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Mary Aiken

Mary Aiken is a cyberpsychologist who studies human behavior in cyberspace and applies that work to online safety and cybersecurity. They also speak on cyberpsychology, AI, and safety technology.

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At a glance

Mary Aiken is most useful for expert keynotes and advisory work on cyberpsychology, online safety, and human factors in AI.

Best for

A cybersecurity or safety-tech company seeking a credible expert for events or advisory.

Not for

A consumer brand seeking high-volume social endorsement or affiliate promotion for direct sales.

Key takeaways

  • They are Lead Scientific Advisor on the third annual International State of Safety Tech report.
  • Safety tech grew to over 840 providers and more than 40,000 roles worldwide.
  • Their listed keynote topics include psychology of agentic AI and trust in autonomous enterprise.

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Main ideas
Cyberpsychology is the lens; a safer cyberspace is the goal · Safety tech is a growing sector in its own right · AI agents need psychology as well as engineering
Audience
15,467 LinkedIn followers
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International State of Safety Tech report, third annual edition
Ways to work together
Conference keynote · Invited expert discussion or panel · Scientific advisory or sector research role
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What they are known for

Mary Aiken is known for explaining how human behavior in cyberspace connects to cybersecurity and online safety.

  • Their posts link that focus to safety technology, AI, and policy discussions, and they also speak on the psychology and human factors of AI agents.
  • Their reflection on boxer Katie Taylor turns a live sporting moment into a discussion of purpose, discipline, and resilience.

Aiken connects emerging technology and safety questions to people: who may be affected, how behavior matters, and what a safer cyberspace could mean.

  • Their post on the International State of Safety Tech report uses sector figures to show the scale of safety technology, while their listed speaking topics—AI-agent psychology, human factors, and trust and safety in autonomous enterprises—show how they carry that human-centered focus into AI.
  • The Katie Taylor post is a useful exception to the policy and technology material: it shows them drawing a broader lesson from a cultural moment rather than discussing cyber directly.
  • Together, these examples offer a view of both their safety-focused analysis and public-facing commentary.
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Ideas and priorities

Mary Aiken works from one consistent premise: online safety and cybersecurity are problems of human behavior, not only of technical controls.

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Across the posts here, that premise shows up as a working method — name the behavior, describe what it looks like in a specific setting (a platform, a sector, a policy room, an AI agent), then tie it back to a stated goal of a safer, more secure cyberspace.

  • Mary Aiken's priorities are the growth of safety technology as a sector, the human factors around AI agents and autonomous systems, and conversations with policy and national-security audiences where that behavioral lens is rarely applied.
  • A recurring second thread is purpose and discipline: a reflection on Katie Taylor's retirement is used to argue that self-belief, humility and clarity of purpose matter, and that those qualities carry into safety work.

Cyberpsychology is the lens; a safer cyberspace is the goal

Mary Aiken's central argument is that understanding human behavior in cyberspace is what makes safety and security work effective.

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The posts do not treat cyberpsychology as an academic label; each one attaches it to a live problem — platform harm, national-security cyber policy, AI, the safety-tech market — and closes on the same stated aim of a safer, more secure cyberspace for everyone. This is the throughline that connects otherwise different posts, and it is what a reader should hold onto when explaining what Mary Aiken argues.

A post about a meeting with Alexei Bulazel, Special Assistant to the President and National Security Council Senior Director for Cyber, carries the hashtags #Cyberpsychology, #Cybersecurity, #Cybersafety and #ForensicCyberpsychology.

  • It ends: "Here's to working to create a safer and more secure #Cyberspace."
  • The same mission sentence appears in the Safety Tech report post and the Katie Taylor reflection.

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Safety tech is a growing sector in its own right

Rather than presenting online safety as a feature of existing security products, Mary Aiken describes it as a distinct industry with its own investment, headcount and research base.

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The argument matters because it reframes safety from a cost or compliance item into a market with measurable momentum — and Mary Aiken's role in that framing is as Lead Scientific Advisor to the annual sector report. The report's claims are attributed to the named partners (Paladin Capital Group, PUBLIC and Perspective Economics), not presented as Mary Aiken's personal findings.

