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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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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,

June 2025

Introducing Guernsey Cyber Security Centre

In creating Guernsey Cyber Security Centre, JCSC are working with the States of Guernsey to ensure all the Channel Islands have access to specialist support for cyber security incidents, as well as advice and guidance to built better and more effective defences.

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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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