Simon Riggs – Global Head of IT Security, Thomson Reuters

As Thomson Reuters' Global Head of IT Security, Simon Riggs is accountable for ensuring security and service resilience across the Reuters operational domains. In doing so, he makes sure that it is innovative, transparent and driven by the core business goals of trust, immediacy and integrity. Working with his global teams, as well as key trusted external partners, Riggs directs the strategic network security, threat and vulnerability, incident management and security governance agendas. Riggs represents Reuters at the UK Security Service's Critical National Infrastructure Protection Forum.
Riggs is the recipient of Information Security Magazine's annual 2007 Security Seven Award, presented to individuals who have succeeded in guiding large security operations toward unification while keeping some of the world's largest and most sensitive networks safe from harm.