Rachel Noble is the Director-General of the
Australian Signals Directorate
Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), formerly the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) is the federal statutory agency in the Australian Government responsible for foreign signals intelligence, support to military operations, cyber warfare, and i ...
. She was appointed to the position in February 2020 and is the first woman to hold the position.
Career
Noble was employed at the
Australian Cyber Security Centre and prior to her ASD appointment had spent 20 years working in the public service.
Prior senior executive roles have included acting as Australia’s first national security CIO within the
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Deputy chief of the Australia-US satellite tracking facility at
Pine Gap in the
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Au ...
. She is also a former National Director of Intelligence and Chief Information Officer at the
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service was an Australian federal government agency responsible for managing the security and integrity of the Australian border and facilitating the movement of legitimate international travelers and ...
and Assistant secretary of governance, responsible for the overall governance and assurance framework for the
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Current departments of defence
* Department of Defence (Australia)
* Department of National Defence (Canada)
* Department of Defence (Ireland)
* Department of National Defense (Philippin ...
.
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Australian public servants
Australian women public servants
Recipients of the Public Service Medal (Australia)
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