Sarah Armstrong-Smith

Sarah Armstrong-Smith is a strategic board advisor at MSSP and Microsoft partner Softwerx. She has held several executive positions including chief security advisor at Microsoft, group head of crisis management and resilience at the London Stock Exchange Group and head of continuity and cyber resilience at Fujitsu.

As a trained PR spokesperson and keynote speaker Sarah focuses on the human aspects of cyber, breaking down silos and championing why 'resilience' is the ultimate differentiator. Her debut book ‘Effective Crisis Management’ (2022) explores the traits needed to be an effective leader, no matter what obstacles are on the horizon while her second book ‘Understand the Cyber Attacker Mindset’ (2024), explores the human motivations behind some of the most prolific attacks. It became Amazon #1 best seller in ‘computer security’ within the first week of publication.