Systems Thinking for Cyber Security
I wrote my book, Systems Thinking for Cybersecurity because I could not stop thinking about how many smart, dedicated people were working incredibly hard inside systems designed to produce the exact outcomes they were trying to prevent. Subscribe to my newsletter to stay up to date on how to think better about cybersecurity. What you'll learn will impact your professional and personal life.
Michael Collins founded Cyber Cognition™ to reshape how people and organisations approach cybersecurity through systems thinking. Michael has more than twenty years of technology and cybersecurity leadership experience spanning the United Kingdom, New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates, and Australia. Michael has held senior cybersecurity roles at major financial institutions, including Chief Information Security Officer at Judo Bank and General Manager Information Security at HESTA. As Head of Cyber and Financial Crime at ASFA Michael architected the Superannuation Cyber and Financial Crime Coordination Framework (SC3) helping to protect over $2 trillion dollars in Australian’s retirement savings.
Michael is a Navy veteran, former scuba diving instructor and avid hiker. He was a finalist for the 2023 Australian CISO of the Year Awards, one of the Top 40 Cybersecurity Influencers to Follow in 2025, and a finalist for the 2026 AISA Cyber Awards Outstanding Contributor of the Year.