Kirsty Paine

Kirsty Paine (she/her) is a Strategic Advisor in Technology and Innovation for Splunk’s EMEA region, where she provides technical thought leadership for strategic accounts. As an experienced technologist, strategist and security specialist, she thrives on understanding difficult problems and finding creative solutions. Her long-standing mantra, after nearly a decade working in cyber security, is simple and straightforward: "Make Good Choices".

Kirsty's background in cyber security stems from her mathematical roots, built on by her time working for the UK National Cyber Security Centre, where she spent years specialising in security, privacy and internet technologies. There, she often joked that her job was to look after two simple things: the security of 1) the internet and 2) all of its things. This role required a lot of technical strategy, coupled with international engagement across industry, and quite a lot of patience.

When not finding or fixing problems, Kirsty can usually be found in the gym or surrounded by sushi (making it, eating it, or both).

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Don’t boil the ocean: A technologist’s take on prioritisation in sustainability

Even if manufacturing isn’t close to your heart, you’d have to be pretty cold not to care about sustainability in 2023. Let's get a technologist’s take on prioritisation in sustainability.

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Security Predictions - the highlights for 2023

Four top trends and a honest take on security hype.

Security 6 Min Read

NIS2 is coming… What does it mean?

On 28th November, European Member States formally adopted the revision of the Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2) (EN, DE, FR). The Directive will enter into force before the end of the year, but will only be applicable after EU Member States transpose the Directive into national law - by September 2024. So now is the time for a heads-up about the upcoming changes and what they will mean for your cybersecurity operations.