AusCERT has an unparalleled track-record of hosting the best information security speakers in the world.
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Keynote Speakers
Adam Spencer
MC
Author, Comedian, Maths Geek … Adam Spencer has been a breakfast radio announcer on Triple J and ABC Sydney, tv personality on everything from comedies Good News Week and The Glasshouse to weekly sports wrap the Back Page and is a member of the Sleek Geeks Science Team with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki. A lifelong numbers […]
READ BIOCiaran Martin
University of Oxford
Ciaran Martin is the founding CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre and now a Professor at the University of Oxford. Ciaran Martin founded the UK’s world leading National Cyber Security Centre and headed it for the first four years of its existence. Currently, after stepping down from his role with NCSC at the end […]
READ BIOJames Young, Jess Dodson, Casey Ellis, Anthony Kitzelmann
Various
What does a security transformation strategy look like and how can SOAR help Security teams are continually faced with increasing and diverse pressures. This is evident now more than ever before. If it is not the ever evolving threat landscape, business or digital transformation initiatives, limited resources and budgets, there is nothing like throwing a […]
READ BIOMaddie Stone
Google Project Zero
Maddie Stone is a Security Researcher on Google Project Zero where she focuses on 0-days actively exploited in-the-wild. Maddie works on detecting, analyzing, and learning from these exploits. Previously, she was a reverse engineer and team lead on the Android Security team. Her team was responsible for finding, analyzing, and protecting users from malware. Maddie […]
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Abhay Bhargav
we45
Abhay Bhargav is the Founder of we45 and Chief Research Officer of AppSecEngineer, a focused Application Security Company and elite ...
READ BIOAlex Webling
Resilience Outcomes Australia
Alex Webling is the Director of Resilience Outcomes Australia, a consultancy helping business and government meet their strategic ...
READ BIOAlvin Lung
Google Cloud Security (VirusTotal)
Alvin is a Customer Engineer at Google Cloud specialising in threat detection. He has 15 years experience in the managed security ...
READ BIOAmy Holden
Mimecast
Amy Holden is a regular webinar MC and moderator with 7 years of experience in technology and four in cybersecurity and resilience. Her ...
READ BIOAndrew Kay
Illumio
Andrew Kay has over 15 years’ experience in security and quality assurance working with organisations across Asia Pacific to strengthen ...
READ BIOAnthony Kitzelmann
Airservices Australia
Tony Kitzelmann is the Chief Information Security Officer at Airservices Australia. Formerly the Australian Digital Health Agency’s ...
READ BIOAshwin Ram
Check Point Software Technologies
As a Cyber Security Evangelist at Check Point Software Technologies, Ashwin Ram helps business leaders make smarter, more insightful ...
READ BIOBen Di Marco
Willis Towers Watson
Ben is a data privacy, incident response and cyber insurance expert with over 13 years of experience practicing as a solicitor in both ...
READ BIOBen Mudie
Alsid
Ben is an experienced technical team leader and has managed teams of Software Engineers to collaboratively design and deploy solutions ...
READ BIOBrian Hay
Cultural Cyber Security
Brian Hay APM has a rare blend of cyber security skills and business attributes. Long considered a Thought Leader in the world of Cyber ...
READ BIOBruce Biesecker
Verizon
Bruce is responsible for overseeing Verizon’s Global Security Operations. In this capacity, he leads global Security teams in ...
READ BIOCasey Ellis
Bugcrowd
Casey is the Chairman, Founder, and CTO of Bugcrowd, and co-founder of The disclose.io Project. He is a 20+ year veteran of information ...
READ BIOChris Gatford
Hacktive.io
Chris Gatford is the Founder and Director of Hacktive.io in Sydney, Australia and performs penetration tests for organisations all ...
READ BIOColby Prior
Suncorp Group
Colby has a background in DevOps and managing infrastructure. Colby has a strong focus on security and is involved in the information ...
READ BIODave Lewis
Duo Security
Dave Lewis is the Global Advisory CISO at Duo Security and has 25 years of experience in IT security operations and management ...
READ BIODavid Gamer
Splunk
David is a Senior Sales Engineer and Security SME at Splunk, where for the past three years he has helped his clients weaponise their ...
READ BIODavid Jorm
NCC Group
David has been involved in the security industry for the last 20 years. During this time he has found many high-impact and novel ...
READ BIODr Dan Kim
The University of Queensland
Dr Dan Dongseong Kim is an Associate Professor at The University of Queensland, Australia since Jan 2019. Prior to UQ, he was a Senior ...
