Rob Black
Director, Cyber Leaders Challenge
Rob Black is the Director of the UK Cyber Leaders Challenge, a competition aimed at nurturing new cyber talent in university students, an Honorary Professor of Systems and Software Security at the University of Manchester, senior advisor to KPMG's International Information Integrity Institute (i-4) and an Associate Programme Director at Wilton Park (part of the UK FCDO), an events host for RANT and the Director of the Global Institute for Cyber Deception. Peviously Rob worked for the UK government supporting cyber operations.
In 2024, he was awarded UK Cyber Citizen of the Year.