Professor Ryan Ko is an internationally recognised computer scientist, co-founder of CyberCert, and co-founder and director of Cyber Security Certification Australia (CSCAU), an industry council which focus on uplifting the cyber maturity of SMEs globally through dynamic certifiable standards. For more than a decade, he has served as an expert at ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27, edited two ISO standards in the ISO/IEC 27000 family, and recently co-chaired Singapore’s standards on Cyber Essentials and Cyber Trust Mark. He is also a Chair Professor and Director of UQ Cyber at The University of Queensland. He grandfathered (ISC)2’s CCSP certification, and was commissioned by NZ’s Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet to draft NZ’s national cyber security curriculum (NZQA Level 6). Through his academic roles, he co-founded several national and global cyber security competitions.
