Olu Odeniyi

Olu Odeniyi has over 30 years’ experience helping organisations maximise commercial gain from technology solutions.
During this time, Olu held several key senior leadership, strategic and operational positions in the public and private sectors where he gained awards for innovation and exceeding objectives.  

He advises companies on cyber security, information security and digital transformation.
Working with the University of West London Enterprise hub, Olu created and led workshops on cyber security, AI, and information security. He has also created and taught cyber security courses to audiences from the public and private sectors.  

Olu led the cyber security and big data themes for the Science and Innovation Audit (SIA) sponsored and by the department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) led by Brunel University. He also led a workshop on “cyber security for airports” involving experts from Glassgow and Royal Holloway university.
Olu co-authored the final report published by BEIS.  

As a virtual CISO, Olu has led several cyber security incident responses and liaised with forensic investigators.
He leverages his practical expertise and scholarly inquiry to produce insights and guidance on emerging cyber security challenges. He has also reviewed books on cyber security and is quoted regarding his acuities on “the threat of deepfakes”. 

Olu is currently researching application of AI for cyber security within IoT, working with the University of West London. He is also working on a new start-up focused on educating boardrooms on cyber security governance. Olu speaks on various cyber security topics at public events and private gatherings. 

Researching the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) within the cyber security domain is another current research interest for Olu. 

Olu has a degree in Electronic Systems Engineering and is a professional member of BCS (Chartered Institute for IT).
Special Interest groups Olu has joined include Artificial Intelligence, Cybercrime Forensics, Information Risk Management Assurance, Information Security, Agile Methods.