Barclays' security chief to lead WEF cybercrime forum

Troels Oerting is joining the Forum from Barclays where he was Group Chief Security Officer and Group Chief Information Security Officer. Before that, he was at Europol where he held several roles including Head of Europol’s Counter Terrorist and Financial Intelligence Centre and notably, Head of the European Cybercrime Centre. He began his career in law enforcement and held multiple senior roles within the Danish National Police including Director, Serious Organized Crime Agency and Director of Operations, Danish Security Intelligence Service.

“The Global Centre for Cybersecurity is the first global platform to tackle today’s cyber-risks across industries, sectors and in close collaboration with the public sector. I’m glad that we have found a proven leader in the field who is keen and capable to help us address this dark side of the Fourth Industrial Revolution,” said Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum.

His wealth of experience will be invaluable for the development of the Global Centre of Cybersecurity and achieving its goal of securing a safer cyberspace.

As cyber-attacks could cripple economies, nation states and society without collaboration and robust defences, urgent action needed to create safe operating environment for new technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, drones, self-driving cars and the internet of things. The Forum’s Global Centre for Cybersecurity offers first platform for governments, companies and international organizations to diminish the impact of malicious activities on web.

The centre will focus on the following aims:

Consolidating existing cybersecurity initiatives of the World Economic Forum
Establishing an independent library of cyber best practices
Helping partners to enhance knowledge on cybersecurity
Working towards an appropriate and agile regulatory framework on cybersecurity
Serving as a laboratory and early-warning think tank for future cybersecurity scenarios