Press & media

For journalists, producers, and researchers on deadline.

Everything you need to file accurately about the Centre's work — factsheet, logos, expert spokespeople, recent coverage, and a direct line to media. We respond within 24 hours; faster on active stories.

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Factsheet

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An international research and frontline-practice centre tackling technology-facilitated abuse, modern slavery, and AI safety — based in Australia, working globally.

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The Digital Safeguard Centre, Nansen.io Digital Forensics, is an Australian-grounded international centre working at the intersection of digital safety, human rights and emerging technology. Its work spans four pillars: digital safety audits and the Acorn platform for survivors of technology-facilitated abuse; modern-slavery and supply-chain detection; AI for social good; and academic research published with the University of Canberra. The Centre is a 2024 AIIA iAwards National Winner and a 2025 Prime Minister's Prize for Science finalist.

Founded2020 · Australia
FoundersRose MacDonald & Andrew Collins
LocationsSydney · Melbourne · Canberra · Services delivered online nationally and internationally
ReachAustralia, NZ, UK; international advisory engagements
Audits to date1,000+ digital safety assessments
Acorn languages12
Research partnersUniversity of Canberra
Industry PhDRound 6 · Australian Government National Industry PhD Program
Recent recognition2024 AIIA iAwards National Winner · 2025 PM's Prize for Science (finalist)
Expert spokespeople

Who to quote, and on what.

Our spokespeople are available for interview on technology-facilitated abuse, AI safety, modern slavery, and digital forensics. Topics noted; please specify outlet, deadline, and angle when booking.

Co-Founder

Rose MacDonald

Co-founder · The Digital Safeguard Centre

Founder of Australia's first digital-forensics service for survivors of technology-facilitated abuse. Former police officer. Speaker at the Tech Abuse Conference (London), CSW70 with UN Women (New York), and frontline DV peak bodies.

Topics: survivor experience · sector reform · trauma-informed practice · service design · stalkerware & spyware · cloud session compromise · LLMs & perpetrator capability · digital safety audits · AI safety.
Co-Founder

Andrew Collins

Co-founder · The Digital Safeguard Centre

Digital forensics practitioner. Co-author of the 2025 CAIS / ACIS panel paper on IS silence on TFDFA. Spoken at AusCERT and the Black Swan Summit (UWA).

Topics: survivor experience · sector reform · trauma-informed practice · service design · stalkerware & spyware · cloud session compromise · LLMs & perpetrator capability · digital safety audits · AI safety.
Academic partner

A/Prof Sultana Lubna Alam

University of Sydney · Centre research lead

Lead author of the Centre's research into 100+ Digital Safety Assessment reports. Expertise in IS, technology affordance theory, and gendered violence.

Topics: IS research agenda · technology affordances · academic perspective.
Academic partner

A/Prof Rosetta Romano

University of Canberra

Co-author of the Centre's scoping review on IS engagement with TFDFA. Specialisation in interdisciplinary review methodology and TFDFA terminology standards.

Topics: literature review · cross-disciplinary frameworks · terminology standards · indigenous learning · complex IS systems methodologies · data design.
Logos & visual identity

Logos and formats.

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The Digital Safeguard Centre logo mark The Digital Safeguard Centre By Nansen.io

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Recent coverage

Where the work has appeared.

A selection of media that's covered the Centre's work or quoted our spokespeople.

Oct 2024 · The Guardian

"Is your smartphone being tracked? Here's how to tell."

Long-form feature on stalkerware and covert apps in everyday devices, with quotes from Andrew Collins on detection methodology.

Feature · Women's Agenda

"It's insidious: the rise of technology-facilitated abuse."

Interview-led feature on the shape of TFA in Australia and what frontline services are seeing.

Podcast · Listnr / Crime Insiders

"Forensics: protecting victims of technology-facilitated abuse."

Long-form conversation on the forensic process behind a digital safety audit.

2025 · CAIS / ACIS Panel paper

"Lagging, Not Leading in Technology-Facilitated Domestic and Family Abuse."

Peer-reviewed panel paper. Co-authored by the Centre with the University of Sydney, University of Canberra, and Federation University. Read full paper →

Direct line

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We respond to media within 24 hours; faster on active stories. Phone interviews and video grabs available with notice.

Media enquiry 1800 NANSEN