Digital Shadows staff act with a high degree of integrity and professionalism, and hold security clearances that help them work with Government clients.
Alastair Paterson CEO
James Chappell CTO
Our development team
Our security analysts and advisors
Alastair has worked in the IT industry for over ten years, having spent the majority of that time advising homeland security clients on risk assessment and information exploitation.
Before founding Digital Shadows in 2011, Alastair was International Propositions Manager at BAE Systems Detica, working with clients in the Gulf, Europe and Australasia
With over twelve years experience in building secure software and systems at Nortel, Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems Detica, James has first hand experience in what it means to implement practical, pragmatic and above all effective security solutions.
James is a long standing member of the CESG Listed advisors scheme.
The Digital Shadows technology platform is maintained by a team of experienced developers, each with over 7 years industry experience extracting actionable intelligence from complex data sets.
Our experienced team of information security analysts review and deliver every report, risk assessment and mitigation.
Our advisory team of four comprises industry experts from the financial, national security and technology sectors.

