Awards, Honours & Training

Recognition, awards, training & certificates.

Awards

  1. Best Expert Commentary - Highly Commended, ECU Media Awards, 2026
  2. Most prolific author from ECU for The Conversation in 2023, ECU Media Awards, 2023
  3. Best Expert Commentary - Highly Commended, ECU Media Awards, 2023
  4. Most Widely Read Story by an ECU Researcher - Highly Commended, ECU Media Awards, 2023
  5. Honour Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Media in 2022, ECU Media Awards, 2022
  6. Most prolific author from ECU for The Conversation in 2022, ECU Media Awards, 2022
  7. Outstanding Research Communication, ECU Vice-Chancellor's Staff Award 2022
  8. Business Events Perth's 2022 Aspire Award
  9. INCS-CoE Community Expert, 2022
  10. IEEE Technical Committe on Homeland Security, Research and Innovation Award, 2022
  11. Most prolific author from ECU for The Conversation in 2021, ECU Media Awards, 2021
  12. Most prolific author from ECU for The Conversation in 2020, ECU Media Awards, 2020
  13. Cyber Security Educator of the Year, WA Cyber Awards (school nomination), 2019
  14. Most widely read article by an ECU researcher in The Conversation, ECU Media Awards, 2019
  15. IFIP Silver Core recipient, 2010

Courses/certificates

  1. Scheduled: Oxford Strategic Leadership Programme, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK, November 2026
  2. SFIA Foundation, Framework Foundation, June 2025
  3. Cisco Networking Academy® Instructor 5 Years of Service, March 2024
  4. Cisco Networking Academy® Junior Cybersecurity Analyst Career Path, June 2022
  5. Cisco Networking Academy® Cyber Threat Management, June 2022
  6. Cisco Networking Academy® Network Defense, June 2022
  7. Cisco Networking Academy® Networking Devices and Initial Configuration, June 2022
  8. Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Academy, June 2022
  9. Cisco Networking Academy® Endpoint Security, June 2022
  10. Cisco Networking Academy® Networking Basics, June 2022
  11. Cisco Networking Academy® Introduction to IoT, May 2020
  12. NDG Linux Essentials, May 2020
  13. NDG Linux Unhatched, May 2020
  14. Cisco Networking Academy® Cybersecurity Essentials, May 2020
  15. Cisco Networking Academy® Orientation, May 2020
  16. Cisco Networking Academy® Introduction to Cybersecurity, April 2020
  17. EC-Council, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), 2013