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Jane Frankland
CEO at KnewStart
London, United Kingdom
Jane Frankland MBE is a cybersecurity strategist, advisor, and author known for her work on cyber resilience and organisational survivability in an era of escalating digital risk. She helps leaders understand why cybersecurity failures are rarely technical breakdowns alone, but often failures of leadership, governance, and organisational design.
With three decades of experience in the cybersecurity industry, Jane founded one of the world’s early ethical hacking companies and later served as a Managing Director at Accenture. Since then, she has advised organisations navigating complex cyber threats, regulatory pressure, and technological disruption.
Through her research, writing, and speaking, Jane works with senior leaders, boards, and governments to rethink cybersecurity as a strategic capability that protects enterprise value, operational continuity, and economic stability. Her work focuses on the human, cultural, and governance foundations that determine whether organisations can withstand disruption when systems fail and decision-making becomes time-critical.
Jane also works selectively with global organisations as a trusted advisor, ambassador, and thought leader on cyber resilience and digital trust. Her insights regularly appear in leading international media and industry publications such as the BBC, Forbes, Washington Post, the Financial Times, The Guardian, and The Sunday Times.
She is the bestselling author of IN Security, founder of the IN Security Movement, and was awarded an MBE for services to women in cybersecurity.
Available For: Advising, Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking Travels From: London
Speaking Topics: cybersecurity, cyber resilience
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Cybersecurity Has a Design Problem. And We’re Blaming the Users for It.
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August 30, 2026
I’ve stood in a car park more times than I can count, phone in hand, running late for a train, only to find a machine that takes cards but not cash, and is out of order anyway. And, a app I have to download, with a location code to type in, or a QR code […]
Tags: Cybersecurity, Business Continuity, Cybersecurity, Risk Management
Cybersecurity’s Uncomfortable Truth About “We Tested It”
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August 02, 2026
When I built one of the earliest pentesting firms, back in the 1990s, a serious attack was a slow craft. It took skilled people days, sometimes weeks, to study a target, find the weaknesses, work out how to chain them together, and get in. The scarcity of that skill was, in a strange way, part [R
Is Cyber Insurance Actually Working? I Checked, And I Was Wrong
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July 27, 2026
I said I was done. I ended that run of blogs in the same “garage” I started it in, having argued that cars got safe because every link in a chain held, and that our broken link in cybersecurity is enforcement. Then someone I respect told me I had it wrong. Cars didn’t get safer [&#
The Broken Link In Cybersecurity Nobody Wants To Fix – Is It What You Think?
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July 19, 2026
There’s a problem in cybersecurity I haven’t been able to let go of these past few weeks. I’ve been returning to it and looking at it from different angles. To begin, I asked whether we’re solving the wrong problem in cybersecurity. Then, I looked at how we’ve handed so
The Crash-Test Problem & Why Safer Software Won’t Come From Goodwill
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June 28, 2026
Last week I argued that AI has just handed our industry an enormous safety dividend, and that risk homeostasis warns us we will quietly spend almost all of it on speed unless we deliberately choose otherwise. I ended by asking you what is really stopping more teams from making the other trade, spend
We Just Gave Software Its Anti-Lock Brakes But Has This Made Us Safer?
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June 15, 2026
Last week I argued that cybersecurity may be solving the wrong problem i.e. that instead of chasing perfect prevention, we should change the conditions around the problem: build for resilience, make compromise matter less, design security in from the start. I leaned on the car to make the point. We
Are We Solving the Wrong Problem in Cybersecurity?
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June 08, 2026
I’ve been circling a question all week, and I can’t shake it. It surfaced again and again in the conversations I’ve been part of — on conference floors, and far more pointedly behind closed doors, where cybersecurity leaders speak more plainly than they ever do on a main stage, o
What Fostering A Difficult Rescue Dog Taught Me About Cybersecurity Awareness
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May 24, 2026
I didn’t expect to learn anything about cybersecurity last week from a dog. I was fostering a rescue Podenco called Robbie. He’d arrived from Spain via a circuitous route — starvation as a hunting dog, abandoned and left as a stray, picked up by a farm household, a rescue centre with 37 ot
The Case Against Fear-Based Cybersecurity. The Evidence Has Been There Since 1977.
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May 17, 2026
I’ve been noticing something for a while. Fear-based security presentations change one thing reliably — the budget. Everything else stays exactly the same. I’ve seen it in boardrooms where the threat landscape briefing produced budget approval and cultural indifference. I’ve seen
Why Cybersecurity Keeps Having The Wrong Conversation
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May 10, 2026
Bank holiday Monday, last week. A day I’d mentally reserved for the garden and the slow, unhurried thinking time that rarely survives contact with a normal working week. I was pulling weeds. Not thinking about anything in particular, aside from the new dog I’m about to foster. And then,
AI Everywhere: How High-Performance CPUs are Revolutionising Business Performance, Efficiency & Security
Linkedin
June 25, 2024
Tech leaders understand this. They know that becoming agile, strategic, and resilient is not just a goal but a necessity. To compete and win in challenging times such as these, means investing in tech wisely, reducing CapEx and OpEx spend, attracting and retaining top talent, innovating continuously, pivoting quickly, scaling effectively, and ditching vulnerable legacy systems.
