Cybersecurity that leaders act on
Risk, investment and resilience translated for boards, customers and senior decision-makers.
Cyber explainer & keynote speaker
A keynote people remember for the right reasons.
Technical substance. Clear stories. Proper laughs. Ian makes serious cybersecurity subjects accessible without making them shallow.
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Speaker biography
Thirty years in cyber. A working stand-up comedian.
Ian Murphy is an executive cybersecurity advisor, keynote speaker and working stand-up comedian with more than 30 years of experience across government, defence, critical infrastructure, enterprise and global security vendors.
He has served as an Account CISO, security advisor to executive leadership, enterprise security architect and cybersecurity vendor CTO. That gives him the substance to address serious subjects—and the stagecraft to make people stay with him.
Winner of Devon Comedian of the Year 2023, Ian has appeared at Hot Water Comedy Club, performed at the Altitude Comedy Festival and supported Emmanuel Sonubi and Ignacio Lopez.
Speaking territory
Subjects with consequence, delivered with personality.
AI security without the theatre
A practical view of AI risk, governance and architecture—without pretending every chatbot is Skynet.
Trust, resilience and the modern enterprise
How security earns customer confidence when cloud, SaaS and interconnected services keep shifting the boundary.
The human side of security
Why attention, clarity and culture matter—and why another deck full of red padlocks will not save anybody.
Formats
More than a person next to a lectern.
Conference keynotes
Customer and leadership sessions
Panels and roundtables
Hosting and event compère
Give the audience something worth repeating
Put a credible cyber voice on your stage.
For conferences, customer events, leadership sessions and industry panels.
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