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Darren Smith

Examiner · DISC type cs
Senior Information & Cyber Security Manager at Smiths Group plc
📍 Watford, England, United Kingdom

Darren is the Senior Information & Cyber Security Manager at Smiths Group plc, with extensive experience in resilience, security, and assurance from his previous leadership role at National Savings and Investments. He studied Security Management at Loughborough University. People who have worked with him describe him as diligent, pragmatic, and a consummate professional.

Darren is an active member of the global cybersecurity community, participating in industry events like the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit and Zscalers Zenith Live. He values global teamwork and collaboration, recently highlighting a productive trip to work with his teams talented colleagues in India.

He was a featured panelist at a Gartner CISO Community Town Hall, where he discussed building proactive threat strategies against cyber attacks.

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Experience
34 Years
Current Role
Senior Information & Cyber Security Manager
Job Level
Middle
Location
Watford, England, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Darren shows up

Process Oriented
Late Adopter
Overcautious

Being observant comes to them naturally. They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end. The only way to convince them is by showing them examples and ample proof.

Priorities

Topics Darren cares about

Proactive Threat Strategy
His role and recent participation as a panelist at Gartner’s CISO Town Hall focused on building proactive strategies to defend against cyber attacks.
Cloud Security
He is Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certified and attended Zscaler's Zenith Live '25, indicating a focus on innovations in cloud-native security solutions.
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Career

Work history

4-2019
Senior Information & Cyber Security Manager
Smiths Group plc
1-2016 - 4-2019
Information and Cyber Security Manager
Smiths Group plc
6-2013 - 12-2015
Head of Resilience, Security & Assurance
National Savings and Investments
6-2010 - 6-2013
Security Manager
National Savings and Investments
6-2008 - 5-2010
ICT Security Analyst
Selex Galileo
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Media appearances

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Education
2002 - 2005
Security Management
Loughborough University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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