Interview with Chris Windley, Chairman and CEO of the Cyber Security  Association.   Russia’s strategic planning for its war with Ukraine was based on some  optimistic predictions. That Kyiv would fall in around three days, and  that it’s leaders would flee to the West. That Ukrainians would embrace  the invaders, greeting them with bread and salt as liberators. And  ultimately, Putin believed that his system of government could be  imposed upon Ukraine, a criminal kleptocracy based on a power vertical,  rigged elections and courts, elimination of civil society, massive  corruption, and enforced by riot police, informers, and secret police  coercion. To an extent western military planners and media also  anticipated a swift Ukrainian capitulation.   

But this did not happen. Tech and communications have been crucial so  far in giving the Ukrainians an advantage despite their numerical  inferiority in men and equipment – compared to the Russians. Today I’m  speaking with Chris Windley about the unfolding conflict, Ukrainian’s  emergence as a tech power and innovator, and of course the hot topic of  logistics and grain transportation.   

Chris Windley is a Cyber Security expert and Chairman and CEO of the  Cyber Security Association. He is an educator and evangelist for Cyber  Security and is well connected within the industry across the UK and  globally. He is also an active supporter of UK & US Veterans. Over a  long and highly entrepreneurial career, Chris has heled build and exit  many tech companies. He is an innovator, author, leader, and mentor, as  well as being a highly successful Yachtsman. Chris pioneered the  development of fibre optic networks in the UK. He trained in the Royal  Naval Engineering College, gaining a BSc in Computer Science,  Communications, Electronics; and as a Naval officer of many years, he  can be described as something of a Cold War Warrior.