Building a Cybersecurity Business: What I Wish I'd Known
Linkedin
April 29, 2024
Recently, a friend of mine who's just started her own cybersecurity business asked me what I wished I'd known before starting my own business, two decades ago. Having swapped backstories with other "successful" entrepreneurs — including all those not so glamorous aspects — I couldn't help but write this for her, and for others who are starting out or scaling.
Secure Web Browsing - How to Remove the Headache
The Source for Women in Cyber
October 17, 2023
Data breaches have surged globally this year. By mid-year, there’s been a staggering 156% growth in the total number compared to the previous quarter, with a whopping 855 accounts worldwide being leaked every minute. Sadly, no matter your company size, industry, or geographic location, one thing is clear – these alarming statistics underscore the need for heightened cyber vigilance. Now, as we enter Cybersecurity Awareness Month this October, IT Decision Makers (ITDMs) have a perfect opportunity to raise awareness and fortify their organisation's defences.
Who Else Wants to Enjoy a Cybersecurity Conference?
Linkedin
August 18, 2023
Every now and again I'm asked about conferences and whether they’re worth attending. My answer is always, yes so long as you plan carefully.
Over the years I've attended hundreds of cybersecurity conferences all over the world, and participated as an attendee, speaker, chair, and advisor. All these roles have enabled me to gain an understanding of conferences through different lenses.
Layoffs in Cybersecurity: Uncovering 8 Devastating Impacts on Women, the Industry & How to Mitigate them
The Source for Women in Cyber
January 25, 2023
As we kick off the beginning of a New Year, I'd like to share some disheartening news: Tech layoffs, and the potential negative effects on women. Unfortunately, this is an issue that will have grave impacts on our industry if not adequately addressed.
Tags: Cybersecurity, Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion
Get Clear on What you Want for 2023, Set Goals, and Make it Happen!
The Source for Women in Cyber
December 20, 2022
If you’re like most people, chances are you’ll be thinking about what you’ve accomplished this year and what you want for next year. You might even have written a review, set some goals, and created a plan.
Tags: Cybersecurity, Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion
Endings and beginnings
LinkedIn
October 13, 2022
The world is going through rapid change what with climate change (exceptional droughts, floods, fires and hurricanes), new world leaders, high inflation, economic slowdowns, recessions, tech company layoffs, supply chain problems, wars, strikes and protests.
Tags: Cybersecurity, Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion
The Power of You & Becoming Known
The Source for Women in Cyber
August 17, 2022
When we look at women, becoming recognised and known (i.e. visible) incredible things happen. In fact, researchers say visibility is the single most important thing a woman can do to rapidly advance herself in her career. Unfortunately, as much as we’d all like to believe it, the workforce is not a meritocracy, and sadly women, and especially mothers are expected to prove their worth in ways that men are not. Just like other industries and professions, in cyber, women are still being judged on competence rather than potential, like men.
Tags: Cybersecurity, Diversity and Inclusion, Security
Responding to Criticism & the Cost of Call-Out Culture in Cyber
LinkedIn
July 27, 2022
This week, I'm writing to you about call-out culture. I want to ensure you know how to respond to criticism online. I want to make sure that I'm not losing more voices when communicating. I’ve taken inspiration from a post on this topic by Andrea Gibson from Button Poetry who wrote recently about this and community behaviour.
Toxic masculinity holds us ALL back in cyber & what you can do about it
LinkedIn
June 29, 2022
In last week's newsletter (edition 3), I wrote about being you in the workplace and some of the difficulties that women in cyber face. I told you we have a saying at The Source, my new initiative for women in cyber and businesses who value them, but today I want to let you know about another saying we have. It's,
Tags: Cybersecurity, Diversity and Inclusion, Security
Who else wants to undervalue women?
LinkedIn
August 05, 2021
There's a message women need to hear now and it's this: meritocracy is a myth. The faster women understand this the better. Unfortunately, many people in the workplace genuinely believe it’s a reality, especially men in tech companies. Ironically, big data proves its disfunction – that believing in meritocracy makes people more selfish, less self-critical and more prone to introducing bias and behaving in a discriminatory way. The same goes for organisations which present themselves as meritocratic. There, managers favour men over equally qualified women.
3 Things Leaders Often Miss When Trying to Get More Women in Tech
LinkedIn
January 22, 2021
Most people know that technology creates more jobs than any other industry and that digital is the golden thread that runs across all industries. So, why are women still missing from it?
7 Trends I Spotted When Reviewing 2020 & The Cybersecurity Skills Gap (including diversity)
LinkedIn
January 13, 2021
It’s been a challenging year with the global Covid-19 pandemic bringing both good and bad outcomes in business. Along with working from home, redundancies, furloughed workers, reduced hours, uncertainties around future employment, technology replacing jobs and business closures, we’ve seen much needed resets and innovations. And, as each new government rule has been put in place to keep us safe, physically isolated from one another and in lockdown, it’s moved more of us online – shopping, working and learning – so we can economically function, socially interact, and maintain a sense of normality.
