At Threat.Technology we track over 100,000 infosec, cyber security, military and cyber startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Australia based Director operating in the Cyber Security space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Matthew Koertge
Managing Director of Telstra Ventures
Matthew Koertge joined Telstra in 2011 and is a Managing Director of Telstra Ventures. Matthew has worked with more than 60 global venture backed companies including a number of successful acquisitions and IPOs. Before Telstra Ventures, Matthew worked at Accede Venture Partners, Deutsche Bank Capital Partners and Macquarie Bank. Prior to the joining the venture capital industry, Matthew was a software / hardware design engineer and project manager at Fujitsu.
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About Telstra Ventures: Telstra Ventures invests in technology companies and offers synergy revenues to its portfolio companies.
Greg Singh
Technical Director, APAC of Skybox Security
Greg Singh is a 23+ year Information Technology veteran with more than 18 of those dedicated to Information Security. Greg has held positions with Technology Vendors, Service-Providers, Systems Integrators and End-User Organisations in predominantly technical leadership and evangelism roles. Greg is a recognised Subject Matter Expert in Cyber Crime, Vulnerabilities, Malicious Code and Exploits that sees him speaking about both the techniques used by the perpetrators as well as mitigation strategies that can employed to defend such attacks. Today, Greg works for Skybox Security as an Engineer in their Global Product Marketing team, a primarily outward facing role for the organisation encompassing a wide gamut of message creation and Evangelism. Previously Greg has held various roles with vendors Cylance, Splunk, QuintessenceLabs, Blue Coat & RSA and service providers Optus, AAPT and British Telecom. Greg holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Wollongong.
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About Skybox Security: Skybox Security is a global leader in security analytics for cybersecurity management.
Nick Savvides
Senior Director of Strategic Business, Asia Pacific of Forcepoint
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About Forcepoint: Forcepoint empowers organizations to concentrate on what’s most important to them while automating routine security tasks.
Robinson Roe
Managing Director of OneTrust
Rob Roe serves as the Managing Director ANZ at OneTrust. In his role, Roe supports brands across the Australia and New Zealand regions, leading the delivery of technology solutions to secure and privatise customer and employee personal information for global privacy regulations. Prior to OneTrust, Roe was Vice President and Managing Director of AirWatch by VMware for Australia and New Zealand.
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About OneTrust: OneTrust helps companies manage privacy, security, and governance requirements in a regulatory environment that constantly changes.
Daniel Sekers
Chairman & Non Executive Director of Votiro
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About Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Divergent Group, Moriah College, YPO: Votiro specializes in eliminating file-borne attacks carried through email, web downloads, portal uploads and all file sharing platforms.
Todd Forest
Managing Director of NAB Ventures
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About ActivePipe, Athena, Australian Investment Council, Basiq, Basiq, Data Republic, DesignCrowd, Edstart, Medipass Solutions, NAB Ventures, Tasman Ventures Fund Pty Ltd: NAB Ventures is an Australian Venture Capital fund backed by National Australia Bank (one of the largest 20 banks globally).
Paul Treloar
Managing Director of ShotBlock Technologies
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About ShotBlock Technologies: Patented anti screen-shotting technology.
Tony Dempsey
Director of Marketing & Communications of Cyberhound
Tony joined CyberHound in 2015 after over 10 years providing marketing services in corporate healthcare. He is responsible for the development and delivery of all marketing and communications both in Australia and abroad. As a seasoned strategic marketer, he understands what’s needed to take a business to the next level and position it for long-term success. Tony has a Bachelor of Communications from The University of Canberra. He is a committed Adelaide Crows fan (with Brisbane Lions a close second) and enjoys spending quality time with his family.
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About Cyberhound: Cyberhound provides security solution.
Ellen Pickett
Director of Finance of Cyberhound
Ellen Pickett joined CyberHound in January 2009. Ellen is the custodian of the company’s financial affairs. Ellen ensures CyberHound’s regulatory, compliance and legal obligations are met as well as oversees the financial management and payroll of the organisation. Ellen works with a highly proficient and dedicated team to ensure the operations of CyberHound run seamlessly. Prior to joining CyberHound, Ellen spent time in the financial arena of private, government and not-for profit sectors. Ellen has a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) through Deakin University in Melbourne.
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About Cyberhound: Cyberhound provides security solution.