READ BIODr Mark Carey-Smith
AusCERT
Mark has been an information security professional for approximately 20 years. He has worked in operational and architectural infosec ...
READ BIODr Mike Cohen
Rapid7
Dr. Michael Cohen has over 20 years of experience in applying and developing novel incident response and digital forensics tools and ...
READ BIODr Weihan Goh
Singapore Institute of Technology
Dr Weihan Goh is an Assistant Professor at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), where he teaches primarily in the BEng (Hons) ...
READ BIODr. Almerindo Graziano
Silensec | CYBER RANGES
Almerindo has gained over 20 years’ worth of experience in information and cyber security, ranging from developing one of the ...
READ BIODushyant Sattiraju
Deakin University
Dushyant Sattiraju is the Cyber Security Operations Lead for Deakin University. He holds two master’s degrees in Information Security ...
READ BIOEdward Farrell
Mercury ISS
Edward Farrell is a security consultant with over eleven years’ experience in information security and sixteen years’ experience in the ...
READ BIOEric Pinkerton
Trustwave
Eric is a familiar face in the industry, and is honoured to have been selected to present at AusCERT several times, he is a veteran ...
READ BIOFatih Ozavci
Independent Infosec Professional
Fatih Ozavci is a multidisciplinary security manager, engineer and researcher with two decades of experience on offensive and defensive ...
READ BIOGarrett O’Hara
Mimecast
Garrett O’Hara is the Principal Technical Consultant at Mimecast having joined in 2015 with the opening of the Sydney office, leading ...
READ BIOGary Gaskell
Infosec Services Pty Ltd
Gary has been a pure play cyber security specialist since 1993. This career has been built on a masters degree by research in the ...
READ BIOGrant Lockwood
Virtus Health
Grant Lockwood is the Chief Information Security Officer of Virtus Health. Prior to this, he spent 8 years in public healthcare. His ...
READ BIOJames Young
Splunk
James is an experienced and passionate technical professional, with an extensive background working in large enterprise, government, ...
READ BIOJeroen van der Ham
FIRST and University of Twente
Jeroen van der Ham is a researcher at the National Cyber Security Centre in the Netherlands (NCSC-NL), he also holds guest appointments ...
READ BIOJérôme Leonard
StrangeBee | TheHive Project
Jérôme Leonard is co-founder and Chief Product Officer of StrangeBee where he uses his know-how & skills to contribute shaping its ...
READ BIOJess Dodson
Microsoft
Based in Brisbane, Australia and with over 15 years experience in the management & architecture of identity & security system ...
READ BIOJohn Grim
Verizon
John has over 18 years of experience leading investigations of data breaches and cybersecurity incidents within the government and ...
READ BIOJon Spokes
Trustwave
Jon is a Leo, the fifth sign of the zodiac and ruled by the Sun, which is why he’s moved to the sunshine state. Jon is Trustwave’s ...
READ BIOJon-Peter Haywood
Acumenis
JP is a Senior Security Consultant and Threat Intelligence Lead at Acumenis, helping organisations identify security risks and ...
READ BIOKendra Ross
Independent Infosec Professional
If you live in NZ & like beer and cyber security chances are you know Kendra Ross, founder of 1st Tuesday, NZ’s largest InfoSec ...
READ BIOKevin Tan
Singapore Institute of Technology
Kevin Tan is currently pursuing his BEng (Hons) Information and Communications Technology (Information Security) degree at the ...
READ BIOKyle Villano
Cambrex
Cyber security professional with more than 17 years experience developing and maturing organizations’ security protection, ...
READ BIOKylie Watson
IBM
Kylie is a unique blend of Sociologist and Technologist. She leads a team of cyber security consultants nationally at IBM and is the ...
READ BIOLeon Fouche
BDO
Leon is an experienced ICT professional specialising in cyber security, cloud and technology risk advisory services. He has more than ...
READ BIOLukasz Gogolkiewicz
SEEK
Lukasz is a high proficient security professional, previously responsible for the technical direction and leadership for one of the ...
READ BIOMark Hofman
CyberCX
Mark Hofman serves as the Chief Technology Officer at CyberCX. Mark is a seasoned cyber security professional with a track-record ...
READ BIOMark Krischer
Cisco
Mark has over 25 years of experience across Wireless and Security technologies, and joined Cisco in 2001 through the Radiata ...
READ BIOMark Smith
OKTA
Mark has over 25 years of experience in IT, including over 4 years at Okta. An ex-developer now Identity and Access Management ...
