Supporting security professionals facing the most sophisticated threats

Lewis is the Founder and Managing Director of the High Assurance Security Centre. A Chartered Cyber Security Professional with a background in the UK defence sector, he has experience across cyber, physical, personnel, and supply chain security. Previously, Lewis was the Group Head of Cyber Risk at BAE Systems and earlier served as a Royal Marines Commando. He holds an MSc in Security & Risk Management alongside CISSP, CCSP, and CSMP certifications.

Lee is a founding member and Director of External Engagement for HASC. He brings experience acquired through 15 years managing risk in complex projects in the UK and overseas. Alongside HASC he is currently the Head of Security for BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. Lee holds degrees in engineering and psychology and has deep experience in insider risk and holistic security risk management with a particular focus on high threat and complex environments.

Hawa is a founding team member and Head of Product, Brand and Communications at HASC, where she leads product strategy and delivery using a lean, evidence-led approach. She brings extensive experience building technical products across the technology and cybersecurity space, with a track record of taking products from early discovery through to delivery in both startup and enterprise environments. Alongside HASC, she is CISO Operations Lead at BAE Systems, where she runs programmes across the security organisation, chairs the Women in Cybersecurity (WiCS) community, and leads on external cybersecurity engagements.

Colt is a founding team member and Tech Lead at HASC, where he leads platform architecture, engineering, and technology operations. A serving Royal Marines Commando, he has held a series of technology-focused roles within the MoD — working as a developer, project owner, and delivery manager across defence software teams. At HASC he has built and operates the full technology stack, spanning cloud infrastructure, backend services, product engineering, and developer-facing platform tooling. In September he completed his Bachelors degree in Computing and IT (Software).

John is a founding member and Director of Training at HASC. He brings over 40 years of experience across government, corporate and conflict-affected environments. In addition to his UK experience, his operational footprint spans Türkiye, Jordan, India, Tunisia, Kuwait, Malta and Bangladesh, as well as volatile, high-risk environments including Sudan, Libya, Iraq, and Afghanistan. A 25-year veteran of the Royal Corps of Signals, John concluded his military career as a Warrant Officer, having qualified as an IT Security Officer, Systems Developer, Military Training Officer, Special Forces Communicator and Logistics Specialist.