Where Cyber
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Huon is Head of External Affairs at CI-ISAC Australia, the country's only cross-sector critical infrastructure cyber threat intelligence sharing organisation. He leads government relations, policy advocacy, and strategic partnerships, and has grown CI-ISAC's health sector membership across some of Australia's most systemically critical organisations, including major financial institutions and national infrastructure operators across multiple states and territories.1 Holding a PhD in International Political Economy, Huon bridges technical and policy worlds—contributing to national conversations on AI governance, supply chain resilience (including through the Home Affairs Supply Chain Resilience Expert Advisory Group), and the reform of Australia's critical infrastructure security frameworks. He is a regular commentator on the intersection of cyber threat intelligence, regulatory design, and cross-sector collaboration.

David is an accomplished cybersecurity professional who has led Architecture and Cybersecurity teams at National Australia Bank for the last eight years, following his experience as a software developer, penetration tester, security consultant, and engineer. With comprehensive expertise in Threat Intelligence, Digital Forensics and Incident Response and Digital and Cloud Security, he brings specialized knowledge of an attacker's mindset and "Systems Thinking" to help build strong and competent cyber security teams. An active participant with MITRE's the "Centre for Threat Informed Defence" through NAB's partnership, David leads the strategy for NAB's threat informed defence approach. He excels at translating technical threats into business risk contexts, driven by a passion for building inspiring experiences through data and threat analysis that enables more effective defense strategies and meaningful outcomes for organisations, customers and the Australian economy as a whole.