Mike Burgess is Australia’s fourteenth Director-General of Security. The Director-General of Security is a statutory office holder who leads the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) and provides impartial advice to the government on threats to Australia’s national security. Mr Burgess has spent more than three decades as an intelligence, security and technology professional, in both the public and private sectors. Prior to joining ASIO, Mr Burgess was Director-General of the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD). The agency’s motto is ‘Reveal their Secrets, Protect our Own’. Mr Burgess has also served as a member of the Naval Shipbuilding Advisory Board, the Prime Minister’s expert panel for Australia’s 2016 Cyber Security Strategy and the boards of SC8 Limited and the Australian Cyber Security Growth Network.