Security specialist Espion recently announced the appointment of Alison Murphy to the position of senior sales and business development manager. Alison has responsibility for targeting and developing new business as well as promoting the full range of Espion IT security services, products and training. She previously worked for Energis Ireland (formerly Nevada tele.com) as corporate accounts sales manager. Prior to that, she worked for Eircom UK as channel development manager, and as sales manager for ACC Telecom (a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T). Alison holds a bachelor of commerce degree from University College Galway.