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Eric Hysen most recently served as the chief information officer and chief AI afficer at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, where he oversaw a $10 billion IT portfolio and a 10,000+ person IT workforce, advancing critical initiatives in responsible AI innovation, cybersecurity, and digital...

Stephanie Crowe was appointed Deputy Director- General Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) and Head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) in December 2024.   Stephanie has an extensive background in cyber security working with government and industry on responding to...

Dr Paul Robards is Chief Data Integration Officer (CDIO). He is responsible for implementing the Defence Data Strategy, and supporting the Defence enterprise to better govern, trust, discover, use and share data. Paul also manages the implementation of the Defence Business Integration Program to...

Hamish Hansford is the Deputy Secretary of the Cyber and Infrastructure Security Group in the Department of Home Affairs. Hamish joined the department in January 2016. In this role Hamish leads on cyber security, protective security, data security and critical infrastructure policy, and manages the ...

Debi is Director of the Institute for Cyber Security at UNSW.  She previously held the DST Group-University of Adelaide Joint Chair in Cyber Security. In addition, she is a Visiting Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London in the UK.  Debi’s research interests are in interdisciplinary...

Tim is the Assistant Secretary – Commonwealth Security Policy (CSP). Tim leads a team responsible for the coordination and administration of whole-of-government cyber and protective security policy. Commonwealth Security Policy implements the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) and the...

Lorraine Finlay commenced her term as Human Rights Commissioner on 22 November 2021.Prior to joining the Commission Lorraine has worked as a lawyer and academic specialising in human rights and public law. Her most recent roles have been as the Senior Human Trafficking Specialist with the...