Carl Leonard holds the position of Security Research Manager, EMEA at Websense.

In this role, he is responsible for the effectiveness of the EMEA Security Research Team and collaboration with the global Websense Security Labs teams. Research and project work is oriented around the advancement of the ThreatSeeker network and daily incident handling duties. Carl is an active spokesperson discussing and advising on security-related matters with national and international security publications, and a regular contributor to externally-facing blogs and alerts.

Carl has over 5 years experience in the threat research arena. He joined Websense in 2007, following the acquisition of SurfControl.