10 Unum security leaders
Ben Murphy, Senior Vice President and Global Chief Information Security Officer at Unum, heads this list of ten Unum security leaders, who also hold or have held deputy CISO, security architecture, identity, attack surface and fusion center roles there. A reader can learn how security leaders work at Unum from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Ben Murphy
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President and Global Chief Information Security Officer · Unum
Ben Murphy has been Senior Vice President and Global Chief Information Security Officer at Unum since July 2023. Ben Murphy was U.S. Chief Information Security Officer at Aflac from 2016 to 2022, Director, Security Operations and Threat Management at Aflac from 2014 to 2016 and Director of Security, Software Engineering and Services at Jack Henry Banking from 2011 to 2013.
Hooper K.
LinkedInExperience: Director of Cybersecurity Fusion Center · Unum
Hooper K. has been Director of Cybersecurity Fusion Center at Unum since October 2025 and has also held the title Principal Security Engineer there since January 2023. At Unum, Hooper K. was Senior Security Engineer from 2019 to 2022, Security Engineer from 2018 to 2019 and Cyber Security Operations Engineer from 2015 to 2018.
Karen Leavitt
LinkedInExperience: AVP, IT Security · Unum
Karen Leavitt has been AVP, IT Security at Unum since February 2024, and the highlight says the AVP role manages internal IAM and works to integrate applications into the identity governance system. At Unum, Karen Leavitt was Director, Global Information Security from 2023 to 2024 and Director, CIAM from 2021 to 2024.
Kevin Morrison, MBA
LinkedInExperience: VP, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer · Unum
Kevin Morrison has been VP, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer at Unum since September 2024. Kevin Morrison was Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer at Driven Brands Inc. from 2022 to 2024 and Chief Information Security Officer at Alaska Airlines from 2020 to 2022.
Marc Bouchard
LinkedInExperience: VP, Head of Information Security · Unum
Marc Bouchard was VP, Head of Information Security at Unum from October 2023 to January 2026 and Interim CISO there in 2023. At Unum, Marc Bouchard was also AVP, Information Security from 2017 to 2023 and AVP, IT Delivery from 2013 to 2017, and the profile headline lists enterprise risk and AI governance.
Nicoletta Curtis
LinkedInExperience: Head of Infrastructure, IT Security and Service Delivery · Unum UK
Nicoletta Curtis was Head of Infrastructure, IT Security and Service Delivery at Unum UK from 2016 to 2024 and Senior Project Manager there from 2012 to 2016. The highlight says Nicoletta Curtis worked with peers in the Unum global leadership team and was accountable for delivering infrastructure and database services, operations and the service desk.
Ron Parker
LinkedInExperience: AVP, Security Architecture · Unum
Ron Parker has been AVP, Security Architecture at Unum since November 2025 and has also held the title Director Security Solution Engineering there since October 2021. At Unum, Ron Parker was Principal Security Engineer from 2008 to 2021 and System Consultant/Information Security from 2003 to 2008.
Scott Lavigne
LinkedInExperience: Director, Attack Surface Management · Unum
Scott Lavigne has been Director, Attack Surface Management at Unum since May 2026 and was Manager, Attack Surface Management there from 2023 to 2026. At Unum, Scott Lavigne was also Security Analyst 2 from 2022 to 2023 and Security Analyst 1 from 2018 to 2022.
Tim Godsey CISA, CRMA, CIA
LinkedInExperience: Director-Information Security Governance, Risk & Compliance · Unum
Tim Godsey CISA, CRMA, CIA was Director-Information Security Governance, Risk & Compliance at Unum from 2015 to 2022 and has been Information Security Policy & Controls Governance Manager there since March 2026. Tim Godsey was Director: Security Governance, Risk & Compliance at Entrust from 2022 to 2023.
Tony Landsperg
LinkedInExperience: Director, Security, Risk and Resiliency · Unum
Tony Landsperg has been Director, Security, Risk and Resiliency at Unum since January 2019. At Unum, Tony Landsperg was Information Security Risk Management Consultant, Identity & Access Management from 2015 to 2018 and Systems Manager, Identity & Access Management from 2013 to 2015.
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- 02How did you decide which security risks to work on first when several needed attention at once?
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