Dr Sean Maynard is an Associate Professor in the School of Computing and Information Systems, and Associate Dean (Academic) in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Melbourne. His primary area of research is in cybersecurity.

Cybersecurity management is an emerging area of interdisciplinary research integrating perspectives from information systems, psychology, computer science, economics, warfare, education, and communication studies. His research is focused on the overarching question: “How can organisations adapt to the increasingly complex and evolving security threat landscape?” and concentrates wholly on the management aspects of cybersecurity and how cybersecurity management is practiced in organisations. Additionally, he researches Analytics in Organisations, where he is interested in understanding what the motivators, enablers and inhibitors are for organisations to utilize analytics. Whilst his research studies these areas separately, he has deliberately investigated the use of analytics within the cybersecurity domain which is a niche area in cybersecurity management where he is leading our cybersecurity research.

Dr Maynard has taught a variety of Information Systems subjects over his career. He has undertaken curriculum design, development, and delivery for 17 subjects at the undergraduate (12), graduate (4), and executive (1) levels in addition to 3 Melbourne Micro-certifications.