Chitra Balakrishna

Chitra Balakrishna, Ph.D. MBCS, SFHEA , CEH is an educator, researcher, and author with over 23 years of experience spanning across academia and industry in the areas of cyber security, data networking, mobile technologies, and applications.

A certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), she is currently the Program Leader for Cyber Security at Open University and the cyber security lead within the government funded Institute of Coding (IoC) project which aims to enhance UK’s digital skills and address the skills gap.  She champions the education , training and professionalisation of cyber security as a member of board of trustees with the UK cyber security council and a member of NCSC accreditation panel.