Announcing the third annual International State of Safety Tech report, the post cites 2025 fundraising on pace to exceed 2024 with over $1 billion invested across the sector, expansion into physical, immersive and autonomous environments "where digital and offline worlds converge," and growth to more than 840 providers and over 40,000 roles worldwide.

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AI agents need psychology as well as engineering

Mary Aiken argues that trust, control and oversight of AI systems are human-factors problems.

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The current speaking topics — The Psychology of Agentic AI, Human Factors in the Age of AI Agents, and Trust, Control & Safety in the Autonomous Enterprise — move past general "AI and society" framing into specific questions about how people perceive and delegate to systems that act on their own. This is the newest and most technical direction in the posts here, and it builds directly on the cyberpsychology premise rather than replacing it.

A POLITICO interview carries the tags #cyberpsychology #AI #SafetyTech.

  • The speaker post lists those three agentic-AI topics and invites speaking inquiries.
  • The description "A titan in the emerging field of cyberpsychology" is quoted from the publication, not offered as Mary Aiken's self-description.

The safety-tech report focuses on environments where digital and physical worlds converge. The 2026 speaking list extends that argument to autonomous agents and enterprise trust, a narrower and more recent focus than earlier online-safety commentary.

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Forensic cyberpsychology belongs in policy and national-security rooms

Mary Aiken argues that behavioral analysis of cyber activity matters to high-level policy, not just platform moderation or consumer protection.

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The post brings cyberpsychology into a national-security context and credits the people who convened the conversation. Ask for more examples of this work before positioning it as a sustained policy focus.

The post thanks Marshall S. Rich for convening the discussion with Alexei Bulazel and identifies its subject as forensic cyberpsychology.

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Purpose, discipline and humility inform the safety argument

In the most personal post here, Mary Aiken draws a line from elite sport to safety work: courage, discipline, humility, self-belief and a life anchored in purpose.

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The argument is that how a person holds responsibility — quietly, and without letting defeat define them — is itself a model for the people working on hard safety problems. It is a values post, not a technical one, and it is best read as framing rather than proof of method.

Recounting Katie Taylor's final ring walk at Croke Park before 84,000 people, Mary Aiken notes Taylor's choice of "All Hail King Jesus" and describes her faith as central to who she is.

  • Aiken writes that "defeat never defined her; it sent her back to work."
  • The post quotes promoter Eddie Hearn calling Taylor "the woman who would not take no for an answer," then links that to Aiken's own cyberpsychology work "in the service of the greater good."

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Start with their work

International State of Safety Tech report, third annual edition

This explains what the safety-tech sector is and why Mary Aiken is positioned to discuss it.

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Newcomers can start here to see the scale, investment, and human-behavior themes that run through their work.

As Lead Scientific Advisor, Mary Aiken says they helped release the third annual International State of Safety Tech report with Paladin Capital Group, PUBLIC, and Perspective Economics.

  • The post highlights three findings: 2025 is set to exceed 2024 fundraising levels, with over $1 billion invested across the sector; safety tech is expanding into physical, immersive, and autonomous environments; and the sector grew to more than 840 providers and over 40,000 roles worldwide.
  • It frames this as work to create a safer, more secure cyberspace for all.

For brands planning a campaign

For a cybersecurity or safety-tech brand, this is a ready-made data anchor for a keynote or panel. It supports an angle on sector growth and human factors in emerging environments, with Mary Aiken translating report findings into implications for behavior and trust.

POLITICO interview: 'a titan in the emerging field of cyberpsychology'

This shows how mainstream media presents Mary Aiken’s expertise, with an outside framing and a direct link to a publication interview.

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Mary Aiken shares a POLITICO interview and quotes the description 'A titan in the emerging field of cyberpsychology.' The post tags cyberpsychology, AI, and SafetyTech and links to the interview. It presents the interview as an external media platform for their work at the intersection of human behavior, AI, and online safety.

