Kimran Dhaliwal (MPhys) is Head of Cyber Portfolio for the Cabinet Office, leading a national Portfolio of work to help make Government and the Public Sector more resilient to cyber attack. Prior to this, she has been Programme Director for a Major Government Technology Programme, led the National Cyber Programme within Homeland Security at the Home Office and has held several other roles within Emergency and Rapid Response in Government. Furthermore, Kimran has a background in Astrophysics Academia as well.