Vault Cloud Hunts New CISO As Rupert Taylor-Price Joins CSIRO’s New AI Think Tank

Sydney-based cloud provider Vault Cloud has advertised for a new chief information security officer as the company’s CEO, founder and current CISO Rupert Taylor-Price wants to make it a full-time position as the company expands.

Taylor-Price told CRN the role would provide leadership on security strategy, oversee the security program, security training & awareness, incident response activities, security-related coordination, security audit and reporting.

“I currently have two roles at Vault, CEO and CISO. Because Vault is currently going through expansion we are looking for someone to take over the role from me on a full-time basis,” Taylor-Price said.

“The role has been in the company with me for 10 years, but having a full-time employee is new.”

Taylor-Price said in a Linkedin post that he had also taken on a part-time role at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation’s newly created National AI Centre Think Tank. The company collaborated on an AI project with the commonwealth research agency in 2019.

Taylor-Price told CRN, “Artificial Intelligence is both an economic and a national security opportunity. To reach our potential we are going to need to invest in sovereign infrastructure, skills and domestic companies. With the leadership and ideas of the Think Tanks and the NAIC, I believe Australia can excel in these areas and improve the lives and security of all Australians.”

It’s not the first time Taylor-Price has balanced part-time work with his role as Vault’s CEO, which he has had since founding the company in 2012.

Taylor-Price has also been on the NSW Government’s Sovereign Procurement Taskforce since August 2020 and had various positions at the Australian Info