Cyber Warfare and Perpetual Conflict - Interview with Chris Windley, Cyber Security Industry Expert

Interview with Chris Windley, Chairman and CEO of the Cyber Security Association. Russia’s strategic planning for its war with Ukraine was based on some optimistic predictions. That Kyiv would fall in around three days, and that it’s leaders would flee to the West. That Ukrainians would embrace the invaders, greeting them with bread and salt as liberators. And ultimately, Putin believed that his system of government could be imposed upon Ukraine, a criminal kleptocracy based on a power vertical, rigged elections and courts, elimination of civil society, massive corruption, and enforced by riot police, informers, and secret police coercion. To an extent western military planners and media also anticipated a swift Ukrainian capitulation.

But this did not happen. Tech and communications have been crucial so far in giving the Ukrainians an advantage despite their numerical inferiority in men and equipment – compared to the Russians. Today I’m speaking with Chris Windley about the unfolding conflict, Ukrainian’s emergence as a tech power and innovator, and of course the hot topic of logistics and grain transportation.

Chris Windley is a Cyber Security expert and Chairman and CEO of the Cyber Security Association. He is an educator and evangelist for Cyber Security and is well connected within the industry across the UK and globally. He is also an active supporter of UK & US Veterans. Over a long and highly entrepreneurial career, Chris has heled build and exit many tech companies. He is an innovator, author, leader, and mentor, as well as being a highly successful Yachtsman. Chris pioneered the development of fibre optic networks in the UK. He trained in the Royal Naval Engineering College, gaining a BSc in Computer Science, Communications, Electronics; and as a Naval officer of many years, he can be described as something of a Cold War Warrior.