Peter Cowan

Senior Threat intelligence Analyst

  • EMEA
  • Digital Risks
  • Security Risk Management

Peter is Senior Threat intelligence Analyst in Control Risks’ Digital Risks team. Peter specialises in assisting clients to understand their exposure to cyber threats based on their USP and geopolitical influences within regions that they operate. He is a Crest Registered Threat Intelligence Analyst (CRTIA), with extensive experience delivering bespoke threat intelligence products across the physical, operational, tactical and strategic spheres for clients within the critical national infrastructure (CNI), Financial Services (FS) sectors.

Recent tasks that Peter has worked on include:

  • Assisted in the development of a fused-intelligence capability delivering blended physical and cyber threat intelligence to UK CNI and global clients. This included reporting lines to the client legal counsel, delivering timely and actionable intelligence to assist in legal cases brought against threat actors to the client.
  • Was the principal analyst embedded into a major UK CNI project responsible for daily threat alerting, supply chain monitoring, bespoke threat landscapes, and horizon scanning.
  • Has conducted cyber due diligence across an extensive supply chain, including enhanced supplier onboarding and risk assessment engagement for UK CNI client. Inclusive of companies and products.
  • Participated in and led on delivery of several regulatory engagements including TIBER-EU, STAR-FS and CBEST; for clients across CNI and FS sectors.

Prior to joining Control Risks, Peter worked for two renowned cyber risk consultancies. Peter’s experience as an analyst is built upon over 12 years in the UK public sector as a Royal Marine Commando and Police Constable. He frequently operated in highly kinetic, and challenging environments across the globe, often acting on intelligence-led operations.

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