Ashley Ward is the Technical Director, Office of the CTO at Palo Alto Networks where he aids customers in the secure deployment and scaling of container environments. Ashley has over 15 years’ experience in the operations and infrastructure architect space, from providing Unix administration and scoping private cloud deployments to bringing financial services organizations into public cloud and microservices. Ashley has a boat which he never seems to sail, beer-brewing equipment that he never seems to use, and a family that he loves spending time with. His spare time is spent volunteering as a justice of the peace.

Josey George, Practice Head, Strategic Initiatives, Chief-Editor of the State of Cybersecurity Report, Wipro. Josey Heads Strategy and M&A for Wipro’s Cybersecurity & Risk Services practice. He is also a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff within Wipro and has been a Chevening Fellow for Cybersecurity at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom. He has over 20 years of experience in Cybersecurity and Data Protection working with enterprise customers across the globe. He is the Chief Editor of Wipro’s annual publication “State of Cybersecurity (SOCR) Report 2020” and he has been driving the SOCR research effort every year since 2017.

Siva VRS, GM - Global Practice Head – Cloud Security Practice and Alliances. Siva VRS is a Global Practice Head for Cloud Security Practice and Head of Partner Ecosystem at Wipro's Cybersecurity and Risk Services. He has 20+ years of experience in Information Security working with customers globally across Americas, Europe & APAC – providing strategy, solutions, consulting and delivery. Prior to taking practice leadership role, Siva was the Business Head for Americas for almost a decade for the Cyber Security practice, where he not only built solutions, grew business and brought in delivery excellence and established nearshore Cyber Defence Centers in US & Latam.

Duncan Brown leads European research for the Software, Services, Cloud, AccAD, and AI/IPA areas, as well as the Channels and Ecosystems research teams. His chief responsibility is to drive the "new" for the IDC European Research team. He has a strong focus on team development and thought leadership, as well as working with sales, marketing, and consulting to help build IDC's European business.

Brown specializes in providing strategic advice to his clients, informing and validating their corporate, product, and marketing plans. His analysis and opinions are widely sought by industry leaders and investors, while his comments on industry trends and developments frequently appear in the leading business and trade publications. He established IDC's market-leading coverage of the global impact of the GDPR on technology companies and their customers.

Brown started his career in the banking sector and then focused on building extensive experience in various roles in analyst firms including Ovum, PAC, and IDC. Most recently he spent time as Chief Security Strategist on the vendor-side where he developed a strong profile in the industry, and is a well-known and respected analyst with IDC customers.

Duncan is the executive sponsor in Europe for IDC’s pioneering research in sustainability, ethics and diversity.