Nadia Taggart
Director
Cyber Security Strategy and
Operations Parliament of AUS
Nadia Taggart is the Director Cyber Security Strategy and Operations at the Australian Parliament. Nadia’s team is responsible for cyber security incident response, digital forensics, cyber threat intelligence, cyber threat hunt and emulation, and cyber security engineering. Nadia has over a decade of leadership experience in a variety of contexts, ranging from cyber security, information operations, communications security and ICT delivery, through to driving educational reform programs in schools. Nadia has a Bachelor degree in Psychology and Sociology, a Master of Teaching and a Master of Cyber Operations. In 2016 Nadia moved an executive role with one of Australian’s largest independent schools, to ICT Management. Before joining DPS, she was a Director within the Department of Home Affairs, driving evidence based and intelligence informed strategic change in cyber security. Prior to that she worked at the Department of Defence in Information Warfare and with Defence’s ICT Security Branch where she led whole of Defence reform to uplift Defence’s ability prevent and respond to cyber security incidents. Nadia’s eclectic background and broad skillset has given her unique perspectives on cyber security, and a passion to embed key cyber security principles within all areas of the business by making it meaningful and relevant to those outside the cyber security ‘bubble’.
DPS Cyber Security Operations Incident Response
Debunking the myth that advanced persistent threat actors are only interested in highly classified information, this presentation will unpack the various aspects that need to be considered in order to achieve cyber resilience. Building secure networks is a great start, but how do you keep them secure and defensible? Drawing upon research in psychology and education, in combination with research and best practice in cyber security, the required elements to support user awareness will be discussed. This will include developing senior leader awareness through tactical, operational, and strategic level reporting to support evidence based and intelligence informed decision making. Delving into cyber security incident response, this presentation will unpack aspects that need to be considered, exercised and planned for, so that you are prepared to fight through an attack, including adapting a ‘one size fits most’ incident response plan, to different situations.