Colin Whorlow

Colin Whorlow has worked in the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and its predecessor CESG, for 20 years. Now Head of International Standards he was formerly Head of International Relations where he led CESG's engagement on EU and NATO information assurance issues. Colin has spearheaded NCSC's active involvement in global security standards work including within ETSI and 3GPP. He convened the ETSI QSC ISG, now a Working Group within TC Cyber, and is a Programme Committee member for the annual ETSI/IQC Quantum-safe cryptography workshops. Colin is a member of the Management Board of ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency) and of the SOG-IS Management Committee. He has led workshops on the impact of Cybersecurity on Critical Information Infrastructure Protection as part of the Meridian Process and at the Budapest Conference on Cyberspace. Previously Head of Export Control Colin chaired the Information Security Technical Working Group at the Wassenaar Arrangement for some years. Colin's degree is in mathematics, which he read at Oxford University.