Meet the Innovator – Michael Woods, Tannhauser

CORE Innovation Hub’s Meet the Innovator is a monthly conversation series that gives you an opportunity to hear from some of Perth’s most innovative founders, co-founders, business leaders and entrepreneurs in the mining, energy, resources, gas and oil, space, defence and technology sectors.

Join us this month to hear from Michael Woods, Founder & CEO of Tannhauser.

About Tannhauser

Michael Woods founded Tannhauser, a locally WA-owned and operated Cyber Security and Privacy Consultancy on returning to Perth after13 years working overseas in America, Europe and Asia. Michael established Tannhauser to help make Western Australia a safer place to conduct business online.

Taking his global cybersecurity experience and background working in Financial Services and Consulting, Michael hopes to elevate business risk discussions so individuals up to large businesses have the skills and knowledge to make the best cybersecurity decisions and investments.

Michael and the team are establishing their consultancy with the aim to fund their blockchain platform for third-party risk.

“At Tannhauser, our aim is to improve Australia’s sovereign cybersecurity capability and make WA a recognised hub for innovation and technology.” – Michael Woods, Founder & CEO of Tannhauser.

What you will learn

The talk will cover Michael’s background, rationale for starting a new cyber security business and future collaboration and investment opportunities. The talk will also explore:

• Leading Red Team engagements, highly skilled ethical hackers testing catastrophic cyber scenarios in global banking systems.
• Innovating Cyber Risk Quantification products in collaboration with leading firms in San Francisco.
• Establishing an independent Cyber Security and Privacy Consultancy providing trusted advice to local businesses.
• Two applications Tannhauser two have in the pipeline: Third Party Risk Management on Blockchain and a Cyber Risk Assessment Platform.

*This event will operate within the Covid guidelines at the time. Further updates will be provided to guests closer to the date.