Ben Murphy, SVP, Head of Cyber Operations, Truist
SVP, Head of Cyber Operations, Truist
"Ben Murphy leads the Corporate Cyber Security Cyber Operations & Engineering team. His organization incudes nine teams that focus on Infrastructure Protection and Security Threat Monitoring and Response. Ben’s group is responsible for the operations of two cyber fusion centers (security operation centers) located in Atlanta, GA and Zebulon, NC. Operating 24 x 7 x 365, these facilities investigate cyber security event alerts and coordinate needed response and documentation. Other teams within Cyber Operations include Threat Intelligence, Development & Innovation, and Cyber Payment Security. For over 20 years, Ben has been a noteworthy leader in financial services security. He worked in Enterprise Technology Risk Management at SunTrust for five years, in governance and risk assessment as an ISO, also doing security awareness training and incident response, and then later as a manager over Security Operations. He managed security and engineering services at Jack Henry and Associates for nine years, and most recently served as a regional Chief Information Security Officer for Aflac, where he was responsible for a wide range of cybersecurity functions and split his time among security teams in the U.S., Japan, and Northern Ireland, including living in Tokyo. Ben has a degree in Computer Science from Wake Forest University and holds several security certifications. He has frequently been a speaker and facilitator at FS-ISAC, RSA, the Technology Association of Georgia, and other similar security organizations and conferences. He has focused heavily on security operations and tool administration throughout his career, and he is excited about how organizations are bringing these functions into a new era of cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Outside of work, he likes to cook for his family, including wife and four kids at home, and is an avid video gamer with whatever time he can find left over."
