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Rois Ni Thuama, PhD

Rois Ni Thuama PhD is a doctor of law and subject matter expert in corporate & cyber governance, risk, and compliance. She is an award-winning cybersecurity expert and is the Director of Cyber Risk & Resilience for Red Sift, one of Europe’s fastest-growing cybersecurity companies. 

Dr Ni Thuama works with key clients across a wide market spectrum providing expert insight to governments. Her most recent work was for the British Government for the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy (JCNSS) whilst her legal opinion has been sought by the US Government. Dr Ni Thuama delivered a presentation on legal implications at Fort McNair to US Department of Defence military experts which has shaped the understanding of AI in future conflicts. She is an Instructor for Cybersecurity, and on the Joint Command & Staff Course (OF-3) with the Irish Defence Forces. She works with boards and management across legal, financial, energy, and banking sectors to spread a contemporary understanding of cyber threats, risks, liabilities, and resilience across diverse audiences and stakeholders to drive effective change.

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Latest work

DORA is a force for good to help businesses make better decisions, faster

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DORA is a force for good to help businesses make better decisions, faster

Career highlights

In 2022, Dr Ni Thuama was part of the team of cybersecurity experts tasked with the revision of NATO's cybersecurity curriculum as part of the Partnership for Peace Consortium's (PfPC) Defence Education Enhancement Program housed at the Austrian Defence Academy in Vienna.  She presented on the legal implications at The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Future Conflicts Conference in Washington D.C., United States.

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Webinars

Ask The Expert 10 Ciaran Martin
Ask the Expert - Ciaran Martin

In our tenth "Ask The Expert" session, we're joined again by Ciaran Martin, Former CEO and Founder of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).

At the tail end of 2022, Australia was rocked by two significant cyberattacks, namely the Optus data breach and Medibank. We catch up with Ciaran to learn what he thought the Australian Government, Law Enforcement, and Media had done well, and areas he thinks there could have been improvements. They discuss aspects of an effective response to ransom attacks.

Ask The Expert 9 Donna O'Shea
Ask the Expert - Donna O'Shea

In our ninth "Ask The Expert" session, we're joined by Prof. Donna O'Shea, Chair of Cybersecurity at Munster Technological University (MTU).

As director of IT@Cork, a not-for-profit independent business organisation representing the interests of the IT industry in Cork, Donna explains how Ireland can become an industry leader for cybersecurity.

Ask The Expert 8 Geoff White
Ask the Expert - Geoff White

In our eighth "Ask The Expert" session, we're joined by Geoff White, Author of "The Lazarus Heist - From Hollywood to High Finance: Inside North Korea’s Global Cyber War".

We discuss the tactics and strategies most used by cybercriminals and how organized cybercrime gangs can become linked with government agencies.

Articles

BRIM Whitepaper - Should the Marketing of Cyber be Regulated?
DORA is a force for good and will help businesses to make better decisions, faster
Same Fraud Playbook
Responding to the 2021 FBI IC3 Report: Why do we ignore the obvious at our peril?
Responding to the 2021 FBI IC3 Report: Why do we ignore the obvious at our peril?
Tackle phishing: The rise of the machine
Tackle phishing: The rise of the machine
Tipping the balance: why businesses need to prioritize value preservation in line with value generation
Tipping the balance: why businesses need to prioritize value preservation in line with value generation

The days of escaping legal liability as a result of poorly configured code or because of a failure to implement standard solutions are gone. Shareholders are awake and class actions will follow. Management’s luck has run out.

Rois Ni Thuama
Rois Ni ThuamaPublished inPCPro, September 2022

Degrees and Accomplishments

Education

Bangor University

• PhD. A Critique of Public Company Conduct in Relation to Facilitating Shareholder Diligence
• LLM International Commercial & Business Law

BPP University

LLB Law Degree

Trinity College Dublin

Mental & Moral Science

Licenses & Certifications

Harvard Kennedy School

School of Executive Education Cybersecurity: The Intersection of Policy and Technology Program

Harvard Business School

Online, Cybersecurity: Managing Risk in the Information Age

Associations

Society of Legal Scholars

Membership

Abertay University

Division of Cybersecurity’s Industry Liaison Group

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