Ben Hanson

Ben Hanson is global Field CTO and Director of Field Engineering at Zenity. Operating at the cutting edge of agentic AI, he works with CISOs and security teams at the world's most sophisticated organisations, helping them transition from static security controls and guardrails to the fundamentally different challenge of governing intent and agency.

Ben is also a leading voice on applying systems thinking to cybersecurity and AI, a member of Edinburgh University’s respected Game Theory and Systems Thinking Lab, and an influential keynote speaker with talks at Cambridge University, Oxford University, ISACA, SANS, Cloud Security Alliance, UK Cyber Security Council, and many others.

A 25 year industry veteran, before joining Zenity he was Senior Security Strategist & Advisor at Microsoft, where he worked with the leaders of the world’s largest Financial Services institutions, including industry giants such as HSBC, Barclays, Santander, Lloyds Banking Group, Bank of England, London Stock Exchange, and NatWest Group. Prior to Microsoft he led the Cyber practice for a top US management consultancy.