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Eoin McGrath

Commander · DISC type D
Head of Information Security at Vhi
📍 Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland

Eoin McGrath is the Head of Information Security at Vhi, with over ten years of experience in heavily regulated financial services. He focuses on aligning IT security strategy with business objectives and holds CISSP/CISA/CCNA certifications. Colleagues have described him as a methodical, knowledgeable, and hard-working professional.

He has a habit of immediately hanging up on unsolicited sales calls from cybersecurity vendors, especially those who lead with having an "innovative cybersecurity platform/service. . . it uses AI! "

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Current Role
Head of Information Security
Location
Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland
Personality Overview

How Eoin shows up

Very Quick
Risk-Taker
Impact-Driven

They are not focused on building rapport and relationships. They are very proud of what they do. More than the product, they care about the effectiveness of the product.

Priorities

Topics Eoin cares about

Audit Fatigue
He has publicly initiated conversations around the pervasive issue of audit fatigue from both external and internal audits and their associated remediation recommendations.
DORA Regulation
He is actively analyzing the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), specifically questioning its implications for third-party service provider involvement in Threat-Led Penetration Testing.
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Career

Work history

11-2024
Head of Information Security
Vhi
1-2022 - 10-2024
Head of IT Security
Ivy Technology
1-2020 - 1-2022
Global IT Security Policy and Risk Manager
Yahoo
12-2018 - 1-2022
Senior Security Manager EMEA
Yahoo
10-2017 - 11-2018
Chief Information Security Officer
Aviva
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2002 - 2003
Bachelor's Degree
Institute of Technology, Carlow
2001 - 2002
National Diploma in Computing and Systems Management
Institute of Technology, Carlow
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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