Melbourne OT Cybersecurity Community Night

Name: December Community Night - Bruce Large & Sam Mackenzie
Start: 2025-12-09T06:30:00.000Z
End: 2025-12-09T08:30:00.000Z
Location: Dragos Australia Offices

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Melbourne, AU

260 members · Public group

What we’re about

Welcome to Melbourne OT Cybersecurity Community Night! This meetup group is dedicated to all niches of Cybersecurity, specifically focusing on Operational Technology (OT) / ICS / SCADA cybersecurity across all verticals. This includes everything from manufacturing and water treatment to trams, electric power, and mining!

Whether you're a seasoned professional or just exploring the field, join us for networking, sharing knowledge, and discussing the latest trends and challenges in OT security. Our events include talks from industry experts, open for sign-up to the community. This is not a sales event. Let's come together to learn, collaborate, and strengthen the cybersecurity community in Melbourne. Join us and be part of the conversation to help secure our critical infrastructure.

If you're interested in presenting a (predominantly non-sales) 30-minute topic, please reach out to our organisers for a date!

Featured event

Tue, Dec 9 · 5:30 PM AEDT

December Community Night - Bruce Large & Sam Mackenzie

Dragos Australia Offices, lvl 4/1/3 Newton St, Cremorne, AU

Two thirty-minute presentations followed by Beer & Pizza

Speakers:
Bruce Large - Bruce has over 15 years of experience working with IT and Operational Technology in network, telecommunications and system engineering roles. Bruce has worked in Electricity Generation & Transmission, Railway, Aviation, Emergency Services and Consulting industries. Bruce is the Founder and Principal Cyber Security Architect at BLARGE. Bruce considers himself a Security Architecture enthusiast, CTI Nerd, Infrastructure Tourist and Cyber Hype Guy!

He is a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng), Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ), Foundation Chartered SABSA Architect (SCF), holds the Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP), GIAC Response and Industrial Defense (GRID) certificate, GIAC Security Operations Manager (GSOM), GIAC Cyber Threat Intelligence (GCTI), an ISA/IEC 62443 Expert, and has attended Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Cyber Security training at QUT.

Sam MacKenzie - Head of Technology, CI at SANS Industrial Controls. A seasoned Technology and Cybersecurity leader with a strong track record building high-performing teams and delivering strategic transformation across critical infrastructure sectors, including Energy, Telecommunications, Healthcare, and Government. Work spanning both Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) environments (SCADA, BMS & IoT).

Combined with his global leadership experience, where he is known for simplifying complexity, driving cybersecurity maturity, and aligning technology with business outcomes, leading teams of up to 400 and using culture to drive meaningful change.