Mark Hawkins

Mark is QinetiQ’s technical lead on 5G, championing their work in 5G security. He has led QinetiQ’s work on 5G security as part of the Worcestershire 5G project – one of the DCMS 5GTT Phase 1 testbeds – developing innovative 5G security services.

 Mark is a QinetiQ Fellow and has 14 years’ experience of working on cellular technologies (2/3/4/5G) primarily conducting research for the UK Government, which has included various trials activities. He is currently leading QinetiQ’s 5G activities, developing 5G security services as part of the Worcestershire 5G testbed project – one of the 6 Phase 1 DCMS testbeds. Mark is passionate about 5G security, publishing several blogs on 5G security, and being a key author of a joint paper on 5G Security as part of a team spanning all of the DCMS Phase 1 testbeds, led by 5GIC at Surrey University.

Mark is a Chartered Physicist and holds a Physics Degree from Oxford University.