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Chair
Brenda Tronson, Barrister, Level 22 Chambers
*Original Content was created in June 2024
The Cybersecurity Landscape: What About Security of Critical Infrastructure Legislation
- The role of SOCI legislation in the overall cybersecurity regulatory landscape
- What is the SOCI Act and who does it capture?
- The impact of the SOCI Act on the technology sector
- The impact of the SOCI Act cyber breach notification provisions on industries that may not have otherwise been subject to mandatory breach notification processes
- The intersection of the SOCI Act cyber reporting with other / pre-existing notification obligations
- Where to from here on SOCI in the context of major law reform in this space
- The role of governance in managing a myriad of cybersecurity obligations including SOCI in a post generative AI environment
Presented by Dalvin Chien, Partner, and Ashleigh Fieldus, Senior Associate, Mills Oakley
Presenters
Brenda Tronson, Barrister, Level 22 Chambers
Brenda Tronson is an education focused Senior Lecturer and 2025 Nexus Fellow at UNSW Law and Justice and a barrister at Level 22 Chambers. As an academic, she primarily teaches ethics, and is currently leading an education research project. As a barrister, Brenda acts in matters concerning ethics, professional conduct and administrative law, advising and representing a range of clients in a variety of courts and tribunals. Before starting at the Bar in 2008, Brenda worked for Freehills in Sydney and as an associate to Justice Crennan in the High Court. She completed her undergraduate degrees at UNSW, where she won the university medal for Chemistry. She also holds a BCL (Dist) and MPhil in Law from Oxford University.
Dalvin Chien, Partner, Mills Oakley
Dalvin is a leading technology and digital lawyer with over 20 years’ experience. Dalvin has deep expertise in technology contracting, privacy, cybersecurity, security of critical infrastructure, data sharing, e-commerce and emerging technology including Artificial Intelligence. He has led deal teams for significant technology transactions and advised on novel and complex cybersecurity and technology issues for clients in the banking, government, technology, logistics and health sectors.
Ashleigh Fieldus, Senior Associate, Mills Oakley
Ashleigh is a Senior Associate in the ICT & Digital Law team at Mills Oakley. Ashleigh has both in-house and private practice experience and specialises in technology contracting, privacy, cybersecurity and Security of Critical Infrastructure. Ashleigh has assisted clients in highly regulated industries, including banking and insurance, and advised various government clients on data and privacy (including during her secondment to a Commonwealth government agency). In addition to her work with large, mature organisations, Ashleigh also has a keen interest in the technology start-up and scale up space, fostered by her time working as Legal Counsel for a technology scale up.
