
Matthew Ryan received the B.A. in Security and Counterterrorism from Murdoch University, M.A. Strategy, and DCS Cybersecurity degrees in Cybersecurity from the University of New South Wales. He is a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Systems and Computing at the University of New South Wales, Australia Defence Force Academy.
He is the Director of Cyber Risk for the National Australia Bank and has previously served as operations and technology resilience specialist at the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority and in the Australian Defence Forces. His research specializes in ransomware, cyber resilience, economics, and emerging technologies.