Cyber incident response

Jamie Smith joined the business in 2011. Before S-RM, Jamie worked for five years as a South Asia specialist for Kroll Associates in Mumbai. When he first joined S-RM, Jamie was responsible for building its Corporate Intelligence capability, helping clients manage their counterparty risk during due diligence transactions and leading clients through a series of complex disputes and investigations.

More recently, Jamie’s role has focused on S-RM’s Cyber Security practice. He has built deep expertise in helping clients respond to and recover from cyber security incidents as well as helping clients prevent incidents by developing robust cyber security programmes. Jamie has an LLB in Law and French from the University of Bristol.

Paul is S-RM’s Head of Cyber Security, Americas. Paul has over 20 years of experience spanning both the private and government sectors in roles across leadership, military intelligence and counterterrorism, and cyber security leadership & engagement delivery. Before joining S-RM, he was the Managing Director of Incident Response for a global consulting firm. In this role, he used his experience to help clients who were experiencing complex ransomware attacks.

After a career in the U.S. Army, where he was a subject matter specialist in various facets of the Intelligence and Special Operations fields, Paul joined PwC. At PwC, he was an engagement manager and focused on cyber security strategic transformation projects. He has significant experience advising Fortune 100 clients through proactive security transformation efforts and post-breach remediation activities. He has a strong track record of partnering with senior security leaders to mature their cyber security programs on their strategic journeys.

Paul holds an MBA from Norwich University. He was in the first graduating class of the Norwich University Strategic Studies and Defence Analysis program. He is also the co-author of “Security Supervision and Management: Theory and Practice of Asset Protection.”

Martijn Hoogesteger is Head of Cyber Security for the Netherlands. He is responsible for growing S-RM’s cyber presence in the EU and leads the team of cyber professionals based in the Netherlands.

Prior to joining S-RM, Martijn was at Northwave, a Dutch cyber security firm, where he helped build out their Incident Response and Offensive Security teams. He also takes part in the Dutch TV show ‘Hunted’, where he is a Digital Investigator, tracking down fugitive contestants using digital techniques.

Martijn holds an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Twente, with a specialisation in Cyber Security.

Chris joined S-RM in January 2023 as the UK IR Practice Head having previously lead another IR Team at professional services firm. With over 12 years within the DFIR sphere including within the Military, a large national Telecoms company and, as part of effective consultancies, Chris ensures that the IR Team are able to rapidly respond to clients suffering highly impactful incidents.

With a technically focused history in Cyber Crime Investigations as well as internal and external Cyber Security and Incident Response roles, Chris is able to understand situations, develop processes and strategies and engage with clients on both the technical and commercial business levels, ensuring that a full-spectrum and bespoke IR response is delivered by the Cyber IR team, every time.

Chris has a history in the Armed Forces, Law Enforcement and wider Cyber arenas, handling cases from complex and global ransomware attacks to network intrusions and insider threats across many industries including government, industrial manufacturing, FinTech, Retail and supply chain environments, to name a few. This experience coupled with qualifications in Forensic Computing and Certifications within Incident Response areas, allows him to support the team to effectively and accurately drive all responses through S-RM to a quick and successful conclusion.