Gabriel Currie

I lead the teams which detect and respond to cyber attacks targeting the UK Government's Cabinet Office.

I’m a cyber security specialist, with a depth of experience in security operations. I'm currently the Head of Cyber Security and Deputy CISO at the Cabinet Office. I lead the teams responsible for securing the department's IT and digital services against cyber attack.Prior to joining the Government, I worked in PwC UK's Cyber Threat Operations team. In this role, I helped organisations to detect and respond to serious cyber attacks, and to implement strong technical controls to prevent them from happening in the first place.

I've spoken at conferences including BSides London and HEK.SI 2021 on "Ready For (Nearly) Anything: Preparing Your Organisation For A Cyber Incident", the 2020 SANS Cyber Defense Summit on "Ransomware Defense and Response: Minimizing Risk of an Increasing Threat", Siemplify's 2020 Annual Conference, the 2019 ISF Global Congress, and BSides London 2018.
I've written articles for the Wavell Room, various industry associations, and on my Medium blog.
While at PwC I co-wrote white papers on "Responding to the growing threat of human-operated ransomware attacks" and "Managing the impact of COVID-19 on cyber security". I also wrote blogs on topics including major incident management, cyber security incidents, and threat intelligence.
I was part of the core team that exposed and reported on APT10’s sustained cyber espionage campaign targeting global Managed IT Service Providers, in PwC’s 2017 "Operation Cloud Hopper" report.