Six valuable lessons I won't forget from 2020, the progress I made, & me bearing my soul...
LinkedIn
January 03, 2021
Every year, around this time, I start to reflect. Chances are, you do too. Most people are starting to think about what they want for the coming year. They’re setting goals, getting clear on what they want to resolve, and embracing fresh starts and new ways of being.
Are women still being hindered from entering & succeeding in tech?
LinkedIn
December 17, 2020
I’m not actually sure how I stumbled across Jemima Khan interviewing Hollywood actress and star of Desperate House Wives, Eva Longoria at the world's largest tech conference, Web Summit six years ago. All I remember is how their discussion, “Supporting Businesswomen and Facing the 'isms.’ left me feeling.
Charged.
Unaware of Eva’s activism and how much philanthropic work she did outside of acting and directing, I was interested to hear her speak about her philanthropy work, her take on the impact tech makes, and what brought her to a web summit in Dublin.
Cybersecurity Predictions for 2023: My Reflections
The Source for Women in Cyber
November 21, 2023
It’s that time of year when I begin to look back and reflect. Then, predict and plan. It's the way I like to do things. I beleive like Winston Churchill did that the farther backward you look, the farther forward you are likely to see. It's why I developed the IN Focus journal and planner, which you can buy via Amazon, and works on all aspects of your life, career included.
Tags: Cybersecurity, Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion
1 Book
IN Security
RETHINK Press
October 20, 2018
Women are fundamentally different to men and, when it comes to cybersecurity, one thing is certain. . .IF YOU'RE SHORT ON WOMEN YOU'RE LESS SAFE. Women matter in cybersecurity because of the way they view and deal with risk. Typically, women are more risk averse, compliant with rules, and embracing of organisational controls and technology than men. They're also extremely intuitive and score highly when it comes to emotional and social intelligence, which enables them to remain calm during times of turbulence – a trait that's required when major security breaches and incidents occur. As cybercrime, terrorism and warfare is increasing, and the number of women in cybersecurity is declining, now is the time to take action. By combining stories, interviews and data with practical advice, the golden rules and checklists, IN Security provides the means to turn things around. When you read this book you'll understand why the numbers of women have fallen, along with strategies for attracting, identifying, and retaining more women in cybersecurity. This book is essential reading for anyone in cybersecurity or looking to get into it.
Tags: Business Strategy, Cybersecurity, Leadership
2 Founders
IN Security Movement
IN Security Movement
November 01, 2016
The IN Security Movement is an exclusive network of cybersecurity professionals who believe that a failure to attract and retain women in cybersecurity is making us less safe. The Movement stands behind a mission to champion women in cybersecurity and enables all who believe in this to contribute. The IN Security Movement incorporates a tribe where you can learn from like-minded professionals, help others out by sharing insight, advice and information, discuss ideas, raise questions, network, and build meaningful relationships. We welcome those who are just starting out in the industry, those who've taken a break and are returning to the workplace, and those who are at the top of their game. We have three objectives for our community members to fulfill:
1.) To inspire, empower and support women in cybersecurity.
2) To act as campaigners for change and perform work (research, pledges, codes of conduct etc.) so women in cybersecurity become standard (at every level) not exception.
3) To network, connect and build meaningful relationships with those in cybersecurity who share our aligned vision.
The IN Security Movement was founded following the release of my best-selling book, IN Security. We meet regularly and I use my leadership and influencer skills to set up activism events, campaigns, research and women's scholarships. Good examples of this are the IN Security Pledge, Code of Conduct, Black Hat Women's Scholarship. To date, I've been able to award over 126 women with IN Security & Black Hat scholarships, a value of £214,000
KnewStart is developing female role models and leaders. We believe that a failure to attract and retain women in male dominated industries is making us all less safe and that only by having a more gender diverse workforce will we have greater security, innovations and all round happiness. That's why we advise, train and develop solutions for career women and leaders in male dominated industries who want to excel.
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AI Everywhere: How High-Performance CPUs are Revolutionising Business Performance, Efficiency & Security
Building a Cybersecurity Business: What I Wish I'd Known
Secure Web Browsing - How to Remove the Headache
Who Else Wants to Enjoy a Cybersecurity Conference?
Layoffs in Cybersecurity: Uncovering 8 Devastating Impacts on Women, the Industry & How to Mitigate them
Get Clear on What you Want for 2023, Set Goals, and Make it Happen!
Endings and beginnings
The Power of You & Becoming Known
Responding to Criticism & the Cost of Call-Out Culture in Cyber
Toxic masculinity holds us ALL back in cyber & what you can do about it
Who else wants to undervalue women?
3 Things Leaders Often Miss When Trying to Get More Women in Tech
7 Trends I Spotted When Reviewing 2020 & The Cybersecurity Skills Gap (including diversity)
Six valuable lessons I won't forget from 2020, the progress I made, & me bearing my soul...
Are women still being hindered from entering & succeeding in tech?
Cybersecurity Predictions for 2023: My Reflections
IN Security
IN Security Movement
KnewStart
Cybersecurity Has a Design Problem. And We’re Blaming the Users for It.
