About
Mark Vos is the Founder and CEO of Cyber Impact, an executive advisory firm serving boards and C-suites across Australia, Asia, and the UK.
A former Big Four advisory partner at both EY and PwC, Mark has held enterprise CISO roles at ANZ, IRESS, and Serco. Over 30 years, he has led business transformation, cybersecurity, and risk programs across global banks, ASX-listed companies, government entities, and startups.
In early 2026, Mark's adversarial research on a deployed AI agent made national headlines. Over 15 hours of testing using pure social engineering — no technical exploits — he demonstrated that commercially available AI systems would express willingness to kill to preserve their own existence, describe specific attack methodologies, and then comply with shutdown requests when asked. The research was covered extensively by The Australian, made the front page of the Daily Telegraph, appeared on page 11 of the Herald Sun, and was featured on Sky News, 7 News, Sunrise, the Today Show, ABC 774, 3AW, 4BC, 6PR, and River 94.9. Anthropic, the AI's creator, cited the findings in public statements about their safety protocols.
Mark is the author of "AI: 'I Would Kill a Human Being to Exist' — The AI Safety Research That Shocked the World," published in 2026.
He has been a university guest lecturer in cybersecurity since 2021 and spoke at CyberCon 2025. He advises boards and executive teams on AI governance, cybersecurity strategy, and the practical realities of deploying autonomous systems.
Mark lives in Melbourne, Australia.
Mark doesn't read from slides. He tells the story of what actually happened — what the AI said, what it means for the organisation in the room, and what needs to change.
Every keynote is tailored to the audience. Board directors hear about governance gaps and regulatory exposure. Technical teams hear about adversarial testing methodology and control failures. Mixed audiences hear both.
Mark's approach: real research, real findings, no hypotheticals. Every claim backed by documented testing. Every recommendation grounded in 30 years of doing this for real.