FIOR Group

com / -- FIOR Group, the British technology company building the identity and enforcement layer for artificial intelligence, today announced the appointment of James Patrick CITP MBCS as Chief Technology Officer. James joins FIOR from Oracle in the UK, where he most recently served as Chief Field Architect for Defence and National Security. During his time at Oracle, he worked on complex technology programmes across the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East and Australia, helping public-sector, defence and national-security organisations design and deploy secure, resilient technology architectures.

Before joining Oracle, James was a Principal Solutions Architect at Zaizi, following an earlier career in government. He is a Chartered IT Professional, a member of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, and a member of the techUK National Security Committee. As Chief Technology Officer, James will lead FIOR’s technology strategy, product architecture and engineering execution. A particular focus will be the deployment of FIOR’s technology across cloud, on-premises, edge and disconnected environments, including sensitive and regulated estates where organisations cannot simply replace existing infrastructure as new AI capabilities emerge.

FIOR supplies the security infrastructure needed as AI evolves from generating information to taking action. Its AI Gateway gives organisations a common layer through which they can identify and authenticate AI agents, govern their access to systems and data, enforce policy at the point of action and maintain a reliable audit trail. The company’s technology is designed to preserve meaningful human authority while enabling organisations to deploy increasingly capable AI agents safely and at scale. David Williams, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of FIOR Group, said: “James combines exceptional technical ability with a deep understanding of the environments in which security really matters.

He has spent his career solving difficult architectural problems for government, defence and national-security customers, and he understands that new technology must work with the infrastructure organisations already have. “AI agents are writing code, operating infrastructure, accessing sensitive information and making decisions at machine speed. Organisations therefore need more than monitoring: they need a dependable way to establish which agents they can trust, control what those agents are permitted to do and intervene when necessary. “James joins FIOR at an important point in our development, with our technology already being deployed with international partners.

” James Patrick, Chief Technology Officer of FIOR Group, said: “AI is moving from answering questions to taking actions. Agents can now write code, operate infrastructure, call tools, access data and make decisions at machine speed. That creates enormous opportunities, but it also changes the nature of the security problem. “FIOR is addressing that problem at the right architectural level. Its technology is designed to provide identity, authentication and enforceable control over AI agents wherever they operate—not only in the public cloud, but also on premises, at the edge and in disconnected environments.

“Britain has made clear its ambition to lead in AI security and assurance, particularly Sovereign AI.