DXC Technology has recently appointed Daniel Churches as Director of Cybersecurity Operations for APJ and MEA placing him in charge of security operations across regions where companies and government agencies are increasing investment in artificial intelligence while facing tougher cyber and regulatory pressures.
Churches will advise enterprise and public sector customers on cyber resilience, governance and operational risk. His role will focus on helping organisations simplify security environments that have become harder to manage as AI, infrastructure and business transformation programs converge.
The appointment comes as boards and executive teams give cybersecurity a larger role in corporate strategy. Security is no longer treated only as a technology control or compliance requirement.
AI has sharpened that challenge, which means companies are moving to deploy the technology across customer service, software development, operations and data analysis. At the same time, regulators are placing more pressure on organisations to show that technology risk is being managed at board and executive level.
The issue is less about adding more ‘security tools’ and more about aligning those tools with the correct risk appetite, governance and operational priorities.
Churches said many organisations are struggling with complexity across security, operations, governance and risk management.
“The most valuable conversations start with business objectives, risk appetite and long term outcomes,” Churches said. “Cybersecurity is ultimately a business conversation about resilience, governance and the confidence to innovate.”
At DXC, Churches will focus on integrating cybersecurity operations with AI, infrastructure and broader transformation programs.
