David is a mobile phone and IoT security specialist who runs Copper Horse Ltd, a software and security company based in Windsor, UK. His company is currently focusing on product security for the Internet of Things as well as future automotive cyber security. David chairs the Fraud and Security Group at the GSMA. He authored the UK's ‘Code of Practice for Consumer IoT Security', in collaboration with UK government and industry colleagues and is a member of the UK's Telecoms Supply Chain Diversification Advisory Council. David holds an MSc in Software Engineering from the University of Oxford and a HND in Mechatronics from the University of Teesside. He lectured in Mobile Systems Security at the University of Oxford from 2012-2019 and served as a Visiting Professor in Cyber Security and Digital Forensics at York St John University. He has spoken at a number of hacking conferences on his security research work including DEF CON's Car Hacking Village, 44CON, B-Sides London, B-Sides Cymru and B-Sides LV. He was awarded an MBE for services to Cyber Security in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2019.