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"Our next speaker works in national infrastructure security. He's spent nearly 30 years reading people, as a barber, a business owner, a technologist, and now as a cybersecurity professional. He's a trained hypnotist, a co-author on resilience and comeback. At INFOSEK 2025, attendees described his talk as one of the best of the conference.
He's going to show us how your people can become your strongest line of defence against social engineering and human risk.
Please give a very warm welcome to Tony Haresign."
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Tony Haresign is a cybersecurity professional, keynote speaker, hypnotist, and author who helps organisations understand the human side of risk. With nearly 30 years reading people, a background in national infrastructure security, and training in hypnosis and influence, Tony brings a rare combination of lived experience and genuine expertise to the stage. He spoke at INFOSEK 2025 in Slovenia, where attendees described his talk as one of the best of the conference. Former barbershop owner turned endurance athlete and men's mental health advocate. After a catastrophic knee injury required a 2-year recovery and nearly cost him his life, Tony discovered movement as medicine. He now guides organisations to reach the 72% of men who won't seek traditional therapy through his Movement as Medicine workshops and keynote presentations.
Tony Haresign has spent his career understanding how humans think, decide, and behave under pressure. He works in national infrastructure security, where the human factor isn't a theory, it's the threat. He's spent nearly 30 years reading people up close, from running a barbershop where men told him things they'd never say anywhere else, to managing crowds across Europe, to building technology businesses from scratch. He trained as a hypnotist to understand belief and influence at the deepest level. He is a member of the Edinburgh Magic Circle. He is a co-author of Start Over: Turn Any Loss into a Sensational Comeback, and wrote the foreword for Freaks of the Wireless, a book on cybersecurity and human vulnerability. He hosts One Step Stronger, a podcast about mental fitness for men who look fine but are quietly struggling. He spoke at INFOSEK 2025 in Slovenia, where the conference organiser described his talk as offering a unique and engaging link between psychology and cybersecurity, and attendees rated it among the best of the event.MEDIUM
Tony Haresign is not a consultant who studied human behaviour from the outside. He's lived it, worked in it, and built a career on understanding it.
He works in national infrastructure security, where social engineering and human vulnerability are not abstract concepts. They're the threat. He has spent nearly 30 years reading people, first across a barber's chair, where men opened up about things they'd never say anywhere else, then managing crowds across Europe, then running technology businesses, then as a picture editor at a national newspaper, and now as a cybersecurity professional who understands that the weakest link in any system is always human.
He trained as a hypnotist to go deeper into the psychology of belief, influence, and decision making. He is a member of the Edinburgh Magic Circle. He is a co-author of Start Over: Turn Any Loss into a Sensational Comeback, published by Brand Story Publishing in 2025. He wrote the foreword for Freaks of the Wireless, a book on cybersecurity and human vulnerability. He hosts One Step Stronger, a podcast about mental fitness for men who look like they've got it together but are privately struggling.
At INFOSEK 2025 in Slovenia, one of Europe's leading cybersecurity conferences, Tony delivered a keynote on the psychology of social engineering and human risk. The conference organiser described his presentation as offering a unique and engaging link between psychology and cybersecurity, and attendees rated it among the best talks of the event.
Tony doesn't theorise about human behaviour. He shows you how it actually works, and what your organisation needs to know.