For brands planning a campaign

For a brand seeking third-party credibility, the POLITICO reference can support an introduction or panel bio. Pair it with Mary Aiken’s own definitions of cyberpsychology and AI to keep the program grounded in substance, not just the quote.

Top Ten Cybersecurity Speakers in 2026 and current speaking topics

This lays out Mary Aiken’s speaking topics and how to inquire.

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Event organizers and brands can use it as a menu of current keynote themes.

Mary Aiken notes their recognition as one of the Top Ten Cybersecurity Speakers in 2026, with a joint top score alongside Sarah Armstrong-Smith.

  • The post lists three speaking topics: The Psychology of Agentic AI; Human Factors in the Age of AI Agents; and Trust, Control & Safety in the Autonomous Enterprise.
  • It also invites speaking inquiries by message and links to a speakers agency page.

For brands planning a campaign

For a keynote, panel, or advisory brief, these three topics map neatly to AI-agent governance, human factors, and trust in autonomous enterprises. They can shape the program and outreach message without requiring a new theme.

Discussion with the National Security Council's Senior Director for Cyber

This shows Mary Aiken engaging policy and national-security audiences, and connects cyberpsychology with high-level cyber policy conversations.

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Mary Aiken describes a discussion with Alexei Bulazel, Special Assistant to the President and National Security Council Senior Director for Cyber, convened by Marshall S.

  • Rich.
  • The post tags cyberpsychology, cybersecurity, cybersafety, and forensic cyberpsychology, and closes with 'Here's to working to create a safer and more secure Cyberspace.'

For brands planning a campaign

For a public-sector, policy, or national-security cybersecurity brand, this shows convening power and policy relevance. It can support a panel or advisory angle on forensic cyberpsychology and safer cyberspace.

Katie Taylor's final ring walk at Croke Park

This shows how Mary Aiken communicates beyond technical reports, turning a live cultural moment into a lesson about human behavior, purpose, and resilience.

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Mary Aiken recounts watching Katie Taylor's final ring walk from a ringside seat at Croke Park.

  • The post reports 84,000 people in attendance, Taylor defeating previously unbeaten Flora Pili by unanimous decision, and Taylor retiring as a three-time undisputed world champion.
  • It notes Taylor chose 'All Hail King Jesus' and describes faith as central to Taylor's identity.
  • Aiken draws out courage, discipline, humility, self-belief, and purpose, then connects clarity of purpose to their cyberpsychology work and the goal of a safer, more secure cyberspace for everyone.

For brands planning a campaign

For an event seeking an accessible opening, this offers a model for using a non-cyber story to frame human behavior in cyberspace. It makes a keynote less abstract while connecting it to safety and cybersecurity.

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Topics and approach

Posts cited for each topic
Cyberpsychology: human behavior in cyberspace4
AI agents, trust, and human factors3
Safety Tech sector research and market growth1
Keynote and event speaking1
Policy and national security conversations1
Values, role models, and cyberpsychology for social good1

Cyberpsychology: human behavior in cyberspace

Mary Aiken frames cyberpsychology as the study of how people behave online, applying it to online safety, cybersecurity, and forensic questions.

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They use the term directly, including in a discussion with a White House National Security Council cyber official under #Cyberpsychology, #Cybersecurity, #Cybersafety, and #ForensicCyberpsychology, and describe work to create a safer and more secure cyberspace.

Talks and posts connect specific cybersecurity and safety topics to a cyberpsychology lens, often with a short mission statement about creating a safer cyberspace.

For brands planning a campaign

Brands can position Mary Aiken as the expert who explains the human side of security and safety challenges—not just the technical controls. This suits keynotes, panels, or advisory work focused on audience behavior, trust, or online harm.

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Safety Tech sector research and market growth

As Lead Scientific Advisor, Mary Aiken announced the third annual International State of Safety Tech report with Paladin Capital Group, PUBLIC, and Perspective Economics.

