Holly Grace Williams

Penetration Tester and Technical Lead

Holly Grace Williams is the Managing Director at Akimbo Core, a cybersecurity firm based in the UK. She has been working in cybersecurity since 2007, with a focus on penetration testing, training, and cybersecurity consultancy.

Holly Grace is a CREST Fellow and has been a CREST Certified Application Tester since 2015. She has performed a significant number of penetration testing engagements for a wide range of companies from innovative start-ups to multinational corporations – in fields ranging from e-commerce to banking.

Her expertise spans various areas of cybersecurity, such as web application security, infrastructure security, and cloud security.

Holly is also an influential public speaker and media commentator, having appeared on platforms like Sky News and BBC, and she frequently speaks at cybersecurity conferences.

Certifications

  • MSc Information Security, Cardiff University
  • CREST Certified Web Application Tester (CCT-App)
  • CompTIA Network+
  • CompTIA PenTest+
  • CompTIA Cloud+
  • CompTIA Security+
  • CompTIA Network Vulnerability Assessment Professional
  • CompTIA Secure Cloud Professional
  • CompTIA Cloud Admin Professional
  • Amazon AWS Machine Learning Specialty
  • Amazon AWS Security Specialty
  • Amazon AWS Cloud Practitioner
  • Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

Previous Certifications

  • CREST Registered Tester
  • Cisco CCNP
  • Cisco CCNA: Security
  • Cisco CCNA: Routing and Switching
  • Cisco CCENT
  • Juniper JNCIA
  • CompTIA A+

Awards

  • CREST Fellowship (2023)
  • SC UK’s 30 Women of Influence (2021)
  • SC UK’s 50 Women of Influence (2019)
  • Computing’s Security Excellence Award (2018)

Media Appearances

  • Sky News, August 2023
  • Sky News, April 2021
  • Sky News, August 2020
  • BBC Breakfast, July 2020
  • BBC Breakfast, January 2020
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