Who they are
Insight
Current to 13 Oct 26Declan Furlong is Ardcarne Life Assurance's CISO and the gatekeeper of its DORA security review. He accepts only written, dated evidence and keeps findings open until it arrives. The July outage raised the bar further.
Role: Chief Information Security Officer at Ardcarne Life Assurance, based in Dublin, with CRM role it_security. He led four security review sessions between 19 May 2026 and 4 Aug 2026 and appears in four calls and six email threads.
Influence: He decides when findings close and says the signature date moves if evidence is missing. Procurement, through Aoife Kinsella, holds the exit plan and price separately.
Watch: After the July outage he said he learned of it from his own analyst, though he credited later candour. He wants a contractual notification time, logs and owners with dates before closing findings.
CRM records
| Organisation | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardcarne Life Assurance | Chief Information Security Officer | it_security | declan.furlong@ardcarne.example |
Activity
- 4 Aug 2026callArdcarne Life Assurance / BB-Demo – Security Review
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- 31 Jul 2026email_threadScheduling the security review call
- 29 Jul 2026email_threadPost-incident review for the July outage
- 23 Jul 2026email_threadRefresh outage: notification and dated commitments
- 16 Jun 2026callArdcarne Life Assurance / BB-Demo – Security Review
- 8 Jun 2026email_threadSecurity review: follow-up session and open findings
- 2 Jun 2026callArdcarne Life Assurance / BB-Demo – Security Review
- 22 May 2026email_threadSecurity review: finding a slot for the working session
- 19 May 2026callArdcarne Life Assurance / BB-Demo – Security Review
- 13 May 2026email_threadSecurity review session: finding a time