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The post cites 2025 fundraising on pace to exceed 2024, with over $1 billion invested; expansion into physical, immersive, and autonomous environments; and growth to more than 840 providers and 40,000 roles worldwide.

Annual sector report release featuring named research partners and headline findings.

For brands planning a campaign

A safety-tech or cybersecurity company can book Mary Aiken for a data-backed market briefing, investor or policy panel, or executive session on the sector’s growth. The report provides a concrete industry narrative beyond personal opinion.

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AI agents, trust, and human factors

Mary Aiken speaks and posts about AI through a cyberpsychology and safety-tech lens.

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An interview with POLITICO is tagged #cyberpsychology #AI #SafetyTech, and listed speaking topics include The Psychology of Agentic AI, Human Factors in the Age of AI Agents, and Trust, Control & Safety in the Autonomous Enterprise.

Media interview and published speaker-topic list.

For brands planning a campaign

A brand working on AI agents, automation, or enterprise trust can book Mary Aiken for a keynote or panel on how people perceive, trust, and control AI systems. The specific topics can help shape an event program around agentic AI and human oversight.

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Keynote and event speaking

Mary Aiken was recognised as one of the Top Ten Cybersecurity Speakers in 2026, sharing a joint top score with Sarah Armstrong-Smith.

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The post says they travel to events, deliver a cyberpsychology-informed keynote, and engage attendees; speaking inquiries are handled by message.

Speaker recognition and a direct speaking-inquiry call to action.

For brands planning a campaign

For a conference or internal event, Mary Aiken offers a ready-to-book keynote, not just commentary. Brands can use the recognition and topic list to support a main-stage slot or moderated conversation.

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Policy and national security conversations

Mary Aiken posted about discussing cyberpsychology with Alexei Bulazel, Special Assistant to the President and National Security Council Senior Director for Cyber, in a conversation convened by Marshall S.

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Rich. The post connects the discussion to cybersecurity, cybersafety, and forensic cyberpsychology.

For brands planning a campaign

A brand with government, defence, or public-policy audiences can feature Mary Aiken in policy-adjacent programming. The post shows their willingness to engage national-security stakeholders on the human side of cyber.

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Values, role models, and cyberpsychology for social good

In a post about Katie Taylor’s final fight, Mary Aiken describes courage, discipline, humility, self-belief, and a life anchored in purpose, linking the moment to their own cyberpsychology work in service of the greater good.

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The post uses a public sports milestone to connect role models, resilience, and a mission for a safer cyberspace.

Personal reflection tied to a news moment, linking it to cyberpsychology and online safety.

A values and role-model post, best used for framing rather than as evidence of a specific safety method.

For brands planning a campaign

A brand running women-in-cyber, mentorship, or purpose-led campaigns can use Mary Aiken’s values-led commentary to connect a mainstream moment with online safety. It can frame event introductions or panels beyond technical credentials.

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Brands and businesses

Aiken’s posts credit organisations behind a safety-tech report they helped release, share a media interview and a speakers-ranking mention, and tag institutions repeatedly.

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They do not state any sponsorship, affiliate, client, employment or ownership relationships. Ask for the terms of these connections before treating any mention as a partnership or contract.

Paladin Capital Group

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Credited alongside PUBLIC and Perspective Economics in the announcement of the third annual International State of Safety Tech report, which Aiken released as Lead Scientific Advisor.

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The post does not state the terms of that support.

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PUBLIC

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Credited alongside Paladin Capital Group and Perspective Economics in the announcement of the third annual International State of Safety Tech report.

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Perspective Economics

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Credited alongside Paladin Capital Group and PUBLIC in the announcement of the third annual International State of Safety Tech report.

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The post does not state the relationship terms.

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POLITICO

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Aiken shared an interview with POLITICO, which described them as “a titan in the emerging field of cyberpsychology.”

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The post covers the interview, not a commercial arrangement.

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The AI Speakers Agency

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Tagged when Aiken announced they had been recognised as one of the top ten cybersecurity speakers for 2026 and listed their current keynote topics.

