IAN MCCORMACK

Deputy Director Government Cyber Resilience,
National Cyber Security Centre

Ian McCormack is the Deputy Director for Government Cyber Resilience within the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ. He is responsible for overseeing the security advice and assistance provided to improve the cyber resilience of the UK Public Sector including HM Government, Defence, Health, Local Government and the Devolved Administrations of the UK. Ian is also responsible across GCHQ for our Defending Democracy programme which includes cyber defence of our democratic process and VIP personal cyber security.

Ian has worked within the cyber security domain for over 20 years, with a particular focus on development of risk management and security practices that support the adoption of modern technologies and practices. This includes the development of good security practices into commodity technology services and design, in particular cloud service use.

In his over 20 years at GCHQ Ian has been instrumental in changing how Government approaches and uses technology, reforming approaches to security and advising some of most significant national programmes, from Defence programmes to supporting UK Covid-19 related technology responses.

Ian holds a Masters degree in Electronic Engineering and an MBA and is a Chartered Engineer.