Ben Hanson is global Field CTO and Director of Field Engineering at Zenity, a leading research and technology voice in agentic AI security. 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 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, and UK Cyber Security Council. Previously he was Senior Security Strategist & Advisor at Microsoft, and led the Cyber practice for a top US management consultancy.