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The post does not state whether they have a representation agreement.

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Champions Group

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Tagged in the post announcing Aiken’s top-ten cybersecurity speakers recognition for 2026.

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Capitol Technology University

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Tagged in several posts about cyberpsychology, safety-tech sector research and Aiken’s speaking work.

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The posts do not state their relationship to the university.

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University of East London

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Tagged in posts about safety-tech research and Aiken’s cyberpsychology interview coverage.

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Topics and similar creators

Mary Aiken's posts show how cyberpsychology applies to live safety problems, rather than treating it as an academic label.

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Start with the announcement of the third annual International State of Safety Tech report, which sets out the sector's scale and direction — fundraising on pace to pass $1 billion, more than 840 providers and 40,000 roles, and expansion into physical, immersive and autonomous environments.

  • The 2026 speaker post lists current keynote topics on the psychology of agentic AI, human factors in AI agents, and trust and control in the autonomous enterprise; it offers the clearest signal of where the thinking is heading.
  • Two shorter posts show the register in practice: a discussion with a National Security Council cyber official tagged forensic cyberpsychology, and a POLITICO interview framed around cyberpsychology, AI and safety tech.
  • A reflection on Katie Taylor's final fight at Croke Park is the outlier — a values post about discipline, humility and purpose that Aiken links to the same safety mission.
  • Read the report post for the market argument, the speaker post for the current AI focus, and the policy and reflection posts for how the behavioural lens travels beyond technical settings.
  • The tags below group the work by subject and format; the creators listed alongside cover adjacent ground in engineering skills, mentoring or cybersecurity delivery.
Cyberpsychology Online safety Safety technology Artificial intelligence Human factors Forensic cyberpsychology Keynote speaking Sector research reports Policy and national security

Katie Colledge-Price

Colledge-Price works at the intersection of cybersecurity and public-facing safety delivery, as Mary Aiken does, but from the delivery side.

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Both publish sector-facing guidance: Colledge-Price heads the REA Cyber Security Working Group and launched the EV charging cybersecurity report, explaining what it covers for local authorities, fleet operators and chargepoint installers.

  • Both point readers to external authority — the NCSC and NCA warnings on one side, the safety-tech market data on the other.
  • If you follow Mary Aiken for how safety work is organised and communicated, Colledge-Price shows the same job done inside a single industry.

The lens is technical and compliance-led rather than behavioural.

  • Colledge-Price's posts explain standards, secure-by-design requirements and payment compliance for charging infrastructure; Mary Aiken's work starts from how people behave online and what that means for policy, AI oversight and platform harm.
  • Readers seeking the psychology of online harm will not find it here; those looking for procurement-level guidance will not find it in their posts.

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Philip Marsh

Marsh shares Mary Aiken's habit of using a public moment to argue about who gets to enter a profession and how they develop.

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Both treat mentoring and role models as practical work rather than sentiment: Marsh describes 3,000 graduates through structured mentoring programmes, 1,300 women progressing through newer initiatives across 16 African countries, and agreements with institutions such as the IET.

  • Aiken's Katie Taylor post, meanwhile, frames safety work through courage, discipline and clarity of purpose.
  • Marsh's account of judging the Women in Construction & Engineering Awards and singling out a nominee's storytelling as the deciding quality closely echoes Aiken's argument that how a person holds responsibility matters.

Marsh focuses on engineering, construction and advanced manufacturing skills, using narratives and programmes — mentoring schemes, fellowships, judging panels and storytelling as a career superpower.

  • Mary Aiken focuses on behaviour in cyberspace through research and sector analysis.
  • Follow Marsh to see how professional pipelines and mentoring are built; follow Aiken to see how online harm and AI oversight are analysed.

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Richard Atkinson CBE

Atkinson is a similar follow for teaching and talent development, rather than subject matter.

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Both use LinkedIn to explain a field to people outside it and argue that developing people is the work.

