Jacqui Barr is the Assistant Director-General for Standards, Technical Advice and Research at ASD.
Jacqui leads technical and cyber mitigation programs in ASD’s Australian Cyber Security Centre. Jacqui is responsible for leading ASD’s research on critical and emerging technologies and network devices, contributions to international standards bodies, ASD’s publications and guidance including Essential 8 and Information Security Manual, and ASD’s assessor accreditation program, IRAP.
Prior, Jacqui led ASD’s Technical Threats and Visibility Branch responsible for ACSC’s Cyber Visibility, Detection, HBS and Overwatch programs, Malware Reverse Engineering, Hunt, Active Vulnerability Assessments and Dynamic Defence Analysis, including CTI, PDNS and Take Down.
Jacqui has also led operational and policy missions across ASD and the intelligence community.
Corne has more than 20 years experience in network security and delivering cyber-resilient solutions. He has a focus on hybrid cloud environments and artificial intelligence to ensure organisations are enabled while also safeguarding their data and applications.
In his role as a CISO, Corne acts as the evangelist for Fortinet activities across Australia and the advanced technology that underpins its success. His role is to provide leadership and strategy for technical, pre-sales and support initiatives. He works closely with partners and customers to understand their business drivers and risk posture and to reduce their risk to an acceptable level.
Peter is a Director of Strategic Analysis Australia and the Principal of Peter Jennings Strategy Consultants Pty Ltd, providing strategic advice to several Australian and international businesses and to Commonwealth agencies. He is also a columnist for The Australian newspaper.
Peter was the executive director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) for a decade between 2012 and 2022. He worked in senior roles in the Australian Public Service on defence and national security, including being Deputy Secretary for Strategy in the Defence Department (2009-12); Chief of Staff to the Minister for Defence (1996-98) and Senior Adviser for Strategic Policy to the Prime Minister (2002-03).
From 2014 to 2016 Peter was appointed to lead an expert panel on the 2016 Defence White Paper. He was a member of the Australia-Germany Advisory Group and a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Advisory Group on Australia-Africa Relations.
Peter has a Masters degree in Management from London Business School (2000–2001), a Master of Arts in International Relations from the Australian National University (1987) and a BA (Honours) in History from the University of Tasmania (1980–1984). He was a Fulbright Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1985).
In January 2023 Peter was made an Officer in the Order of Australia for “distinguished service to the development of strategic and international policy, and to public affairs.”
He was awarded the Public Service Medal in the Australia Day 2013 Honours list and the French decoration of Knight in the Order of Legion of Honour in 2016. In 2021 he was awarded a Commendation by the Foreign Minister of Japan for services to the bilateral relationship.
