David Smith

David Smith is the Regional Lead Consultant for Eastern Europe and the Balkans at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, where he also serves as the Project Lead for the Advanced Balkan Cyber (ABCP) programme and as a Senior Security Solution Architect.
With over 17 years of experience in government and Critical National Infrastructure security, Smith specialises in cyber resilience and national-scale threat visibility. He currently leads UK-funded cyber capacity-building initiatives across Balkan governments and national cyber agencies. His background includes extensive frontline experience responding to nation-state cyber attacks across Eastern Europe and advising governments on infrastructure and supply chain security.