Vaughan is the CEO of Cydarm Technologies, a company that enables better and faster cybersecurity operations via a secure Case Management and Automation platform. Prior to Cydarm, Vaughan worked as a software engineer in a range of Federal Government positions, working with organisations in Defence, intelligence, and law enforcement, in both a Public Service and private sector capacity, in Australia and the USA. Vaughan has a PhD in Computer Science from RMIT University.