Throughout Lois’ professional career, she has worked with a broad range of organisations, sharing her skills and expertise. While working closely with them, she has seen first-hand not only challenges that are common to all businesses, but those specific to certain sectors and organisational size. For the last 16 years, Lois has been a director at Data Connect, where she has used her experience to help develop a portfolio of cyber security services.
She understands how SME’s often don’t have the resources, both financially and physically, to protect themselves against the constantly evolving threat landscape. Frustrated by how much easier it is at enterprise level, Lois and the Data Connect team want to help level the playing field. Then, all organisations can have affordable access to the same security skills, support and advanced technology as large enterprises, who have the resources, experience and budget.
Being local to Harrogate, North Yorkshire, Lois is keen to help organisations in the area improve their cyber security knowledge. She was delighted to be given the opportunity to work with the NEBRC due to our shared commitment to provide knowledge and expertise to all organisations.
Providing a fantastic starting point for local organisations needing practical advice when they have cyber concerns is vital in this digital age. Being a part of this community enables Lois to help organisations develop, strengthen and improve their cyber resilience in the event of an attack.
Having a genuine interest in wanting to limit the impact of cyber attacks, Lois is always happy to act as a sounding board and provide assistance.
