As Reuters’ Global Head of IT Security, Simon Riggs is accountable for ensuring security and service resilience across the Reuters operational domains. In doing so, he makes that it is innovative, transparent and driven by the core business goals of trust, immediacy and integrity. Working with his global teams, as well as key trusted external partners, Simon directs the strategic network security, threat and vulnerability, incident management and security governance agendas. Simon represents Reuters at the UK Security Service’s Critical National Infrastructure Protection forum. He also sits on the Skybox Customer Advisory Board. Having joined Reuters in 1997 Simon has been based in both in London and New York working Internal Audit, before forming the IT Governance function and more recently, heading up the IT Security team. He previously spent 5 years working for Pepsi as a Business Analyst and Programme Manager, and is a passionate advocate of IT service management. Riggs is the recipient of Information Security Magazine's annual 2007 Security Seven award, presented to individuals who have succeeded in guiding large security operations toward unification while keeping some of the world's largest and most sensitive networks safe from harm. To read the complete article and Riggs' profile, click here.