HEXAGON
A large enterprise ’ s objectives for security At the helm of its information security efforts is Steve Lorimer , the Group Privacy and Information Security Officer . With nearly 23 years of experience across multiple roles within Hexagon and its subsidiaries , Steve brings a wealth of knowledge and insight to his role .
“ I joined Hexagon as a software engineer and through a number of different roles got a good understanding of how the business operates and how our customers operate across our global reach ,” says Steve .
“ It gives me a really good insight into what we need to do to protect the organisation while maintaining good business continuity and not disrupting the organisation from delivering its innovation and its digital requirements .”
Steve is currently responsible for deploying all of Hexagon ’ s information security solutions globally across all its divisions .
This sees him manage everything from the enterprise ’ s defensive posture – covering hardened network and perimeter and good security controls internally – through to its operations and incident response , compliance management and security awareness programmes .
“ We ’ re looking at protecting the organisation , protecting our data and increasing the resilience of the organisation to make sure that we can operate effectively as a commercial organisation ,” Steve explains .
“ We ' ve had an AI innovation team for many years who build AI into our own products and deploy it for our customers ' benefit ”
STEVE LORIMER GROUP PRIVACY & INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER , HEXAGON
Yet his role extends beyond internal security . He also collaborates with product teams through the R & D side of the business , ensuring that Hexagon ’ s products are built with security and privacy in mind . “ We build secure by design and privacy by design ,” he emphasises , highlighting the company ’ s commitment to creating robust and compliant solutions .
Hexagon ’ s security habitat When Steve assumed his role in 2018 , it marked the first time Hexagon had a global security officer at the corporate level .
This presented challenges and opportunities . “ In a sense , it was really a greenfield opportunity ” Steve explains . “ I needed to work with the organisation to understand what it needed , what its requirements were , but also to understand the existing maturity levels in the security teams .”
58 October 2024