From Reactive to Proactive - Cyber Defense across Manufacturing and Critical Infrastructure
Lessons from Global Breaches & translating CTI to OT
Details
Australian manufacturing and mining are taking up to two years to detect major breaches. Recent events—including the five-month infiltration of a key Australian defence contractor and the devastating supply chain attack that crippled a major UK automotive manufacturer (forcing a multi-billion pound emergency loan)—prove that even advanced manufacturers remain critically exposed.
This session is a direct response to the escalating threats highlighted in the ASD Annual Cyber Threat Report, which also underscores the constant targeting of Australian universities and research institutions.
Dr. Huon Curtis, from CI-ISAC Australia is a member of the Home Affairs Supply Chain Resilience Expert Advisory Group and respected policy researcher (OECD, CSIRO, ANU, Sydney, UTS, UNIDO).
We will detail how CI-ISAC Australia is pioneering a cross-sector approach to cyber defence, leveraging national Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) to drive the critical shift from a reactive security posture to a proactive one.
When: Wednesday 10th of December
Where: Microsoft Teams
Time : 12 - 1pm GMT+10
Attendees Will Learn:
Lessons from Global Breaches: How to apply insights from major incidents
Translating CTI to OT: How CI-ISAC Australia interprets high-level national intelligence into actionable defence for the factory floor and supply chain.
Practical steps to protect the valuable intellectual property and research
Speaker
Dr. Huon Curtis
Telecommunications Sector LeadCI-ISAC
Huon is a consultant and a founding partner of Digital Resilience Network, a critical infrastructure resilience advisory firm. Huon has worked extensively in strategic policy across Australia’s leading think tanks and in the University sector, and globally for the UN Industrial Development Organisation and Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development. From 2023 – 2024 Huon led the development of Australia’s Telecommunications Resilience Profile, while at the Australian National University Tech Policy Design Centre. This was a national-first project that developed a principled-based cyber-governance framework and maturity model to guide the development of resilience capabilities across the telecommunications sector. At the ANU he was the Extreme Events and Future Scenarios Research Cluster lead. At Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Huon designed a whole-of-defence cyber security career strategy for Indigenous candidates for the Department of Defence, which significantly enhanced Defence’s capabilities for 5% of its workforce. He has conducted expert assessments of strategies to improve small and medium sized (SME) enterprise productivity including digitisation and human capital investment for the UNIDO Directorate of SDG Innovation and Economic Transformation and the OECD. He has published extensively on skills, cyber security governance, artificial intelligence and industry policy. His work on artificial intelligence was cited in Standard Australia’s AI Standards Roadmap. He has lectured masters students on US economic policy at the United States Studies Centre and in Political Economy at the University of Sydney and has a Phd in International Political Economy and a First Class Honours Degree in Economics and Social Science from the University of Sydney