Cybercrime specialist 

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Public Speaker

Author 

interested in future proofing a sustainable diverse cybersecurity workforce


Multi-award winning cybersecurity professional - Top 4 in the Global Cybersecurity Influencers for end users in 2022 (IFSEC), keynote speaker, author, mentor, adjunct lecturer in cyber-criminology, and researcher.

  • I am a cybercrime specialist, with many years successful senior leadership experience in cybersecurity, investigations, and intelligence, including creating and implementing whole of business cybersecurity strategies. I have an interest in the mechanisms and mitigation of cybercrime, and seek to explore new ways to deal with emerging cyber threats, I am a firm believer that diversity in all its forms should be encouraged to promote innovation and find solutions to challenges facing the world. I have been honoured with multiple InfoSec industry awards, including AISA cybersecurity Volunteer award, part of the first cohort to be named a Fellow of the Australian Information Security Association (AISA) in 2019, won Cybersecurity Professional of the year (AusCERT) 2019, and Cybersecurity professional of the Year (AISA) 2019, and in 2022 named in the IFSEC Global influencers in Security for my work in cybersecurity for end users. I am a Justice of the Peace qualified (qld), an Adjunct lecturer in Cyber-Criminology, and I present on cybercrime and cybersecurity at cyber security conferences and events internationally, write books on the subject, writes a column on cybercrime for the Women in Security magazine, and support those new or learning about cybersecurity

  • empressbat s a pseudonym I have used for well over three decades. I was reticent to have my full name out on the internet in places it did not need to be used, so would use empressbat.