Branch Chair

Mandy Turner, FAISA

Mandy, the Brisbane chair, is a firm believer that diversity in all its forms should be encouraged to promote innovation and find solutions to challenges facing the world.

She herself has had a diverse career ranging from musician, artist, fraud investigator, risk assessor, trainer and analyst.

She is currently the Manager of the University of Queensland in the Cyber Security Operation Centre, and prior to that was a Senior Cyber Crime Intelligence Analyst with the Australian Government.

She has held various roles in information security and investigations including security incident response, malware analysis, communications, and fraud investigator.

With 20 years of specialist experience in the Australia Public Service, she has expertise in information security, cybercrime in emerging technologies, risk assessment, digital forensics, cybercrime analysis and fraud investigation.

In her own time, she volunteers at the Australian Information Security Association (AISA) as the Brisbane branch executive chair, is the co-founder and Australian Director of Cyber Century Mentoring, is a Justice of the Peace and an Adjunct Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Qld.

Mandy mentors students and those new to the infosec industry, speaks at conferences and events, has guest lectured at both the University of Queensland and Griffith University and writes about cybercrime and security awareness.

She tweets as @empressbat plays MMORPG and her drink of choice is coffee."

Committee members

David Manfield

Dr David Manfield joined the AISA Brisbane Committee at the start of 2013. David has over 30 years experience in the ICT industry working in telecommunications, IT security and e-health. He ran local crypto-security R&D company SPYRUS Pty Ltd for nine years, and retains an interest. His current business interests are via vPerformance Pty Ltd and include IT security solutions definition and delivery. Recently, he spent four years defining the software compliance framework for the National eHealth Transition Authority (NeHTA) to ensure that health IT systems met requirements for security, privacy and clinical safety for use in the national e-health system. In 2000, David set up the Queensland eSecurity Industry Cluster to assist local IT security companies in their business development.

Craig Ford

I am a cybersecurity engineer, Pentester and ethical hacker with a demonstrated history of working in the Information Technology & Services industry. Skilled in Information Systems Security, Business Process Development, Management, Service Desk and Compliance. I have a Masters in Management (Information Technology) focused on Digital Forensics / Information Systems Security and Masters in Information Systems Security from Charles Sturt University.

I am a cybersecurity journalist and a vocal advocate for a more open cybersecurity industry. I am a published author with my A Hacker, I Am series – now with two books in the series. I like to tell it like it is and say it in a way that can be understood by everyone, not just the technical folk. I don't like to be too serious and try to look at the positives in life.

Shelly Mills

With a background in communications, Shelly discovered her passion for cyber security whilst assisting on a cyber security awareness campaign. She has since worked in Cyber Security projects and awareness, and now works in Data Governance at a G8 University. She is passionate about cyber security awareness and data privacy, and using her communications and organisation skills to support others and contribute to the industry.

Mark Carey-Smith

Mark is a highly experienced cyber security professional with a wide variety of skills and knowledge. Mark has 21 years industry experience across multiple sectors. Mark specializes in cyber security governance and risk, with a particular passion for cyber security awareness, behavior change and cultural improvement. Mark is recognized within the information security community as being an insightful, thoughtful and innovative professional with an eye for detail. Mark is a SABSA certified practitioner and holds a PhD earned through research into information security management in organizations