About

James Turner is the founder and Managing Director of CISO Lens. Since 2005, James has specialised as a security industry analyst and advisor; facilitating roundtable discussions, conducting primary research, and producing reports that provide evidence-based decision support.

Before creating CISO Lens, James was an Advisor at local advisory firm, IBRS. During his 11 years with IBRS, James authored over 100 advisory notes for clients, presented at all the major security conferences in Australia, and facilitated dozens of executive roundtables. 

From 2013 to 2016, James was the appointed Chair of the Advocacy Group and an authorised spokesperson for the Australian Information Security Association (AISA). This volunteer work entailed providing public commentary on various security issues and helping raise the profile of AISA. 

In 2019, James was designated an AustCyber AllStar in recognition for his years of supporting and advocating the Australian security industry, as well as for the publication of the CISO Lens Benchmark, which AustCyber stated was a globally unique resource.

James still writes occasional opinion pieces for the Australian Financial Review, providing commentary on cyber security matters, and is one of the most experienced facilitators of security executive discussions in the region. 

Nadia Yousef is the Country Manager, New Zealand, for CISO Lens. Nadia is integral to our ongoing mission: to support the resilience of the region through enabling better cyber security governance and information sharing. 

Nadia coordinates community collaboration, facilitates executive roundtables, conducts interviews, and gathers information from across the CISO Lens community, as well as helping to direct the CISO Lens research agenda. 

In 2024, Nadia was elected by its members to the board of FIRST, the global Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams.

Before joining CISO Lens in 2022, Nadia was the Manager for Incident Response at CERT NZ, where she ran a team of technical specialists that supported New Zealanders - individuals and organisations through any cyber security issue they were experiencing. 

As an authorised spokesperson for CERT NZ, Nadia frequently spoke to media about current issues and provided pragmatic advice to the public. Nadia also regularly briefed Ministers on current online issues, and regularly represented CERT NZ domestically and internationally.  

Nadia has both led and supported the New Zealand Government’s incident coordination and response to a range of incidents over the past ten years.

Nadia brings to CISO Lens a decade of experience in government, as well as a Master’s degree in Politics and International Relations.

Jason Qoriniyasi (aka “JQ”) is the Director of Member and Community Empowerment at CISO Lens. By helping us ensure that our members are supported both as people, and security leaders in their organisations, Jason is enabling CISO Lens to expand our contribution to the wider community, Australia, and New Zealand. 

Before joining CISO Lens in 2024, Jason was in charge of the Technology and Security function at Angle Finance, and in his three years there was responsible for the transformation and operations of Angle’s modern workplace, cloud environments, and cyber capabilities.

Jason has over twenty years experience in the cyber security and the financial services industry, and has a reputation for building high performing teams and transforming technology to enable business growth. 

Jason’s professional background is at the intersection of leadership, technology, and security, with roles ranging from CTO to Head of Architecture, to Principal Architect, to Head of Information Security. Jason brings to CISO Lens additional depth in people leadership, cultural change, technology and cyber capability transformation.

Jason’s passion is working with individuals to navigate their career paths, and working with communities to raise awareness and provide expertise.  

Jason holds a Bachelor in Business Information Systems, is SABSA Foundation certified and a graduate of the GE Leadership program.