Join techUK and Thales for a roundtable discussion on how to secure your defence software.
As the defence sector advances into a fully connected, software-driven future, building digital trust is essential. At Thales, we help both defence organizations and their technology partners safeguard strategic advantage, by ensuring digital products remain secure, adaptable, and mission-ready in the face of growing risks and challenges.
From powering complex simulation environments to securing mission-critical systems, we ensure technologies are protected, compliant, and trusted-by design.
Join Thales for a focused discussion on how to secure your defence software across its entire lifecycle. In this session, you'll discover how Thales Sentinel helps:
- Protect IP from reverse engineering and tampering - even if software falls into the wrong hands.
- Control access and usage through flexible licensing
- Comply with export and national security requirements, ensuring software can be securely deployed.
- Navigate deployment challenges in complex, disconnected environments.
With Sentinel, software is not only secure, but also export compliant, seamlessly supporting mission-critical applications from design to deployment. As the demand for stronger assurances in the software supply chain grows, Thales equips you with the solution to embed digital trust at every level.
What You’ll Learn in this Session:
- End-to-End Software Protection: Protect your IP from tampering, reverse engineering, and unauthorized use - even in hostile environments.
- Robust Licensing Enforcement: Control who accesses your software, how it’s used, and where it’s deployed.
- Digital Trust Across the Lifecycle: ensure secure, compliant software - from development and deployment - built for defence organizations and their technology partners.
Spaces are limited, so please register to express your interest in attending this event. Please note: submitting your interest does not guarantee a place. If your attendance is approved, you will receive a confirmation email with the joining details.
To find out more, please contact:
Fred Sugden
Fred Sugden
Fred is responsible for techUK's activities across the Defence and National Security sectors, working to provide members with access to key stakeholders across the Defence and National Security community. Before taking on the role of Associate Director for Defence and National Security, Fred joined techUK in 2018, working as the Programme Head for Defence at techUK, leading the organisation's engagement with the Ministry of Defence. Before joining techUK, he worked at ADS, the national trade association representing Aerospace, Defence, Security & Space companies in the UK.
Fred is responsible for techUK’s market engagement and policy development activities across the Defence and National Security sectors, working closely with various organisations within the Ministry of Defence, and across the wider National Security and Intelligence community. Fred works closely with many techUK member companies that have an interest in these sectors, and is responsible for the activities of techUK's senior Defence & Security Board. Working closely with techUK's Programme Head for Cyber Security, Fred oversees a broad range of activities for techUK members.
Outside of work, Fred's interests include football (a Watford FC fan) and skiing.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 07985 234 170
Jeremy Wimble
Jeremy Wimble
Jeremy manages techUK's defence programme, helping the UK's defence technology sector align itself with the Ministry of Defence - including Defence Digital, DE&S, innovation units and Frontline Commands - through a broad range of activities including private briefings and early market engagement events. It also supports the MOD as it procures new digital technologies.
Prior to joining techUK, from 2016-2024 Jeremy was International Security Programme Manager at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) coordinating research and impact activities for funders including the FCDO and US Department of Defense, as well as business development and strategy.
Jeremy has a MA in International Relations from the University of Birmingham and a BA (Hons) in Politics & Social Policy from Swansea University.
- Email:
- [email protected]
Margot Stumm
Margot Stumm
Margot joined techUK in September 2022 as the Head of Events and Sponsorship, running the event programme for our flagship events, such as the techUK Annual Dinner, Defence Ethics Summit, Building the Smarter State etc
Prior to this role, Margot managed events and external affairs for the Centre for Policy Studies, a political think tank in Westminster and also worked at the D Group, a London-based business membership organisation, where she was responsible for the events programme, account management and business strategy.
She holds a BA in Technical Translation in English, French and Spanish from Paris 7 - Denis Diderot and a MA in International Relations from the London Metropolitan University.
Outside of work, she enjoys travelling, going to concerts and snowboarding.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 07432113600
- Twitter:
- @margot_stumm,@margot_stumm
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/margot-stumm-82ba15128
Dora Pass
Dora Pass
Dora joined techUK in October 2019 as an Events Assistant, coordinating and delivering our flagship events.
Prior to joining the team, Dora worked as a Senior Events Coordinator at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors at Parliament Square managing conferences and high profile ministerial events.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- Phone:
- 020 7331 2003
