Paul worked in the field as a cyber investigator as both a network and digital forensic examiner, with notable success in conducting and directing a broad range of criminal and civil investigations.

With experience in multi-platform digital forensics in serious and complex multi-region cyber-crime cases on behalf of the MPCCU (Metropolitan Police Cybercrime Unit) holding the rank of Detective Constable.

Later in the private sector as a Critical Incident consultant and prior as Head of Digital forensics and Incident response (EMEA) involved in the design and development of forensic lab and incident response capabilities in a number of different countries Paul obtained his Doctorate (Information Security) in 2023 , and considers himself as a pracademic.

He holds the following certifications, CompTIA CASP +, Security+, Pentest+ and CySA+, Crest CPSA and CPIA , ISC2 SSCP & CC, among others.

Specialist areas of cyber security training: Cyber Awareness, Cyber Intelligence, Secure Developer, Digital Forensics, Incident response & The National Cybercrime programme