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About Us

We offer real time, remote and on-site data breach analysis, advice and support.
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Who We Are

WE ARE THE SERVICE PROVIDER OF CHOICE TO ADVISE & SUPPORT CLIENTS IMPACTED BY PERSONAL DATA BREACHES.

Our experts have over 20 years unique experience and expertise in managing and responding to complex and high profile data breach incidents. Our expertise has been honed and built on years of working in regulation, working alongside data protection authorities across the world, and with sector regulators and law enforcement agencies. We’ve tackled some of the largest and most complex data breaches, both cyber and non-cyber, working with businesses to navigate through the challenges and pressures faced by data breaches.

We care about our clients and we are passionate about data security and protection. We know things can go wrong and when they do it can be disastrous for businesses and rapidly turn into a crisis, disrupting business continuity, reducing productivity and consuming valuable resources that should be prioritising other important projects aimed at improving business productivity.

We leverage our wealth of experience and expertise to support businesses in the public and private sectors.  We know how to identify and analyse the causes of data breaches, assess and respond to risks and vulnerabilities and mitigate damage to help businesses recover quickly and grow.

Clients affected by a data breach can expect SecureProbe experts to provide a swift response, thorough investigation, effective mitigation strategies and clear communication throughout the breach incident.

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Meet the Founder

Hello I’m Steve, the Founder of SecureProbe.

Data breaches can be extremely costly and catastrophic for businesses, losing the trust and confidence of valued customers, hinder growth and bring heavy recovery costs and sometimes fines.

SecureProbe are here to help. We use our experience and expertise to deal with the complexities and fast-moving pace of data breaches. Our priorities are to analyse what’s gone wrong, identify vulnerabilities and fix the breach quickly to help businesses recover and reduce costs. We can help help prevent future breaches too, reducing risks to businesses and their customers. Our commitment is to find the best solutions.

Here you can find more details about the service packages we provide. SecureProbe are your data breach consultants of choice and we’re here to help you. Feel free to get in touch.

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Experience

Over 20 Years of Industry Experience

2023 - Present

DIRECTOR SECUREPROBE SOLUTIONS

Founder and Director of SecureProbe Solutions. Providing consultancy services for clients impacted by data breaches.

2018 - 2023

DIRECTOR OF INVESTIGATIONS, ICO

Operational expert for complex high-profile breach incidents and investigations providing expert advice to government departments and bodies, including COBRA, Gold Groups and Executive Teams in multi-national companies.

Led national and international multi-agency data security initiatives with UK Regulators, and forums, such as the Global Privacy Enforcement Network, Global Privacy Assembly and Unsolicited Communications Enforcement Network.

2011 - 2018

Head of Enforcement, ICO

Led the ICO’s incident response, investigation and enforcement services for the UK’s high-profile and complex cyber and non-cyber data security and privacy breaches of the Data Protection Act 1998 and other regulations.

Chair of the European Data Protection Board Taskforce and Senior Advisor to the European Data Protection Board.

1981 - 2011

Detective Chief Inspector, Greater Manchester Police.

Senior Investigating Officer, Professionalising Investigations Programme (PIP Level 3) accredited - Major Incident Team, Investigations into Homicides, Serious and Organised Crime, and Public Protection – Adult and Childrens Safeguarding Lead. Key Task Commander for Investigations during major events, such as the Conservative and Labour Party political conferences held in Manchester.

1976 - 1981

Engineer, L Gardner & Sons Ltd

Engineer servicing and maintaining computer numerical control machine tools and industrial robots for the manufacturing industry.

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Testimonials

Don’t take my
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The customer service and interaction was very friendly, supportive and efficient and there when we needed it.
NT, Director Marketing Company
When the data loss happened, even with my experience, I was quckly drowned by the sheer scale of what we were dealing with. Thanks to secureprobe we were able to work through the problems and got our business back on track quickly.
LB, DPO Government Department
Thank you for all your help and support. Its been an absolute pleasure working with you this week.
LB, DPO Government Department
Secureprobe took the pressures of me and my colleagues when we realised we’d lost customer data and stepped in to fix our issues. The crisis was quickly resolved and reduced our recovery costs considerably. We also learned from the experience and feel better prepared.
WR, Data Protection & Ethics Advisor Energy Supplier
I didn’t know who to call when we suspected a data breach. I found secureprobe who helped me fix the problem and design a new data protection and security model. Their recommendations convinced my ceo to invest more recources in my area too.
FB, DPO AI Start Up

Need Help With a Data Breach or Data Security?

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