer in the thought leadership category, winner of the Imbert Prize 2011 and expert on security convergence and enterprise security risk management
GB Singh, part of the judging panel, editor of Security Today, an India-based magazine, and member of Homeland Security & Private Security Committees of the Federation of the Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)
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WATCH: Lead judge Grant Lecky, convergence and ESRM expert James Willison and Security Today’s GB Singh on the Top influencers in security 2018Shortly after a meet-and-greet session held in the ASIS Lounge during IFSEC International IFSEC TV stopped by and interviewed two of the judges - Grant Lecky and GB Singh - and one of the influencers, security convergence and enterprise security risk management expert James Willison.
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