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Matt Palmer

Risk & cyber resilience leader. Former CISO. NED.

Director of Jersey Cyber Security Centre and Guernsey Cyber Security Centre, leading national cyber resilience for two international financial centres.

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August 2026

The red flag for AI?

Mandatory human checkpoint before every AI decision mirrors the 1865 Red Flag Act—a control that kills the speed advantage while real risks need different management.

June 2025

Lessons from the Titanic: when you don’t respond to a crisis

When the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg on 15 April 1912, she set off flares and her wireless operator sent out a distress call. The RMS Carpathia responded, but by the time she arrived, the Titanic had already sunk: only those who had made it to the lifeboats could be saved. Some 1,

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Things I'm building

2025

Cyber Incident Interoperability

How CSIRTs, emergency services and private sector responders prepare to work together effectively during a cyber or hybrid incident.

ongoing

G-AORG, 'Duchess of Brittany'

Preserving an historic de Havilland Heron aircraft based in Jersey.

2020–present

Jersey & Guernsey Cyber Security Centres

A new capability to prepare, protect and defend the Channel Islands from cyber threats.

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Matt Palmer is a Risk & cyber security specialist with leadership experience across regulated industry, national infrastructure, and the public sector.

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