Harry Fciis
Head Of Cyber Defense at Tesco
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolHarry Fciis is an experienced cyber defence leader with nine years in senior security roles, currently heading Tesco’s unified Threat Intelligence, Detection Engineering, Investigation, and Response function. He designs and operates intelligence‑driven, data‑centric defence architectures that combine detection engineering, automation, digital forensics, and incident response to reduce MTTC and scale proactive protection across large, modern estates. Harry has a strong product and engineering background from roles at SenseOn and Adarma, translating adversary insight into detection roadmaps and SOC transformation programmes. He is skilled at aligning technical capability with business risk, driving federated platforms, and improving analyst experience through automation and richer context. Outside of Tesco he reviews for the Journal of Cyber Security Technology, co‑founded Cyber Scotland Connect, and advises security startups—demonstrating a mix of academic, community and commercial impact. He also holds focused executive security training (SANS) and applies AI/automation to tighten detection precision and investigative velocity.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BTEC Level 3 National Certificate IT Practitioner & System Support, BTEC Level 3 National Certificate IT Practitioner & System Support at Wirral Metropolitan CollegeCyber Security Economics, Cyber Security Economics at edXAI Security Essentials for Business Leaders AI Security, AI Security Essentials for Business Leaders AI Security at SANS Technology InstituteBachelor’s Degree Computer Security & Digital Forensics, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Security & Digital Forensics at Edinburgh Napier University
Github Skills (2)
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Github contributions (5)
cyber-scotland-connect/moderation
Apr 2019 - Nov 2022
Repo to home content relevant to the leadership/management of the organisation and to be used by the moderators of CSC.
Contributions:1 review, 32 PRs, 49 pushes in 3 years 7 months
moderatorscsc
cyber-scotland-connect/scotsecure_2019
Mar 2019 - Apr 2019
Scot-Secure 2019
Contributions:9 commits, 7 PRs, 17 pushes in 1 month
securesecurity
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