Lauren Compson

Lauren Compson

Senior Lead - Personnel Security & Insider Risk
Telstra

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.

The power of unlikely skills: From law and art to cyber

Lauren Compson, Polly Cheung, Biljana Roksandic, Venessa Smith & Simone van Nieuwenhuizen
2026-10-16 10:55 am
2026-10-16 11:35 am
Exhibition Hall

Lauren Compson, Polly Cheung, Biljana Roksandic, Venessa Smith and Simone van Nieuwenhuizen on the unlikely skills law and art bring to cyber, 10.55am Friday.

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Hear from the most influential leaders and experts who will discuss pressing issues and emerging trends in cyber security.

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