READ BIOMichael Ferguson
Netskope
Michael ‘Fergo’ Ferguson is a Cloud Security Evangelist and Senior Sales Engineer at Netskope. He is a highly customer-focused security ...
READ BIOMike Holm
AusCERT
Mike is the Senior Manager at AusCERT; which is a leading Cyber Emergency Response Team for Australia and provides information security ...
READ BIOMike Seddon
Quantum Security Services
Mike is co-founder of New Zealand Internet Task Force (NZITF) and the information Security Awards NZ (iSANZ) and has been an ...
READ BIONabil Adouani
StrangeBee | TheHive Project
Nabil Adouani is the CEO at StrangeBee, he is also a tech leader who has been building security software for the last 11 years. As a ...
READ BIONick Pratley
BDO
Nick Pratley is a security professional with the BDO Risk Advisory practice, specialising in cyber defence and security operations. ...
READ BIOPatrick Dwyer
OWASP
Patrick is the software development lead for a Government organisation and a member of the CycloneDX Software Bill of Materials Core ...
READ BIOPatrick Kang
Singapore Institute of Technology
Patrick Kang Wei Sheng is currently pursuing his BEng (Hons) Information and Communications Technology (Information Security) degree at ...
READ BIOPieter Danhieux
Secure Code Warrior
Pieter Danhieux is the CEO of Secure Code Warrior, a global security company that makes software development better and more secure. In ...
READ BIOPrescott Pym
Verizon
Prescott must be crazy for working in Security Operations for over 20 years. He has been a leader for Verizon Managed Security Services ...
READ BIOProfessor David Fairman
Netskope
David Fairman is an experienced CSO/CISO, strategic advisory, investor and coach. David has extensive experience in the global ...
READ BIORichard Stocks
Recorded Future
Richard is a highly skilled and experienced IT security professional with over 20 years industry experience. He has a strong track ...
READ BIORicky Calder
emt Distribution Pty Ltd
Ricky Calder is a Cyber Security Architect at emt Distribution Pty Ltd. Before Immigrating to Perth, Australia in 2008 I developed a ...
READ BIORoger Sels
BlackBerry
Roger leads BlackBerry Solutions for EMEA and serves as a trusted advisor to client’s C-Suite with a focus on maximizing their cyber ...
READ BIOSamuel Abdelsayed
Checkmarx
Samuel is a collaborative manager, technology and application security enthusiast with over 15 years of delivery experience in ...
READ BIOShane Bell
McGrathNicol
Shane has more than 18 years experience managing technology and information risk in business, with a particular focus on cybersecurity, ...
READ BIOShawn Richardson
FIRST and NVIDIA
Shawn is a Senior Program Manager in a wide variety of business applications at NVIDIA. She is particularly experienced in incident ...
READ BIOSimon Cowley
Department of Health, Victorian Government
Simon Cowley is a Principal Cybersecurity Officer at the Department of Health, Victoria. Simon is based in the Digital Health Branch ...
READ BIOSimon Harvey
Simon Harvey Consulting
Simon Harvey is an Information Security Professional of over 25 years, starting out in Research in the UK and then into Strategy & ...
READ BIOSimon O’Brien
Splunk
Simon is the manager of the Global Security Strategist team at Splunk, where he has been helping organisations across the world enhance ...
READ BIOStefanie Luhrs
Barry.Nilsson.
Stefanie Luhrs is a solicitor specialising in cyber claims. She has managed both small and large scale incidents for domestic and ...
READ BIOTracey Weeks
eHealth Queensland – Queensland Health
Tracey Weeks is the Manager of Cyber Security (Training and Awareness) Cyber Security Group at eHealth Queensland – Queensland ...
READ BIOTroy Hunt
Pluralsight, HIBP, Microsoft
Troy Hunt is an independent security trainer, speaker and Microsoft Regional Director (an honorary role). He’s also the founder of the ...
READ BIOVirginia Calegare
Rightsec
Formally educated in international conflict, counter-terrorism, intelligence, cyber warfare, nuclear criticality safety, knowledge and ...
READ BIOVlado Vajdic
Attivo Networks
I am a solution engineer at Attivo Networks, a software vendor with a mission to stop cyber attacks by hiding and denying access to ...
READ BIOWalter Manyati
Qualys
Walter Manyati is a Technical Account Manager at Qualys. Walter has spent close to a decade in the cybersecurity domain in Australia, ...
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