Lianne is the Chief AI Security and Ethics Officer at NorthStar Intelligence. An award-winning digital anthropologist and security leader working at the intersection of AI, cybersecurity, and human behaviour, Lianne speaks globally on AI safety, alignment, and culture, helping organisations design security and AI solutions that work for people - not against them.

You can listen to Lianne talk about her human-centric approach to technology on her cybersecurity and AI podcast "Compromising Positions"; or catch her ranting about terrible operating systems on her tech film review podcast, "Tech Film Noir".

6 episodes of the Smashing Security podcast:

• 485: These researchers got drunk to hack an LG TV · Sep 17, 2026
• 480: This is the AI service you should never sign up to · Aug 13, 2026
• 434: Whopper Hackers, and AI Whoppers · Sep 11, 2025
• 402: Hackers get hacked, the British Museum IT shutdown, and social media kidnaps · Jan 29, 2025
• 377: An unhealthy data dump, railway surveillance, and a cheater sues Apple · Jun 20, 2024
• 358: Hong Kong hijinks, pig butchers, and poor ransomware gangs · Feb 7, 2024