Christopher Stock

Spear’s Review

‘When people talk about “cyber”,’ says Chris Stock, ‘they are usually talking about traditional threats to data, privacy, or security.’ However, cyber can entail a wide range of threats, many of which are fundamentally human-driven, threats, such as someone trying to inflict reputational harm, being impersonated online or being defrauded.

This is what XCyber tries to communicate to its clients, promising to protect them from said threats. Stock, director and co-founder of the group, is in prime position to do this. He has more than 23 years’ active operational experience as a law enforcement officer in the intelligence arena including a long-term posting within the UK government’s specialist cyber offensive and defensive structures.

Adviser Profile

Chris is a Director and co-founder of X Cyber Group (XCyber®), who solve problems with state-grade intelligence expertise across the core themes of digital trust, safety, and security. Their specialist intelligence and advisory services are designed to protect you, your data, your brand and your reputation from the myriad of challenges the digital domain presents.

Chris has over 23 years active operational experience as a law enforcement officer in the intelligence arena. Chris worked within covert policing and it was here that his digital knowledge blossomed. He was identified early within his career as an innovator and his real-world experiences and expertise proved invaluable in the cyber domain, leading to a long-term posting within the UK government’s specialist cyber offensive and defensive structures. Chris’s integrity is beyond reproach and he has routinely advised the most senior of police officers and civil servants within the UK on cyber and intelligence matters.

Chris has spent many years analysing and exploiting time-critical data. He was at the forefront of discovering new concepts within the digitalisation of investigations and modernising policing. He is by nature a keen problem solver, which has required him to have an up to-date comprehension of legal and procedural issues both within government and now in the private sector.

Chris has a track record in creating novel information and communication solutions, investigating cyber-enabled counterfeiting and fraud, conducting due diligence, providing personal security profiles for high-net-worth individuals, and handling complicated reputation management cases – including where parties are operating in multiple jurisdictions. Chris works closely with the analytical and technical teams with the XCyber® as well as the in-house general counsel.