Dave Ward

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ABOUT DAVE WARD

I\'ve spent over a decade securing privileged access for organisations that can\'t afford to get it wrong. Financial services, public sector, energy. The environments where a compromised admin credential isn\'t a theoretical risk, it\'s a regulatory incident.My specialism is CyberArk. Vault architecture, CPM, PSM, session isolation, credential management. I\'ve designed, deployed, and recovered implementations across enterprise environments, and I\'ve seen what works and what gets shelfware status within six months.At SysGroup, I lead on Privileged Access Management strategy and delivery. We\'re CyberArk\'s longest standing UK services partner, which means I\'ve had hands on more deployments, health checks, and recovery projects than most consultants will see in a career. I also work across ZScaler and Rubrik as part of our managed security offering.Beyond client work, I\'m focused on how AI is reshaping security operations and identity management. I\'ve written on the UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, PAM operational health, and the real world challenges of managing privileged access at scale.If you\'re trying to get PAM right, whether that\'s a new deployment, a stalled project, or a health check on something that\'s drifted, I\'m always happy to talk.My book on cyber security for SMBs https://amzn.eu/d/0cbcxObB