  • Atkinson's posts describe a supply chain leadership degree apprenticeship cohort starting at Aston University, a network spanning aerospace, pharma, automotive and healthcare employers, and the earlier careers those graduates build.
  • They use the same explanatory, mission-stated style Mary Aiken brings to cyberpsychology and safety tech.
  • Both also emphasise purpose and persistence.

Atkinson writes about logistics, supply chain and engineering education, largely through programme announcements and welcomes to named cohorts.

  • Mary Aiken writes about behaviour online, AI oversight and safety-sector data.
  • Readers drawn to Aiken's subject will find Atkinson's field unrelated; those interested in how they explain a discipline and champion its next generation will recognise the approach.

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Audience

For a keynote, panel, or advisory placement, Mary Aiken has about 15,500 LinkedIn followers, recorded in October 2026.

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That figure shows the potential reach of their professional posts, but not who follows them.

  • No platform demographics, audience survey, or video performance data is published, so geography, age, gender, and job seniority remain unmeasured.
  • Their posts cover cybersecurity, cyberpsychology, and safety tech, alongside a personal post about Katie Taylor's final fight at Croke Park that reached an Irish general-sport audience beyond their professional niche.
  • For buyers, this suggests Aiken’s professional audience may cluster in security, safety technology, and policy circles, while personal framing can carry a topic to a broader national audience.
  • If a campaign depends on reaching decision-makers in a particular function, geography, or seniority band, ask Aiken or their representation for recent LinkedIn audience demographics or survey data, plus a recent post or talk that reached a comparable audience.

LinkedIn followers

15,467

Mary Aiken's LinkedIn profile · 2026-10-08

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Partnership options

Mary Aiken's publicly described engagements fall into three practical shapes: keynote speaking, invited expert discussion or media commentary, and scientific advisory work on sector research.

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The clearest formal role is as Lead Scientific Advisor on the third annual International State of Safety Tech report, released in December 2025 with named partners and findings on sector funding, provider numbers, and employment.

  • Speaking is offered directly: a March 2026 post names three current keynote topics — the psychology of agentic AI, human factors in the age of AI agents, and trust, control and safety in the autonomous enterprise — and invites speaking inquiries by message.
  • Mary Aiken's posts do not show a sponsor policy, rate card, or disclosed paid brand partnership, and do not describe a sponsorship or ambassador format.
  • Hashtags and organisation tags in the posts show association, not payment.
  • Treat the advisory and speaking routes below as the options described in the posts and confirm commercial terms directly.

Conference keynote

Buyer requirement

Approach with a speaking inquiry.

  • State the audience, event format, and decision you want the room to make.
  • Mary Aiken's current topics focus on cyberpsychology, AI agents, autonomy, and trust, rather than vendor product content.
  • Explain how the topic connects to your offer.
  • Agree the fee, duration, and travel terms in the inquiry.

Invited expert discussion or panel

Buyer requirement

Suitable when you need an expert voice alongside officials, practitioners, or researchers rather than a solo keynote.

  • The disclosed example is a small discussion with a senior national security cyber official, convened by a third party, plus a media interview.
  • Plan the convener, topic framing, and attribution; expect the contribution to be framed through cyberpsychology and online safety.

Scientific advisory or sector research role

Buyer requirement

Use this when you need a named scientific advisor for a report, index, or research programme.

  • The disclosed work is a sector-level annual report produced with named partners, covering funding levels, the growth of the safety technology sector, and its workforce.
  • A vendor-specific research arrangement is not documented; agree scope, attribution, and how findings may be reused explicitly.

Expert interview or recorded commentary

Buyer requirement

Suitable for filmed interviews, podcasts, or quoted commentary where the value is a credible expert voice rather than an endorsement.

  • A published interview shows the format and framing.
  • Agree usage rights, editing, and any promotional placement in advance.
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Campaign fit

A campaign to shortlist

A cybersecurity or safety-tech company seeking a credible expert for a keynote, panel or advisory engagement on cyberpsychology, online safety and human factors in AI is a strong fit.

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The posts point to three strengths.

