Role: Head of Regional Strategic Alliances, Cyber Security Forum Initiative
Susanne BITTER is the Managing Director of BITTER Solutions Ltd., serves as the Head of Regional Strategic Alliances (United Kingdom) of Cyber Security Forum Initiative (CSFI) and is the Teaching Cyber Consultant for The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in the UK.
She has an MBA degree in Strategic Management from Nottingham Trent University (UK) and is a current PhD Candidate in the Information Security area at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Susanne is a certified and passionate information security and data privacy professional with over 15 years of experience within the industry, and holding industry certifications such as CISM, ISO27001 Lead Auditor & Lead Implementer and ITIL amongst others.
She is also multiple times Czech national powerlifting champion (IPF), holds a number of national records and frequently represents her country in international competitions across the world.
She has been working in various business and consultancy positions across a wide range of industries, local authorities, pharmaceutical to oil & gas global companies and government. Susanne’s long-term careers within Samsung and BP have equipped her with truly global Information Technology skills, Governance, Risk and Compliance knowledge. She follows best practice frameworks in Information Security, Data Privacy, Governance, Risk Management, and Business Continuity.
Susanne is also a public speaker and she can often be seen at various conferences and panel discussions around the world covering topics related to GRC, Data Privacy, Information & Cyber Security.
She believes in promoting cyber education from an early age and sharing common information security awareness in simple language. During lectures and workshops, Susanne utilises her hands-on experience with the latest trends in learning methods.