Stephen Walsh
Director of Customer Services of Cyberhound
Stephen leads the technical services and support team for CyberHound. Since joining the team over 8 years ago, he has overseen operations of the Business as well as been instrumental in improving the level of support our customers now enjoy. Outside of work, Stephen enjoys cycling and recently completed the 2015 Noosa Triathlon.
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About Cyberhound: Cyberhound provides security solution.
Paul Kang
Co-Founder, Director of Entersoft
With a background in Software Engineering, Paul takes care of the APAC region. Passionate about empowering innovations, Paul has strong interests in Cyber Security and Safe Cities. He is SPOC at Entersoft that can help you achieve lasting security for your apps
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About Entersoft: Entersoft is an award winning application security company trusted by 300+ global brands.
Ty Miller
Director of Threat Intelligence
Ty Miller is the Managing Director of Threat Intelligence (www.threatintelligence.com) who are specialists in the area of penetration testing, cyber threat intelligence, and specialist security consulting. Ty runs “The Shellcode Lab” each year at Black Hat USA, he presented at Black Hat on his development of “Reverse DNS Tunnelling Shellcode”, and is the creator of the “Practical Threat Intelligence” course at Black Hat USA. Ty is also a member of the Black Hat Asia Review Board. He also presented at “Ruxcon” where he demonstrated his cutting edge attack technique to force your web browser to exploit internal servers from the Internet, and also developed the Core Impact Pro covert DNS Channel for Core Security. Ty Miller was also a co-author of “Hacking Exposed Linux 3rd Edition”. Ty is on the CREST Australia and New Zealand Board of Directors, runs the CREST Australia and New Zealand Technical Team and is a CREST Certified Tester and Assessor. Ty’s experience not only covers penetration testing and specialist security, it also expands into traditional and cloud security architecture designs, regulations like PCI, developing and running industry benchmark accreditations, performing forensic investigations, as well as creating and executing a range of specialist security training.
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About Threat Intelligence, Threat Intelligence: The Threat Intelligence team is known around the world for its specialist security knowledge and experience, independent security research.
Karan Khosla
Director, Principal Security Consultant, and founder of Privasec
Karan Khosla is the director, principal security consultant, and founder at Privasec.
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About Privasec: Privasec is an independent security, governance, risk, and compliance consulting firm.
Bob White
Chief Executive Officer and Director of ViewDS
Bob White managed the spin-off of ViewDS from EB2BCOM in July 2009, whilst maintaining EB2BCOM’s involvement and focus as an Asia Pacific reseller. Appointed CEO in January 2012, Bob brings more than three decades of local and international experience in the IT sector to his role, with an emphasis on sales and revenue. Bob is responsible for the day-to-day running of ViewDS.
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About ViewDS: ViewDS specializes in cloud identity management solutions.
Brenton Avery
Director & CEO of Oakpont
Brenton has over 25 years of leadership experience in technology related companies and has been a Director and CEO of a number of those companies. He has previously served as an Executive Director of an ASX listed company and is currently a Director of several other companies. He brings to Bell Resources skills and expertise covering enterprise technology implementations and roll-outs, cyber security, cloud technology, corporate governance, productivity reviews, business process reviews, and audit committees. Brenton holds a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Information Technology Management from Bond University, and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD), and also a Member of the Australian Computer Society (MACS). He is also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) as well as holding IT project management and other IT industry certifications.
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About Oakpont, Oakpont, Oakpont Professionals: Oakpont is a specialist cloud consultant and managed cloud service provider.
Anthony Collings
Director of Basis Networks
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About Basis Networks: Basis Networks is a cybersecurity company that provides connectivity and cybersecurity solutions.
Tom Allan
Director of Basis Networks
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About Basis Networks: Basis Networks is a cybersecurity company that provides connectivity and cybersecurity solutions.
Tim Rippon
Managing Director of Elasticus
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About Business Continuity Institute, Elasticus: Elasticus provides consultation services and solutions on cybersecurity and business resiliency.
Paul Drinkwater
Sales Director of TokenOne
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About TokenOne: TokenOne is a cyber security software company that provides high security business solutions.
Kamil Kreiser
Director & COO of TokenOne
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About TokenOne: TokenOne is a cyber security software company that provides high security business solutions.
Steve McLaughlin
Director of Core Sentinel
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About Core Sentinel: Australia’s #1 Penetration Testing Service. Core Sentinel is a leading CREST / OSCE / OSCP certified offensive cyber security consultancy.