With a background in psychology and economics, Wendy Goucher is unusual in the information security arena. She began to focus her interest in the human contribution to business security about 10 years ago and for a long time she conducted the research as an antidote to the tedium of routine work.

Now working for Idrach, much of her effort is directed at persuading businesses to delegate real responsibility for information security from the sticky grasp of IT and onto everyone’s desk. She has a monthly column in Computer Fraud and Security Magazine.

Wendy is also currently a part-time researcher at Glasgow University.

Wendy is a member of the British Computer Society and an Associate Member of the Institute of Information Security Professionals