Andy Settle
Cyber security specialist and Institute for Statecraft specialist team member
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| Occupation | Cyber security specialist |
Andy Settle is a cyber security specialist who, according to an Institute for Statecraft document, led IBM (Europe) Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS) and chaired the National Cyber Security Centre Security Researchers Information Exchange.[1] He is named in a list of members of the Specialist Group Military Intelligence (SGMI) published by Anonymous in January 2019.[2]
Career
The list published by Anonymous includes a biography stating that he "has served as a British Army Specialist Reserve for over 13 years, currently with a focus on Cyber Security as part of a Specialist Intelligence Unit". The same biography says he previously headed Thales UK's cyber security consultancy practice.[2] The Institute for Statecraft expert team list gives him a "(DV)" marker, which the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media read as developed vetting,[3] and describes "technical expertise in most aspects of cyber security, including: security operations, threat intelligence, incident response, penetration testing".[1]
Integrity Initiative
Settle is a specialist team member in the Institute for Statecraft expert team list,[1] and appears in the "Tor Team" table under "Cyber security" (20 years).[4]
Affiliations
- IBM
- Specialist Group Military Intelligence (named in the list published by Anonymous)
- Institute for Statecraft / Integrity Initiative
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Institute for Statecraft, The Institute for Statecraft Expert Team, version 3, among Integrity Initiative documents published by Anonymous, 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Anonymous, list of Specialist Group Military Intelligence members posted on CyberGuerrilla, 24 January 2019, archived copy, accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media, Briefing note on the Integrity Initiative, 21 December 2018, updated 29 December 2018, accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ Institute for Statecraft, Tor Team, undated, among Integrity Initiative documents published by Anonymous, 2019.