Liz Murray is a valued member of our Advisory Board and an experienced Human Risk Management Professional. Liz’s prior experiences were in the military where her security ethos and values were honed, then latterly in the global financial services sector moving from the wider risk and control arena to leading the creation and embedding of global organisational people risk-based programmes.
These roles have given her a depth of understanding of using a data driven approach to reporting, helping to address people risk for regulatory compliance whilst creatively engaging colleagues at all levels. Her aim has always been to positively influence security behaviours to help everyone understand how to protect themselves online. She uses the “would Mum understand?” test on creating memorable security analogies. If the technical detail can’t be turned into a physical world analogy that her Mum would understand, it’s still too technical to create the “what do I need to do, and why should I care?” hooks that help us all embed secure behaviours.
Liz speaks regularly at events covering the importance of human factors in security, of positively valuing security as part of an organisational culture, and understanding the role played by mental health and wellbeing in preventing security incidents.