Michael Collins

Michael Collins founded Cyber Cognition™ to promote systems thinking in cybersecurity. Michael has 20+ years of technology and cybersecurity leadership across the UK, New Zealand, UAE, and Australia, including senior roles as CISO at Judo Bank and GM Information Security at HESTA. Michael designed SC3, the Australian superannuation sector's framework for co-ordinating cyber defences.

Michael has been a finalist for the 2023 Australian CISO of the Year Awards, was named among the Top 40 Cybersecurity Influencers to Follow in 2025, and was a finalist in the 2026 AISA Cyber Awards for Outstanding Contributor to Cybersecurity.

His research papers on systems thinking and cybersecurity appear in the Journal of Systems Thinking, and he serves on the Science Board of the Systems Thinking Standards Institute.