Pippa Flanagan

Pippa Flanagan is a senior OT and critical infrastructure cyber security practitioner who specialises in pragmatic security outcomes for the organisations that keep Australia running. Her background spans telecommunications engineering and process improvement, with experience across energy, water, mining, health insurance, telecommunications, and FMCG sectors.

She has held senior roles at APA Group and GWMWater, managed the implementation and facilitation of the AEMO GridEx V national OT cyber simulation across 43 organisations, and is the founder of the OT Cyber Speakeasy, a practitioner-led community for OT and critical infrastructure security professionals.

Pippa regularly chairs and presents at the OT Security CISO Conference and CS4CA ANZ, and holds a B.Eng from UTS, CISM, TOGAF, and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

When she is not helping protect organisations from risky situations, she is bringing people together for love as a registered Marriage Celebrant