  • First, Aiken holds a named scientific advisory role on the third annual International State of Safety Tech report, released with Paladin Capital Group, PUBLIC and Perspective Economics.
  • The post shares sector-level findings: 2025 fundraising is on pace to exceed 2024, with over $1 billion invested; the sector has grown to more than 840 providers and over 40,000 roles worldwide; and it is expanding into physical, immersive and autonomous environments.
  • That gives a buyer a current market narrative, not just a personal opinion.
  • Second, the speaking offer is explicit and specific.
  • They list three current keynote topics: the psychology of agentic AI, human factors in the age of AI agents, and trust, control and safety in the autonomous enterprise.
  • Those topics map directly to a security or safety-tech event program.
  • Third, their credibility is externally framed.
  • A POLITICO interview is shared under the description 'a titan in the emerging field of cyberpsychology,' and a separate post describes a discussion with the National Security Council's Senior Director for Cyber.
  • For a campaign that needs an expert to explain human behavior, trust and online safety to a professional audience, those are the right signals.
  • The commercial formats listed are keynote speaking, invited expert discussion or panel, scientific advisory or sector research, and expert interview or recorded commentary.
  • No fee, duration or sponsor policy is published; agree those directly.
  • Audience data is limited to a LinkedIn following of about 15,500, with no demographic breakdown or performance data.
  • Don't promise precise reach or conversion.
  • Promise expertise, a sector-informed point of view, and a program shaped around agentic AI, trust and safety.

When to choose a specialist

A consumer brand seeking a high-volume social ambassador campaign—for example, a short-form video endorsement or affiliate promotion aimed at driving direct sales among a broad 18-34 audience—is a poor fit.

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The posts show a LinkedIn-only professional presence, with no TikTok, Instagram or YouTube presence indicated, and no disclosed paid brand partnership, sponsor policy, rate card or product endorsement example.

  • They focus on sector research, policy discussion, speaking recognition, media commentary and one personal reflection on a sporting event.
  • Those support expert positioning, not consumer product promotion.
  • The audience information is also insufficient for this campaign: about 15,500 LinkedIn followers, with no platform demographic breakdown, audience survey or video performance data.
  • Geography, age, gender and job seniority therefore cannot be measured.
  • A consumer campaign would need reach and conversion figures that are not available.
  • The commercial formats described in the posts are keynote, panel, advisory or sector research, and expert interview or recorded commentary.
  • A brand could still use Aiken as an expert commentator in a consumer-facing campaign, but that is a different campaign and should be scoped as such—not presented as a mass-reach endorsement play.
  • If a brand wants to proceed, ask for audience data for the relevant platform and details of any previous paid partnership terms before committing.
A worked campaign example

Campaign angle: 'Trust in the autonomous enterprise: the human factor in AI-agent adoption.' For a security or safety-tech company launching AI-agent governance or safety products, run a conference slot or half-day event with Aiken.

  • Open with a 25-30 minute keynote on why trust, control and safety determine whether AI agents get adopted, framed through cyberpsychology rather than product features.
  • Set the scene with the Safety Tech report findings: over $1 billion invested in 2025, 840-plus providers, more than 40,000 roles, and expansion into physical, immersive and autonomous environments.
  • Then hold a moderated panel with product, risk and policy leads, using the three listed speaking topics as its spine: the psychology of agentic AI, human factors in the age of AI agents, and trust, control and safety in the autonomous enterprise.
  • Close with an advisory session for the product and policy teams.
  • Ask Aiken to map three trust failure points in the buyer's AI-agent process and identify what proof, controls and messaging would reduce them.
  • Use the POLITICO 'titan in cyberpsychology' reference in the invitation and program bio, and cite the National Security Council cyber discussion as a sign of policy fluency.
  • Feature the safety-tech sector data to show why the session is timely.
  • Before the event, request audience data, confirm the fee and usage rights, and agree whether the report findings can be cited in promotional material.
  • Next, send a one-page brief naming the audience, event format and decision the room must make, then book a call to confirm scope.
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Who else to consider

Katie Colledge-Price

Choose Katie Colledge-Price when the need is hands-on charging and critical-national-infrastructure security rather than behavioural science.

