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Owen Parry

  • Responsibility: Chief Information Security Officer

Professional Skills

Owen Parry is the Chief Information Security Officer at CyberFOX, where he leads security governance, enterprise risk reduction, and the operational enforcement of identity and access controls across the platform. He brings a practitioner’s mindset to cybersecurity leadership, shaped by decades of operating security and IT systems at scale within MSP‑driven and enterprise environments.

Parry’s expertise is grounded in real‑world execution. His background spans privileged access enforcement, password security, directory‑based identity management, and the operational realities of securing live production environments. He is deeply attuned to how security decisions perform under pressure across distributed teams, hybrid infrastructures, and complex IT ecosystems.

Before joining CyberFOX, Parry spent more than 17 years at ConnectWise, serving in senior leadership roles including Director of Operations and Director of International Revenue Operations, based in the company’s London office. In these roles, he was accountable for operational execution across large, multi‑region MSP and enterprise ecosystems, gaining direct exposure to the security, compliance, and scalability challenges faced by service providers and IT organizations worldwide.

His Approach

As CISO, Parry positions privileged access management and password security not as isolated tools. His approach emphasizes enforceable governance, automation, and architectural clarity, ensuring security controls are applied consistently without impeding operational velocity. A defining focus of Parry’s work is closing the gap between security policy and day‑to‑day operations.This work reflects a deep understanding of how identity systems behave in practice, and how misalignment between directories, users, and permissions introduces systemic risk if left unaddressed.

Insights

Parry has also authored and maintained implementation‑level guidance on Active Directory‑based identity integration, including synchronizing users and enforcing access controls across directory environments. Through published thought leadership and technical guidance, he consistently addresses root causes of security failure while advocating for automation and usability as prerequisites for effective security at scale.

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