Webinar Recording: BA Roundtable: Cybersecurity, Operating Models, Character Crafting and more… with Caroline Beasley, Mark Cross & Helen Holder

Business analysis is a broad role spanning much more than ‘requirements’. In this interactive roundtable we are joined by three experts and leading practitioners to discuss a broad range of topics. In this session, we explored where we can draw connections, conclusions and contrasts between different BA perspectives.

Topics discussed include:

✔️ Cybersecurity and business analysis: What is cybersecurity, how does it relate to projects and products, and what does a BA need to know?
✔️ Operating models: How do operating models relate to business analysis, and how might a BA create one?
✔️ Character crafting: What key behaviours does a successful BA need, and how can they be caught, taught and sought? 

… and much more too! This session was recorded and can be viewed below:

This session was sponsored by the BA Conference Europe, which takes place 16-18 September in London. Be sure to check out the panellists’ sessions on the BA Conference Europe 2024 agenda, and find out more and book your ticket.

About the Speakers

Caroline Beasley
Caroline is a Consultant Senior Business Analyst working for Holley Holland, a practitioner-led global consultancy, where she has most recently been helping financial organisations overcome regulatory and operational challenges.

She is a highly experienced and motivated Change professional with two decades of experience under her belt and has experience in delivering business change, operating models and technology solutions across the Utility and Financial Services sectors.

Caroline has worked across a broad range of business and technical domains and her extensive career as a business analyst has resulted in her being proficient in a broad range of analysis and business change disciplines.

As a certified Business Analyst, she has led Business Analysis teams, founded Business Analysis Communities of Practice and rolled her sleeves up to deliver complex business analysis within projects and programmes. She prides herself on her collaborative work ethic and ability to build excellent stakeholder relationships.

Mark Cross
Mark is a seasoned IT change professional with 25 years of international experience, including 12 in business analysis and 6 in cybersecurity. He delivered a presentation at the 2023 European Business Analysis Conference called “The Fishtank That Owned A Casino” and has delivered talks, trainings and presentations to organisations such as the IIBA UK, Alcatel-Lucent, Handelsbanken and the University of Cambridge. He holds an MBA from Alliance Manchester Business School, the International Diploma in Business Analysis and Chartered IT Professional from the British Computer Society and he is one of only approximately 15 individuals globally to hold both the highest qualification in business analysis from the IIBA (CBAP) and the corresponding qualification in information security from the ISC2 (CISSP).

Helen Holder
Helen has been a BA for more than 10 years with experience across a variety of public sector organisations. Having invested in her own personal development over the past 12 months in order to build her confidence, resilience and leadership skills she is passionate about helping others unlock ways to develop the positive character traits that sit at the heart of the BA role. She is passionate about the BA profession and playing an active role in the community and is a volunteer with the IIBAUK as part of their Midlands Chapter.