Rachael Falk is the Chief Executive Officer of the Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre, leading a high-level collaboration between government, industry and research institutions. She is one of Australia’s leading cyber security and policy experts. Rachael led the independent review into the Department of Home Affairs management of the Optus and Medibank cyber breaches in 2022. Rachael has co-authored several key policy papers on artificial intelligence, ransomware, cyber insurance and loT cyber security.