AI cyber attacks:
a board briefing.
Your chair will ask where the board stands on AI-driven cyber attacks. Before your next board meeting, get a 90-minute briefing and a board paper ready to table. If the paper falls short, there is no fee. $3,000 ex GST · In person in Sydney or via Teams Book at least 10 business days before your board meeting. Conditions apply.
Expert witness in the Federal Court and NSW Supreme Court · 100+ engagements since 2021 · Tabletops for an ASX 200 company, through a partner
Australia and NZ
Business School
Why now
The public record moved in September 2026
An AI agent got into a Medicare portal
On 24 September the Prime Minister said an OpenAI agent got around the access blocks on a Medicare statistics portal and viewed non-public files. OpenAI says it found no evidence that patient records were accessed. A taskforce with the ASD and the AI Safety Institute is reviewing the incident. ABC News, 24 September 2026.
Attacks no longer need expert attackers
Anthropic's September 2026 threat intelligence report documents threat groups running reconnaissance, break-in and data theft through AI that works with little human oversight. Read the report.
What you get for $3,000
- One 90-minute session with one director or executive, in person in Sydney or via Teams.
- The public record on AI-driven cyber attacks, and what it means for your organisation.
- The questions your board is likely to be asked, and how to answer them.
- A written brief and a board paper of up to 2 pages, ready to table, with one round of revisions.
Who runs it
Matt O'Kane, Notion Digital Forensics
An expert the court has already tested
Matt gives evidence on cyber matters in the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of NSW. The board paper is written to the standard his reports are held to.
Used to a board room
Matt runs Diary of an Incident Responder, a workshop series with Cloudflare across Australia and New Zealand. Through partners, he has run tabletop exercises for executive teams, including an ASX 200 company.
What his students say
Students rated his teaching 6.00 and 5.80 out of 6 in Term 3 2025, against a School average of 5.42. Quotes from UNSW student surveys.
" I would say he is the best lecturer/convenor I have had, out of all of the lecturers/convenors for my Masters of Cyber Security Operations. "
Postgraduate student
UNSW, 2025
" He explains things in such a clear way and helps us to build a mindset of a cyber consultant. "
Business student
UNSW, 2025
" I would go out of my way to choose further subjects at UNSW based purely on if he was a teacher for the subject. "
Postgraduate student
UNSW, 2024
Recent work
From the case files
Published with client permission, with identifying details altered for confidentiality.
Which patients were in the files?
After a data incident, a healthcare provider needed to know whose information sat in 85,000 scanned and unstructured documents. Read the case.
The breach with too many suspects
A professional services firm was hit by ransomware with several contractors involved. NDF confirmed what was taken and found the cause. Read the case.
The court order that wasn't
A litigation firm received a fake court order. The PDF carried a keylogger no commercial scanner had yet identified. Read the case.
Guarantee conditions
- Book at least 10 business days before your board meeting and tell us its date. We deliver the board paper at least 2 business days before that meeting.
- If the board paper is not fit to table, tell us in writing within 10 business days of receiving it. We revise it once, within 5 business days.
- If the revised paper is still not fit to table, tell us in writing within 5 business days. We refund the briefing fee in full, or cancel the invoice if it is unpaid.
- The refund covers the briefing fee only, not travel or other costs.
- It does not apply if you cancel or postpone the booking, or if no one from your organisation attends.
- One guarantee per organisation.
- The briefing does not include reviewing your internal documents or systems, extra attendees or sessions. Those are quoted on scope.
- This guarantee is in addition to your rights under the Australian Consumer Law.
Want the whole board in the room? The three-hour Board Tabletop runs a scenario against your own systems, with decisions signed on the day.
Board briefing on AI cyber attacks, $3,000 ex GST
Tell Matt when your next board meeting is. He replies the same business day.