Critical Infrastructure

20+ years in Enterprise technology with the last 10 years focusing on management, architecture, systems engineering, advisory and cyber security focused on operational and corporate technologies.

James has managed high performing teams and operational budgets developing uplift strategies, solution implementations, advisories and assessments. These enabled the management and secure operation of technologies across the critical infrastructure sectors with a focus on the transportation and utilities sectors.

James sees cybersecurity as being less driven by tools and technology and more about managing the risk when technology is implemented and used, and tying this in with processes and people complete the operating picture. He views security as an enabler, allowing the business to operate securely in the required manner.

His career highlights include establishing the cybersecurity practice for the first fully automated railway in Australia as part of the mobilisation team, working on the development group for the Australian Standard for Cyber Security in Rail AS7770 and in current roles representing several large Government Utilities to implement the Australian Energy Sector Cybersecurity Framework. Also liaising with the Commonwealth Critical Infrastructure Centre and Australian Cyber Security Centre in addition to working with Defence and Commonwealth clients across platforms such as LAND 8116, GovTEAMS and the Hosting Certification Framework.