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These posts show them leading the REA Cyber Security Working Group and launching an EV charging cyber security guidance document for local authorities, fleet operators, chargepoint operators and installers.

  • The stated contents cover threat monitoring and response readiness, secure-by-design principles for chargepoints, ETSI EN 303 645 and RED compliance, secure communications, Cyber Essentials Plus supply-chain requirements, PCI/DSS for payments, and the role of CAF and licensing from 2028.
  • The posts also cite National Cyber Security Centre and National Crime Agency warnings about threats to chargepoint infrastructure and critical national infrastructure, and record a launch panel alongside the CEO of Hubject.
  • For an event serving operators, fleets, local authorities or installers and focused on implementing secure charging infrastructure, that material maps to the room more precisely than a cyberpsychology framing.

The coverage is sector-specific—EV charging and critical national infrastructure—and shows working-group leadership and guidance authorship.

  • It does not cover the cyberpsychology research, human-behaviour frameworks, or AI-agent and autonomous-enterprise themes in Mary Aiken’s listed talks.
  • A programme built around trust, control and why people adopt AI agents would lose its spine.
  • The trade-off is compliance and implementation depth in one infrastructure sector versus the broader human-factors and online-safety range Mary Aiken brings.

Examples: Source 1 · Source 2

Richard Atkinson CBE

Consider Richard Atkinson CBE when the need is supply-chain and logistics talent development.

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These posts cover Aston University's Supply Chain Leadership Degree Apprenticeship: new cohorts starting, a learner group drawn from large employers, and an alumni network of VPs, CEOs, managing directors and supply-chain leaders across aerospace, pharma, automotive, FMCG, engineering, supermarket and healthcare. This is a programme for building and connecting logistics leaders, not a security engagement.

These posts do not discuss cyberpsychology, online safety, or cybersecurity, so this is not a substitute for a session on those topics.

  • It would suit an employer or university audience focused on apprenticeships and talent pipelines.
  • Choosing this route means the session no longer addresses online human behaviour or security adoption, and the buyer would need a different speaker or slot for those topics.

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Philip Marsh

Consider Philip Marsh when the need is structured mentoring, engineering workforce diversity or professional-body partnership.

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These posts describe 45 years as an engineer, the last 20 building structured mentoring programmes across Africa, with nearly 3,000 graduates and around 1,300 women progressing across 16 countries. They record a cooperation agreement with the Institution of Engineering and Technology, described there as having 157,000-plus members across 148 countries; collaborations with The 5% Club, AMRC and WMG at the University of Warwick; and judging the 2026 Women in Construction & Engineering Awards.

The subject is engineering talent and diversity, not cyberpsychology or security, so it does not serve the stated need. Choosing this route trades the online-safety and human-factors angle for workforce development and mentoring.

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Completed brief: AI-agent trust keynote

Completed brief: safety-tech sector roundtable

Completed brief: EV charging security conference, with a change of expert

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Research methodology

  • This page is built from five LinkedIn posts published by Mary Aiken in 2025–2026 and seen in October 2026.
  • They cover the third annual International State of Safety Tech report, a POLITICO interview, a 2026 cybersecurity speakers recognition listing current keynote topics, a discussion with a National Security Council cyber official, and a reflection on Katie Taylor's final fight.
  • Three similar-creator comparisons draw on six further LinkedIn posts from Richard Atkinson, Philip Marsh and Katie Colledge-Price.
  • Mary Aiken's posts do not reproduce the safety-tech report, the POLITICO interview or speakers-agency pages in full, so the sector figures and the interview description rest on how Mary Aiken summarised them.
  • Mary Aiken's posts do not include audience demographics, performance data, fees, sponsor policy or disclosed paid partnerships.
  • Mary Aiken's posts do not establish signature books, shows or earlier career history, and that remains an open gap for anyone searching the name rather than the topic.

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