Last year, Hong Kong police disclosed a reported case that would become a watershed moment in cybersecurity: a finance worker at global engineering firm Arup transferred $25 million to fraudsters after attending a video conference call with what appeared to be the company’s CFO and several colleagues. Every person on the call was a deepfake. The voices matched. The faces were convincing. The worker initially suspected the emailed request was phishing—but the video call with familiar colleagues erased those doubts. This wasn’t a zero-day exploit or supply chain attack. Just an AI-generated video and audio, and an employee whose security…
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy is Senior Vice President and Chief Evangelist at Cybrary, where he works directly with CISOs and security leaders to address the human layer of enterprise defense. With deep expertise in how organizations translate security awareness into measurable behavioral change, Chris advocates for Security-HR collaboration that moves beyond compliance theater to genuine risk reduction.