AUSCERT has an unparalleled track-record of hosting the best information security speakers in the world.
Keynote Speakers
Piotr Kijewski
Shadowserver
Piotr is the CEO and a Trustee at The Shadowserver Foundation, a non-profit organization with a mission of making the Internet a more secure environment. He also manages Shadowserver’s large-scale data threat collection and sharing projects, as well as National CSIRT relationships. Piotr has over 20 years of operational experience in cybersecurity and incident response. He headed CERT.PL (CERT Polska) building up its various security data gathering and analysis projects as well as managing its anti-malware operations, including numerous botnet disruptions. Piotr is also a member of the Honeynet Project (where he has also served on the Board of Directors), a well-known and respected non-profit that is committed to the development of honeypot technologies and threat analysis. He is a frequent speaker at operational/technical cybersecurity conferences world-wide.
Darren Kitchen
Hak5
Darren Kitchen, founder of Hak5, is an influential figure in the cybersecurity field. His YouTube series, Hak5, is the longest-running and has reached millions. Beginning with BASIC on an IBM PC, Kitchen’s early interactions with the hacker underground, influenced by pre-Internet BBSes, shaped his innovations. In 2005, he established Hak5, fostering a community for hackers. Now, Kitchen is a renowned author, speaker, and cybersecurity innovator. Holding patents for NIST-recognized standards, he’s credited with inventing keystroke injection and other notable attack techniques.
Main Program and Tutorial Speakers
Matt Berry
Abnormal Security
Richard Billington
Amazon Web Services
Adam Boileau
Risky Biz Podcast
Ivano Bongiovanni
AUSCERT
Salome Bowman
UQSchoolsNet
Sam Brazier-Hollins
Information Security Innovation
Ben Caisley
Google Cloud Security
Dr Mark Carey-Smith
AUSCERT
Anthony Caruana
Media-Wize
David Cottingham
Airlock Digital
Peter Degotardi
University Of Sydney Technology
Ella Donald
The University of Queensland
Edward Farrell
Mercury ISS
Andrew Fitzgerald
Monash University
Craig Ford
Cyber Unicorns
Riccardo Galbiati
Palo Alto Networks
Gary Gaskell
Infosec Services Pty Ltd
Sayasmito Ghosh
x15 Ventures
Kathryn Goater
Media-Wize
Michael Hamm
Computer Incident Response Centre Luxembourg (CIRCL)
John Harrison
Brisbane City Council
Brian Hay
Cultural Cyber Security
Jon-Peter (JP) Haywood
Acumenis
Dirk Hodgson
Cognito Digital
Pip Jenkinson
Baidam Solutions
Brendan Kelly
Resolution Life Australasia
Piotr Kijewski
Shadowserver
Richard Magalad
ITR Australia
Sanjeev Mahajan
Syber Services
Trinity McNicol
University Of The Sunshine Coast
David Meister
Business Name
Shelly Mills
University of Queensland
Callum Nelson
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
Zohreh Norouzi
Amazon Web Services
Mazino Onibere
Regis Aged Care
Diego Perez
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Wayne Phillips
SentinelOne
Brenton Poynting
DDH Graham Limited
Jack Reis
Baidam Solutions
Jon Robertson
Tarian Cyber
David Rudduck
Solis Security (Australia)
Sergeja Slapnicar
University of Queensland Business School
James Spencer
Monash University
Christian Studer
Computer Incident Response Centre Luxembourg (CIRCL
Helen Todd
Queensland University of Technology
Peter Watson
Recorded Future
Alex Webling
Resilience Outcomes Australia