Ben van Enckevort

CTO and Co-Founder

Expertise

  • Tech & Innovation
  • Software Engineering

Education

  • Master of Engineering, Computing - Imperial College, London

Ben van Enckevort is the co-founder and CTO of Metomic

Ben van Enckevort is the co-founder and CTO of Metomic. As an engineer, Ben balances the demands of security professionals who need easy and automated ways to safeguard sensitive data while allowing employees the ability to work and collaborate using cloud-based apps.

Prior to co-founding Metomic with Rich Vibert, Ben co-founded Clarify, a time-tracking tool designed for freelancers and agencies that monitored data in SaaS applications to deliver more accurate timesheets. Earlier in his career, Ben served as the team lead for both technical architecture and software engineering at Beamly, a design and branding firm that combined agile product and engineering services with an integrated digital agency. Ben earned a Master of Engineering degree from Imperial College, London.

“I enjoy seeing new innovations in tech, particularly those that help security teams protect data, without getting in the way of productivity.”

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How Are AI Agents Exposing Your Organisation's Most Sensitive Data Through Inherited Permissions?

AI agents inherit employees' existing file permissions and automatically scan all accessible data to answer questions, exposing sensitive information that employees didn't realise they could access, turning forgotten HR documents, executive communications, and confidential client data into active security vulnerabilities.

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The Hidden Danger in Your AI Workflows: Lessons from the AgentFlayer Attack

The AgentFlayer attack demonstrates how malicious documents with hidden prompts can hijack AI tools like ChatGPT to steal sensitive data from connected cloud storage accounts, highlighting the urgent need for organizations to implement AI-aware security measures that balance productivity benefits with data protection as AI integration deepens.

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Microsoft 365 Copilot Security: A Comprehensive Strategic Framework for CISOs

Microsoft 365 Copilot is transforming enterprise productivity, and "Microsoft 365 Copilot Security: A Comprehensive Strategic Framework for CISOs" provides the essential roadmap for organisations to harness AI's business value while implementing the updated security approaches needed to protect against data synthesis risks that traditional controls weren't designed to address.

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