Jill Slay


Jill Slay is a British-Australian engineer and computer scientist. Her work has attracted international attention and she was made a Member of the Order of Australia for service to the information technology industry through contributions in the areas of forensic computer science, security, critical infrastructure protection, and cyberterrorism.

Career

Slay completed a B.Sc degree with honours in mechanical engineering from the University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, in 1975. After working as a professional engineer she returned to university to undergo a Doctor of Philosophy in science education, at Curtin University: Perth, WA, AU, which she completed in 2000.
Upon receiving her Ph.D. Slay began her academic career as an information security researcher at the University of South Australia. During this time she was approached by South Australia Police to assist with cases involving computer devices. After 12 years at the University of South Australia, Slay moved to Namibia where she served as the Dean of IT at the Polytechnic of Namibia. Slay returned to Australia in 2014 where she was the Founding Chair and Director of the Australian Cyber Security Centre as a Professor at the Australian Defence Force Academy through the University of New South Wales in Canberra.
She is currently a full Professor at the School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences at La Trobe University in Melbourne Australia, and a full Professor at Idaho State University in Idaho United States. She is also the Director of Cyber Resilience Initiatives for the Australian Computer Society and Director of the Victorian Oceania Cyber Security Centre.
Over her academic career, Slay has published over 100 refereed book chapters, journal articles or research papers in the areas of cyber security and intelligence, critical infrastructure protection, security, and forensic computing.

Honors and awards

Slay was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2011 Australia Day Honours for "service to the information technology industry through contributions in the areas of forensic computer science, security, critical infrastructure protection, and cyberterrorism". She was made a Fellow of the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium for her service to the information security industry. She is also a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society. In 2015 Slay was awarded the Australian Information Security Association InfoSec Educator of the Year.