Security Leader · Speaker · Advisor
Zero Trust pioneer helping enterprises navigate the shift from perimeter defence to AI-native architectures — without losing control of their security posture.
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What I do
Keynotes and panels on Zero Trust, AI security governance, and enterprise transformation — at private events and public conferences across EMEA.
130+ articles across IT Pro, Forbes, TechRadar, Zscaler CXO Insights, SDxCentral, Cloud Security Alliance, and more — spanning 2016 to today.
Strategic advisory engagements for boards and enterprises navigating Zero Trust adoption, AI governance, and agentic security architecture.
Available for speaking engagements, board advisory, and strategic conversations on Zero Trust, AI security governance, and enterprise transformation across EMEA.
Get in touch →Engaging talks for security teams, boards, and technology conferences on Zero Trust, agentic AI, and the future of enterprise security.
Strategic input for boards and CISOs on security architecture, AI governance, and digital transformation risk.
Hands-on advisory for organisations building or maturing their Zero Trust architecture and AI security posture.
About
Tony Fergusson has more than 25 years of experience in networking, security, and IT leadership across a range of industries. Described as having a "visionary mindset," he was one of the earliest adopters of Zero Trust networking principles and among the very first practitioners to implement ZTNA in production.
He led MAN Energy Solutions' award-winning digital transformation to Zero Trust network architecture — a programme recognised as a reference case for large-scale security modernisation. He works across EMEA, advising enterprises on security strategy, AI governance, and the architecture decisions that will determine who thrives in an agentic world.
He is the creator of the Agentic Security Edge (ASE) framework — the emerging governance layer for AI agents operating at scale in enterprise environments.
Recent Writing
Zero Trust, Negative Trust, and the case for Reflex Defence at machine speed
IT Pro · How adversaries weaponise legitimate tools to evade detection
Cloud Security Alliance · LOTL and LOTS attacks — how adversaries weaponise trusted services
CXO REvolutionaries · Why Zero Trust is the Raptor engine of enterprise security
CXO REvolutionaries · The case for moving beyond reactive threat detection
CXO REvolutionaries · What IT can learn from Tesla about disrupting the status quo