Blare Sutton is a technology and cyber professional who regularly manages highly sensitive engagements involving internal and external stakeholders, financial institutions and regulators. Leading the McGrathNicol Cyber practice in Melbourne, Blare has a passion for breaking through the hype and jargon of the technology industry to help his clients achieve their goals. He specialises in understanding business processes, risk and regulatory frameworks and jurisdictional requirements to provide practical solutions to business and technological issues. With a background in IT advisory and implementation, Blare has almost three decades of experience in technology advisory, cyber risk and resilience and crisis management. Blare’s career highlights include consulting to international regulators on information security, leading the crisis management and incident response relating to ransomware incidents across various clients in the health, finance, technology, automotive and retail sectors, including tertiary level hospitals in both Australia and New Zealand.