Holly Grace Williams

Founder and Technical Lead

Holly Grace has fourteen years of experience in leading information security teams. Her early career was spent in the military working in roles such as Site Security Officer, although she now works with a wide range of organisations delivering information security testing.

She is the technical lead for Akimbo Core, leading both the development of the software platform as well as leading the security testing team capability.

Certifications

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

Prior Certifications (Expired)

Cisco CCNP
Cisco CCNA: Security
Cisco CCNA: Routing and Switching
Cisco CCENT
Juniper JNCIA
CompTIA A+

Certification Badges

Awards

SC UK's 30 Women of Influence (2021)
SC UK’s 50 Women of Influence (2019)
Computing’s Security Excellence Award

Media Appearances

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

Previous Talks

BCS South Yorkshire: Cybersecurity, Online, October 2021
TechTarget: Hacking and Hardening, Online, October 2021
Future.Works Tech Conference, Hacking Non-stop, Lisbon, October 2021
ScotSoft, Building and Breaking Web Applications, Online, October 2021
DTX, Beginners Guide to Chaos, London, October 2021
CompTIA EMEA Member and Partner Conference(Panel, Chair), London, September 2021
International Cyber Expo, Your Security Testing Sucks, London, September 2021
National Cyber Security Show, Hacking for SMEs, London, September 2021
Cyber Seekers, Warwick, August 2021
EVOLVE EMEA (Panel), Online, June 2021
OWASP Newcastle, Out of Band Exploitation, Online, May 2021
DTX (Panel), The Human Element, Online, May 2021
Tech Vets Fireside Chat, Online, March 2021
CrackChester (Panel), Online, March 2021
Scot-Secure (Panel), Trends, Threats and Collaborative Opportunity, March 2021
CSC Cyber War Stories, Online, February 2021
Think Like a Hacker, Online, February 2021
Sky News, August 2020
Cyber Security Live (Panel), Online, November 2020
Testing United 2020, ~~Prague~~ Online, November 2020
Cyber House Party, Online, October 2020
Rethinking your Pentesting Strategy, Online, September 2020
DC151, ~~Leeds~~ Online, August 2020
Trusted Tech Talks, Online, July 2020
Cyber House Party, Online, June 2020
Scot-Secure, Edinburgh, February 2020
TEISS, London, February 2020
The Future of Cybersecurity, Manchester, 28 January 2020
Tech Manchester Mentoring, Manchester, 22 January 2020
The New Statesman, London, 26 November 2019
Cyber Crime 2019, Manchester, 25 November 2019
Computing Cyber Security Live, London, 23 November 2019
Hacking, Data Breach and…Breakfast, Manchester, 20 November 2019
EUTC Cybersecurity Workshop, Paris, 13 November 2019
eCommerce Live, London, 15 October 2019
NE:Tech, Newcastle, 10 October 2019
Digital Transformation Expo, London, 9 October 2019
Cybersecurity for Startups, Manchester, 3 October 2019
Pitch on the Ship, London, 26 September 2019
The Future of Cyber Security, Manchester, 24 September 2019
TechVets, Edinburgh, 11 September 2019
CyberFirst, Manchester, 1 August 2019
Unlocked, London, 24 July 2019
Unlocked, Manchester, 17 July 2019
DC151, Leeds, 10 July 2019
Digital Futures, Manchester, 19 June, 2019
Cybersecurity 101, Manchester, 11 June 2019
Infosecurity Europe, London, 4 June 2019
Trailblazing Tech, London, 28 March 2019
Teesside University EHS, Middlesbrough, 4 March 2019
CyberReady, Leeds, 10 November 2018
Security Test Seminar, Eindhoven, 8 November 2018
IPExpo, London, 3 October 2018
IPExpo, Manchester, 25 April 2018
Ticketing Professionals Conference, 16th March 2018
The Future of Cyber Security, Manchester, 25 January 2018
Social Engineering the CEO, London, 13 October 2016
BSidesLDN, London, 8 June 2016