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Hazel McPherson 🦊

Questioner · DISC type c
Co-founder & Director at CSIDES
📍 Greater Bristol Area, United Kingdom

Hazel McPherson is the award-winning Founder and CEO of 4FOX Security, specializing in making cybersecurity accessible for businesses. A former CISO in global finance with over 20 years of experience, she holds an MBA and an MSc in Cyber Security. People describe her as passionate, organized, strategic, and a true leader.

She is deeply committed to community building and education, co-founding the non-profit CSIDES to improve cyber resilience in coastal communities. Hazel actively mentors, serves as a director for BSides Bristol, and has launched networking initiatives for women in the South West. She also hosts the "Flobble Gobble" podcast.

Interesting fact: To make cybersecurity engaging for students, she once demonstrated a "Machine In The Middle" attack using a pineapple device.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Co-founder & Director
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Bristol Area, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Hazel shows up

Value Seeker
Price-Sensitive
Systematic

They are more likely than others to negotiate on pricing and terms. They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point. They prefer to do thorough analysis of any situation.

Priorities

Topics Hazel cares about

Making Cyber Accessible
Her company, 4FOX Security, is founded on the principle of providing practical, plain-language cybersecurity guidance to businesses of all sizes.
Cyber Community Building
Co-founded CSIDES, a non-profit dedicated to improving cyber resilience in coastal communities, and is a director of the BSides Bristol security conference.
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Co-founder & Director
CSIDES
11-2023
Founder & CEO
4FOX SECURITY
4-2017 - 4-2025
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Societe Generale
11-2012 - 3-2017
Core Systems and Security Manager
NHS
8-2010 - 11-2012
Head of IT (EMEA Distribution)
The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2016 - 2018
Master of Science (MSc)
Northumbria University
2021 - 2023
Executive MBA
Wrexham University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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