Patrick Curry, OBE CEng MIET MBCS is the Director, British Business Federation Authority (BBFA), tasked with enabling the implementation of federated identity & access management, including employee authentication, across industry and with government. BBFA is a partner in the EU MAPPING project on internet governance, privacy and trust.
He is CEO, Multinational Alliance for Collaborative Cyber Situational Awareness (MACCSA) to develop better information sharing for collaborative cyber security. He helps to develop international and national security policies and standards. He leads two sub-groups in the EU NIS Platform supporting the EU Cyber Security Strategy. He is a co-editor on ISO 29003 – Identity Proofing & Verification of Persons, Organisations, Devices and Software.
He has a background in international secure collaboration. He has held senior roles in a range of information and identity-centric management initiatives across UK government and international aerospace and defence sectors. He was instrumental in the establishment of federated trust mechanisms for US/UK/Europe secure collaboration for aerospace and defence, founding the Transatlantic Secure Collaboration Program (TSCP), with governments and major companies, and helping to found the CertiPath PKI Bridge. He has worked in UK government and industry organisations, and with European agencies and governments from around the world.
