Dr Brendan Walker-Munro is a Senior Lecturer (Law) with the Faculty of Business, Law & the Arts at Southern Cross University. Brendan's focus is on ""research security"", the use of law and policy to protect university research from national security threats such as espionage, foreign interference, hacking, and technology transfer. He also researches other aspects at the intersection of national security law and higher education, such as research funding, privacy, and digital security.

Before academia, Brendan worked in investigation and law enforcement roles across diverse government agencies over fifteen years. Prior to joining Southern Cross, Brendan was a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Queensland's Law and the Future of War Research Group.

He has also been appointed as an Expert Associate (Adjunct) at the National Security College at Australian National University, Canberra and a a Senior Research Fellow of the Social Cyber Institute.