Kao is a highly skilled cyber security professional who brings strong technical depth and practical experience to her role as Service Lead for Cyber Security Assurance at Digital Resilience.

She has extensive experience conducting NIST Cybersecurity Framework and Essential Eight maturity assessments, helping organisations identify vulnerabilities and strengthen their mitigation strategies. Notably, Kao played a key role in supporting a bank to remediate security control gaps and weaknesses identified during APRA’s Tripartite Information Security Review.

Kao has a deep understanding of Australian legislation and regulatory standards, with expertise spanning risk management, outsourcing, and business continuity. She is known for applying regulatory requirements in a practical and proportionate way balancing compliance, efficiency, and operational resilience.

Aligned with Digital Resilience’s culture of continuous learning, Kao is committed to developing both her own expertise and the capability of the broader industry. She is a guest speaker at the University of South Australia, where she shares her knowledge and inspires future cyber security professionals.

Kao holds a Bachelor of Information Technology (Networking and Cybersecurity), a Certificate IV in Cyber Security, and is Certified in Cybersecurity (CC) by ISC2.