Vice President of Cybersecurity
PhD · Senior Lecturer · Co-Founder of CyBlack
He directs enterprise cyber defence at Barclays, researches how machine learning detects malicious anomalies and phishing at scale, and co-founded CyBlack to open cyber careers to Black professionals across the UK.
Dr. Jude Osamor bridges the gap between frontier academic investigation and board-level enterprise risk governance.
Core Specializations
Cyber Strategy & Research Authority
In an era where technology is frequently commoditized and cybersecurity is often reduced to reactive panic, Dr. Jude Osamor advocates for an unshakeable standard of quiet resilience. His career is distinguished by the rare intersection of senior banking cybersecurity leadership and prolific academic research.
As Vice President of Cybersecurity at Barclays, he steers high-consequence security architecture, incident response, and cyber defenses against automated threat actors. His leadership ensures that mission-critical digital infrastructure withstands sophisticated nation-state and cybercriminal campaigns.
Parallel to his corporate leadership, Dr. Osamor holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and has served as Senior Lecturer at institutions including the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) and Glasgow Caledonian University. His peer-reviewed publications explore how artificial intelligence and temporal convolutional networks can detect malicious anomalies, prevent targeted phishing, and secure financial conduits.
Recognizing that the cybersecurity workforce requires profound structural equity, Dr. Osamor co-founded CyBlack—a landmark non-profit committed to opening high-value cyber careers, mentorship, and internships for underrepresented Black professionals in the UK.
Defined in the official brand guidelines as the guiding tenets of Dr. Jude Osamor’s professional authority.
SCHOLARLY AUTHORITY
Rooted in continuous peer-reviewed research, algorithmic rigor, and analytical depth. Holding a PhD, Dr. Osamor investigates machine learning in anomaly detection, predictive anti-phishing models, and digital forensic integrity.
FORTUNE 500 RESILIENCE
Directing high-stakes defense across complex financial systems. Serving as Vice President of Cybersecurity, delivering structural integrity, SOC operational excellence, and proactive threat intelligence.
CO-FOUNDER OF CYBLACK
Championing talent equity, public cyber education, and mentorship. As co-founder of CyBlack, opening durable professional pathways for Black professionals in the UK cybersecurity industry.
Barclays
Leading cyber defense operations, cloud security resilience, and institutional threat management.
CyBlack (UK Non-Profit)
Steering national mentorship cohorts, industry conferences, and technical security internships.
UWE Bristol / Glasgow Caledonian / Westminster
Delivering advanced curricula in Digital Forensics, Network Security, and AI-assisted defense architectures.
Imperial College London & Edinburgh Napier University
Scholarly honors including MFM National First Class Honours recognition.
Addressing the critical cybersecurity talent shortfall by building transparent, sustainable, and empowering pathways for Black and underrepresented professionals across the United Kingdom.
Strategic Co-Founder
Dr. Jude Osamor
Fostering Equity Across UK Cybersecurity
Conceived out of a clear recognition that systemic diversity deficits in cybersecurity weaken overall institutional defense, Dr. Jude Osamor co-founded CyBlack to institutionalize support mechanisms. From mentorship exchanges on social platforms to a formal national charity, CyBlack provides educational grants, high-impact conferences, and direct employer hiring pipelines.
1,000+
Community Talent
50+
Industry Mentors
Annual
UK Conference
100%
Mission Focused
Structured cohorts pairing emerging cybersecurity practitioners with veteran CISOs, engineers, and threat analysts across the UK.
Practical, hands-on Security Operations Center (SOC) simulations, incident handling exercises, and certification pathways.
Flagship cybersecurity symposium gathering industry innovators, policymakers, and talent for keynotes, workshops, and hiring expos.
Direct sponsorship and financial support enabling underrepresented candidates to acquire industry-standard credentials.
Peer-Reviewed Research
Machine learning for malware and fraud detection, and security in vehicular networks — cited 918 times to date.
918
Total Citations
11
h-index
13
i10-index
352
Citations
2024 · Big Data and Cognitive Computing 8(1)
AR Khalid, N Owoh, O Uthmani, M Ashawa, J Osamor, J Adejoh
An ensemble approach to catching fraudulent card transactions, combining multiple classifiers to raise detection rates without drowning analysts in false positives.
View on Scholar198
Citations
2022 · Computers and Electrical Engineering 102
MS Rathore, M Poongodi, P Saurabh, UK Lilhore, S Bourouis, et al.
A trust model for connected vehicles, addressing how nodes in a vehicular network establish confidence in one another without surrendering driver privacy.
View on Scholar51
Citations
2024 · Electronics 13(20)
M Ashawa, N Owoh, S Hosseinzadeh, J Osamor
Treating malware binaries as images and classifying them with transformer-based convolutional networks, improving on conventional signature and CNN-only pipelines.
View on ScholarFigures from Google Scholar, September 2026.
All PublicationsTalks & Media
Panels, keynotes and interviews on data sovereignty, AI governance and enterprise cyber defence.
Keynote Panel
Wale Ameen Technology Channel
Digital sovereignty, cloud infrastructure ownership and data residency — and why emerging markets need control of the datasets their AI is trained on.
Podcast Episode
The Cykea Podcast
The route from academic computing to a cybersecurity VP role, the real mechanics of running an enterprise SOC, and the founding of CyBlack.
Direct channels for institutional cybersecurity advisory, board consultations, academic guest lectures, and keynote addresses at international summits.
For formal keynote requests, enterprise security reviews, and corporate CyBlack sponsorships.
Advisory Inquiries
contact@judeosamor.comCyBlack Non-Profit Partnerships
partnerships@cyblack.orgLocation & Availability
United Kingdom · Global Engagements (In-Person / Virtual)
Response Protocol
Executive correspondence reviewed within 48 business hours.
Strategic Intelligence
Curated analyses on zero-day mitigation, algorithmic fraud defenses, and African tech governance.
Join a selected network of CISOs, enterprise architects, academics, and policymakers receiving periodic strategic whitepapers and keynote summaries authored by Dr. Jude Osamor.
