Overview
John White holds the position of Field Chief Information Security Officer at Torq [1]. Torq is a cybersecurity company operating in the New York technology sector. White's role involves information security responsibilities within the organization's field operations structure [1].
Profile introduction
I’ve been in global security leadership for 25 years, a CISO for the better part of 15 — across organisations like Virgin Atlantic, KPMG, AEG Europe, ASOS, and Liberty Global. Same questions, every time: Where are we now? Where do we need to be? And what’s the transformation to get there? I’ve done that cycle enough to know the transformation itself has changed. The old playbook — bigger teams, more tools, another reorg — doesn’t close the gap anymore. Threats move at machine speed. Most security functions still move at human speed. We keep applying approaches that the problem has alr…
Career history
- Field Chief Information Securty OfficerJan 2026 to presentTorq
- Leader, Information and Cyber SecurityNov 2021 to Dec 2025Virgin Atlantic
- Director, Information Security TransformationNov 2020 to Nov 2021KPMG UK
- Director, Information Security & Data Protection OfficerApr 2017 to Nov 2020AEG Europe
- Chief Information Security OfficerAug 2015 to Feb 2017ASOS.com
- Chief Information Security OfficerApr 2014 to Aug 2015Smart DCC
- Director, Information SecurityOct 2013 to Mar 2014Liberty Global
- Head of Group SecuritySep 2011 to Nov 2013Virgin Media
Education
- Science & Management at Farnborough College of Technology1993 - 1995
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