Chris Watson
chief executive officer
T: 07 3210 1810
M: 0437 634 077
E: chris.watson@cybercollab.au
Chris launched Cyber Collab in 2024 having been a Partner within the Risk Consulting Team at Grant Thornton in Brisbane. With support from Kate Clark, Chief Executive Officer of eDiscovery Collab, Cyber Collab was established to meet the growing need for tailored and personalised cyber security services, education and incident response in Australia’s business communities.
With over 25 years’ experience in cybercrime investigations, Chris began his career with the City of London Police. As a Detective Constable in the crime scene investigation unit, he was responsible for building the computer crime unit and providing specialist digital forensic support to investigations.
As a cyber security and cyber risk expert, Chris spends his time partnering with clients to:
- Prevent cyber attacks through cyber due diligence reviews, penetration testing, preparation of policy and procedure documentation, education and training designed to raise cyber security awareness;
- Detect cyber attacks and breaches by recognising the changes that happen in your IT systems when these have been breached and responding early to avoid a full attack; and
- Respond when a cyber incident happens to minimise the impact and secure your data.
Experience
Chris’s experience includes:
- Providing ongoing cyber risk oversight to the liquidators of one of the world’s largest and most complex cryptocurrency exchange collapses following a cyber attack; and
- Engaged as the cyber expert to provide analysis and opinion as part of a forensic investigation to determine the root cause of a catastrophic failure of a critical national infrastructure facility.
He has experience working in the financial, legal, energy, education and healthcare industries, and has worked in the Australia, the UK, Papua New Guinea and across Asia.