Lauren Compson is the Senior Lead for Personnel Security & Insider Risk at Telstra, focused on critical infrastructure security. She works at the intersection of people, technology, risk and regulation, turning complex requirements into practical, workable controls.
Her career has taken a non-linear path across roles and disciplines, shaping how she thinks about resilience, risk and growth. It has reinforced her belief that careers do not need to follow a predefined path.
Lauren supports career changers and early professionals as they move into security, with a focus on building confidence and capability in new environments.