Lawrence Munro

Lawrence Munro, Senior Director of SpiderLabs EMEA at Trustwave


Lawrence Munro is a practiced security specialist and former penetration tester (ethical hacker) and social engineer, with more than eleven years’ of experience in the IT industry.

He heads up penetration testing within Trustwave’s elite team of forensic investigators, researchers and ethical hackers, SpiderLabs, as Senior Director for EMEA.

Lawrence is a regular conference speaker and is frequently quoted in the media discussing the latest trends in information security. As an executive member of CREST, the de factor industry body for penetration testing in the UK, Lawrence continues to be closely involved in the latest developments for the industry.

Holding a First-class degree in Cyber Security and Computer Forensics, Lawrence previously worked as penetration tester specialising in Web Applications, Red Teaming and Social Engineering, and has built and grown multiple world-class security consultancy practices for leading firms including KPMG and HP. He was also responsible for building KPMG’s Red Teaming practice and has authored many simulated attack strategies for large enterprises.

In his free time, Lawrence is also currently completing an MSc. at New College, Oxford University. He is also closely involved in the hacking community as a Director of B-Sides London, a community-driven event built for and by information security community members.