Rita Erfurt

Rita Erfurt is the Australian Cyber Security Centre’s threat intelligence senior executive, responsible for understanding and detecting malicious cyber activity targeting Australia, and supporting cyber response operations. Prior to her current role Rita led the ACSC’s 24/7 Operations team and oversaw the triage, incident response and management of high profile, cyber security matters impacting the Australian community. In addition to her roles at the ACSC, Rita has undertaken interagency secondments and deployments to Afghanistan, Jordan, The Hague and the United States. She has worked multiple intelligence missions including Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime, directing analytical efforts, influencing operations and informing key decision making for Australian government seniors.