Australian Capital Territory Committee Members 

Branch Chair

John Karabin

John Karabin is the National Director of Cybersecurity for NTT Ltd Australia. With over 25 years’ experience in the telecommunications, ICT and Security industry, he has worked for both start-ups and multinationals in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia. Previously he was a partner with EY involved with setting cybersecurity strategy, assurance and audit work covering both the government and commercial sectors. Before that he was the Managing Director that ran the Verizon cybersecurity group for the APAC region. Over his career he has developed broad experience in bringing together technology and business requirements in a trusted and resilient manner.

John recognises the IT, cybersecurity landscape and the threats that impact it are changing on a daily basis. Therefore it is crucial that security is seen as more than a matter of technology – a knowledgeable risk based organisational approach is needed. 

John has a Graduate Diploma in Technology Management from Deakin University, and a Bachelor of Engineering, Communications from Curtin University. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and the Australian Information Security Association.

Deputy Chair

Jack Bell

Jack became an AISA member in 2018 and joined the Canberra branch committee the same year. 
In 2017 Jack was given an opportunity to start his cyber security journey with a move to Sydney with Shearwater Solutions. Transferring back to Canberra at the start of 2018 in an account management role, Jack worked to assist Federal Government and Commercial entities to achieve their business outcomes by resolving their application security, operational security, education and governance, risk and compliance challenges.
Jack currently works as the Engagement Lead for the ANU Cyber Institute working to establish and maintain strategic partnership agreements with industry, government and the community.

Committee Members

Christine Leung

Christine is a cyber security professional with extensive experience in the Australian Government, Systems Integrators, vendors and risk advisory firms. She led programs of work to enable ICT systems and platforms to go live by preparing the security assessment and Authority to Operate, working with Design Authorities to integrate security into system designs and manage security risks of large ICT projects to enhance the security posture of the systems. 

Christine developed Whole-of-Government security frameworks and was selected to represent the Australian Government overseas to finalise ISO standards with the international committee. Other experience includes technical roles for vendors specialising in Public Key Infrastructure and secure payment systems.  

Christine is a passionate cyber security adviser focused on practical risk-based decisions to improve the security maturity of systems and platforms.  Christine holds a Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Applied Science in Computing Science and has been a member of AISA since 2016.

Misbah Khan

On joining the Australian Information Security Association (AISA) as an ACT Branch committee member, Misbah aims to leverage her industry and academic expertise to contribute to the cyber security field by supporting AISA's objectives in promoting information security awareness and best practices.

Misbah is currently pursuing her PhD at the University of New South Wales through the Australian Defence Force Academy, with a research focus on blockchain technology.

Her professional experience includes two years as a software engineer followed by a 3 year role in IT business development. Misbah has dedicated over 4 years to blockchain research in her master's and PhD studies, contributing valuable insights into its application and challenges.

Danny Mulheran

Daniel enlisted into the British Army’s Royal Corps of Signals in 1993 and trained as a Telecommunications Systems Technician. During his time in the Army, he has seen service in the UK, Norway, Germany as well as operational deployments around the globe. He served a full career of 22 years and successfully progressed through the ranks to reach the highest Non-Commissioned Officer rank of Warrant Officer Class One and the highest engineering appointment of Foreman of Signals [1].

He completed various training courses throughout his career including an 18-month degree course in Telecommunication Systems Engineering to qualify as a Foreman of Signals in 2004. He also gained secondary appointments as a Defence IT Security Officer and Defence Equality and Diversity Adviser. Daniel served as the Foreman of Signals at six different units over 11 years. Responsibilities included UK Ministry of Defence representation in the commercial sector, delivery of acceptance trials for new capabilities, management of technical support services and career development of his subordinate communications engineers.

Daniel joined Net Consulting in 2015 as a Test Manager based in the Land Systems Reference Centre, responsible for technical test services to the UK Ministry of Defence on both new and existing communication systems and network applications. He continued his service with Net Consulting as an application performance consultant, moving to the UK Ministry of Defence’s Global Operations and Security Control Centre in 2018, responsible for the security and operational performance of the UK Ministry of Defence’s global communication network.

Daniel moved to Australia in early 2020 and continues his role as a senior consultant for Net Consulting, specialising in cyber security and network performance monitoring.

[1] In the British Army Royal Corps of Signals, a Foreman of Signals (FofS) is defined as a highly qualified senior NCO or Warrant Officer signals engineering manager.