About Us
Who We Are
Security Alliance is based in the UK but draws on the expertise of market-leading organisations around the world which offer a full range of information security solutions and services.
John Beale, Managing Director, Security Alliance
John is the driving force behind Security Alliance, and has been instrumental in assembling an unrivalled team of security experts from across the world. He has held management roles at industry-leading companies including Sun Microsystems, Unisys Corporation and Reuters.
John is passionate about providing the highest levels of value and quality of service to Security Alliance clients.
Security Alliance’s strategy, services portfolio and quality assurance are guided by our advisory board, which comprises:
Richard Hollis, CEO, Orthus
Richard is a seasoned information security professional with over 25 years of private and public industry management experience. A Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), he possesses extensive "'hands on" skills and experience in designing, implementing and managing comprehensive, cost-effective information security programs and architectures for hundreds of high-tech blue-chip companies across Europe.
Richard has published numerous articles and white papers and has appeared providing commentary on BBC 4, Channel 4, CNN, and CNBC as well as BBC 1, Radio 4 and BBC World. His expertise has been cited in Time, SC, InfoSec, Computing and Computer Weekly magazines and in the FT, Guardian, Evening Standard and various other media publications.
Rajat Mohanty, CEO, Paladion
Rajat is an alumnus of the renowned Indian Institute of Technology and of XLRI. He held managerial positions with the Steel Authority of India, the country's largest steel company, and ICICI, India's largest financial institution, before co-founding Paladion.
Under Rajat's leadership, Paladion has been recognised by Deloitte as the fastest-growing security company in Asia, and is now focused on replicating this success in new markets, specifically the United States, Malaysia, Middle East and Europe.
Andrew Sheldon, Director & Principal Consultant, Evidence Talks
Andrew's IT background spans over 20 years with 12 years in management consulting and 14 years in forensic computing. He holds a Masters degree in Forensic Computing from the Royal Military College of Science at Cranfield University. He is a regular speaker at both domestic and international security, forensics and compliance conferences.
He is a Member of the Centre for Forensic Computing, Royal Military College of Science (RMCS), Cranfield University, where he is also a module developer and lecturer on the Masters degree in Forensic Computing and part of the management committee for the degree. Andrew is a member of Advisory Board for ICG Inc, specialising in digital forensics; a board member, Global Security Syndicate; and a member of 'F3', the UK forum for forensic computing practitioners.
Roshen Chandran, CTO, Plynt
Roshen, who co-founded Paladion in 2000, is a specialist in application security and penetration testing. The co-author of the best-selling book 'Know Your Enemy', he is a vocal promoter of software security practice.
Magnus Ahlberg, CEO, Alertsec Ltd
With an MSc. in Industrial Engineering and over 10 years’ experience in IT security, Magnus has played an instrumental part in running Alertsec since he co-founded it in 2005. Previous to Alertsec, he established and headed Pointsec UK, the first step in Pointsec's global expansion and market leading status.
