Issy is a cyber policy professional who has served both the New Zealand government and, currently, the UK government at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Issy’s focus to date has been on the cyber security of a range of evolving and emerging technologies. In her current role, she leads the UK Government’s work across a variety of standards bodies on increasing the use of standards to uplift the cyber security of emerging technologies, such as AI. Issy is a member of the Securing AI technical committee in ETSI, where she is rapporteur for a cyber security standard for AI.