Speaking

I give talks about the psychology of social engineering — why smart people fall for simple tricks, and what organisations can do about it. The talks draw on my experience sending over 150 lookalike emails to world leaders, CEOs, and intelligence officials, and the frameworks I developed to explain why they worked.

Talk Topics

Inbox Hypnotism — How email puts us into a trance state of automatic compliance, and why traditional security training fails to break it.

Ask&Do — The behavioural mechanics behind social engineering: how attackers construct requests that bypass critical thinking.

BattlePhish — A live, interactive social engineering exercise where the audience watches a real attack unfold and learns to spot the patterns in real time.

Previous Engagements

I’ve presented to audiences at Mercedes-Benz UK, financial services conferences, cybersecurity summits, law enforcement agencies, and corporate security teams worldwide. Talks can be tailored to executive audiences, technical teams, or general staff awareness sessions.

Book a Talk

If you’re organising an event and want a speaker who can make social engineering tangible, memorable, and genuinely useful to your audience, get in touch at j@james-linton.com. I’m available for keynotes, breakout sessions, workshops, and panel discussions.