Thomas Cope is the Chief Security Officer at Next. Tom manages the end to end Security of Next's Enterprise DLP product (from design, threat model, SDLC, release and support) alongside managing the PSIRT & Product Security teams and Next's ISO 27001 certification. Before joining Next Tom worked for eight years as a Cloud Cyber Security Architect at IBM while studying part-time at Oxford University for a Master’s Degree in Software and Systems Security.
Tom is an experienced Security Architect and Systems Engineer with a passion for designing, building and maintaining secure systems, processes and teams. Tom has a keen interest in Security and Cryptography and enjoys designing and building secure systems / software as well as performing security research on pre-existing systems / software.
