Biography
Following a 32 year career in policing which included leading cyber investigations in 2013 Keith joined the Scottish Government to support the development of cyber policy and strategy. In November 2015 the Scottish Government launched Safe, Secure, Prosperous a Cyber Strategy for Scotland which was followed in 2021 by The Strategic Framework for a Cyber Resilient Scotland.
Keith was responsible for establishing the Cyber Scotland Partnership a collaborative leadership approach to focus efforts on improving cyber resilience across Scotland. He leads the Scottish Governments National Cyber Incident Co-ordination arrangements and is currently working on the Scottish Government’s commitment around bringing forward the establishment of the Scottish Cyber Co-ordination Centre (SC3) as a recognised, authoritative and collaborative function to combat the accelerating threat of cyber attack to Scotland.