Robert Laurie

Rob is an experienced Enterprise Security Architect and SABSA Master with an information security career spanning more than 20 years in cyber security roles.

Rob is well known for transforming complex problems into clear and compelling narratives. Blending immersive audiovisuals with a deep sense of story, Rob creates presentations that do more than just share information; they build understanding. Rob's unique ability to bridge the gap between technical depth and audience resonance makes even the most intricate challenges accessible to everyone.

Rob's skills come from a great deal of experience working with medium to large organisations in Government, Finance, Higher Education and Critical Infrastructure sectors. Rob’s recent experience involves the successful delivery of security projects with organisations in the education, finance, utilities and petrochemical sectors in Australia, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam and the United States.

Rob’s experience also includes high-profile roles such as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at the University of New England, leading multiple cyber security projects.

Rob is highly experienced in developing information security risk strategy, security architecture design and alignment with business processes, transformation and automation of security, and architecture processes, as well as planning and integration of security services and mechanisms to clearly support business goals.

Rob is a certified SABSA, ISACA, and (ISC)2 instructor, holds many security certifications and is committed to contributing to the wider information security community.