Alexandra Forsyth

Ethical Hacker, Authority on Human Exploitation & Cyber Risk

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Alexandra Forsyth is best known for revealing how organisations are compromised long before a single line of code is breached. An ethical hacker and social engineer, she exposes the mechanics of cyber attacks that rely on trust, persuasion, and routine human behaviour rather than technical vulnerability.

Her work focuses on the gap between perceived security and actual exposure. Alexandra demonstrates how attackers exploit authority, familiarity, and time pressure to bypass controls that look robust on paper. Through live demonstrations and real-world scenarios, she shows leaders how easily normal business behaviour can be weaponised, and why cyber resilience depends as much on awareness, judgement, and organisational culture as it does on technology.

Her talks are compelling, precise, and unsettling in the best way. They turn abstract cyber risk into something immediate and memorable, leaving leaders with a clearer understanding of how breaches really happen, and what must change to prevent them.

Signature Keynotes

  • Seeing how attackers manipulate trust in real time.

  • Beyond malware and firewalls.

  • Why people, not systems, are targeted.

  • How normal behaviour becomes risk.

  • Turning insight into behavioural change.

The Forsyth Effect

Cybersecurity stops being theoretical and becomes visibly human.

Audiences leave ready to:

  • See how social engineering defeats technical controls

  • Recognise where everyday behaviour creates exposure

  • Understand attacker thinking, not just attack methods

  • Rethink assumptions about trust and authority

  • Strengthen resilience through behavioural awareness

Why Book Alexandra

Alexandra Forsyth is booked by organisations that want cyber risk to land not politely pass by. Her insight resonates with boards and leadership teams who need behavioural change, not just policy compliance.

Book a speaker who makes cyber threats tangible, credible, and impossible to ignore.

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