Ben Lipczynski is a senior security and regulatory leader with over 20 years of experience across defence, government, critical infrastructure, and enterprise cybersecurity. His career includes senior operational and systems engineering roles in the British Royal Navy, where he was responsible for the safety, security, and availability of mission-critical information systems and strategic defence environments, followed by leadership roles within the UK Ministry of Defence. Ben later held senior cybersecurity and innovation roles at Accenture, Deloitte, and EY, working with highly regulated organisations across financial services and critical national infrastructure, where security decisions carried real operational and regulatory consequences.
As Director of Security & Regulatory Services at Origina, Ben leads the company’s global security and regulatory services, focusing on risk-based, evidence-driven security models that strengthen resilience and support long-term control of complex software and infrastructure environments. He is a named inventor on multiple security-related patents and a contributor to UK government research on future command-and-control systems.
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- US enterprises incorporate cyber risk into larger strategic focus
U.S. companies are merging cyber risk issues into their overall enterprise risk strategy, at a time when AI adoption and business resilience are leading to significant shifts in business priorities, according to a report released Tuesday by Information Services Group, a technology research and advisory firm.
- Organizations struggle to prioritize known cyber risks
Organizations collect more cyber risk data than ever, with many still struggling to build a unified view of their exposure. The latest State of Threat Management report from Filigran found that security teams continue to work across disconnected tools, leaving important context spread across multiple systems.
- 75% CISOs Fear Executives Don’t Understand Cybersecurity Risks
Over three quarters of cybersecurity leaders believe that the board level decision makers above them do not understand the cybersecurity risks associated with how their employees act in the workplace.
- The modern CISO is becoming the next CFO
Cyber risk is now business risk, turning the CISO from a back-office tech manager into a high-stakes executive who owns enterprise-wide decisions. At some point, every security leader gets asked a version of the same question: Are we good? It tends to arrive when something is at stake and the person asking needs to know they can rely on the answer.
- CISO’s guide to hiring for the right cybersecurity skills
The cybersecurity talent gap won't be solved by head count alone. CISOs need to fundamentally rethink how they recruit, how they retain talent and what skills they really need.
- AI agents are not your “coworkers”
Imagine coming in to work to learn that a new underling will report to you. The worker is not a person but an AI tool—one that your company nonetheless calls Alex, an “employee” with a title and defined responsibilities. How well do you think you would work with Alex?
