Who We Are

Pragmatic cybersecurity and responsible AI for organisations that support communities.

About Flame Tree

We take a pragmatic approach to problem-solving that suits you for the long term. Our work strengthens cybersecurity foundations and builds confidence in the responsible use of artificial intelligence.

Inspired by two Australian icons, the flame tree and the echidna.

The flame tree represents resilience in challenging conditions. We apply this mindset to cybersecurity governance and risk, cybersecurity uplift, responsible AI, and long-term capability development.

The echidna represents calm, layered defence. It relies on structured protection and responds to threats with control and discipline. This reflects our approach to incident readiness, privacy and data protection and audit and assessment.

Why Choose Us

Flame Tree strengthens leadership’s confidence in managing cybersecurity and AI risk in organisations that serve communities and deliver essential services. When socially focused organisations are secure and resilient, the people who rely on them are protected.

By strengthening the cybersecurity of those who do good in the world, we contribute to outcomes that extend beyond technology and into lasting social impact.

Long-term solutions

We work in partnership with you to embed capability and deliver solutions that can be sustained within your capability and capacity constraints.

Solutions are practical, supportable and aligned to your environment.

Practitioner-led delivery

Flame Tree is led by senior practitioners who have held executive accountability.

We deliver solutions that work in practice.

Supporting research

We work with universities to deliver research into cybersecurity and AI.

Our founder is a guest lecturer at universities presenting on risk management and incident response.

Australian owned

Flame Tree is Australian owned and operated. We understand the Australian threat landscape, regulatory environment and sector-specific expectations.

The Founder

Kat McCrabb is the founder and managing director of Flame Tree. She is a recognised cybersecurity governance specialist with more than 16 years of experience advising government, education, health and regulated organisations across Australia.

Kat has held senior leadership roles including Chief Information Security Officer and cybersecurity risk lead. She has been responsible for enterprise-wide security strategy, AI rollouts, regulatory alignment, incident oversight and executive reporting.

She is an IRAP assessor and ISO 27001 Lead Auditor and has designed and implemented Artificial Intelligence Management Systems. This places her at the forefront of integrating cybersecurity, privacy and AI governance into structured, auditable frameworks.

Kat is a recognised industry voice on cybersecurity resilience and AI risk. Kat has been featured in national technology media discussing the governance implications of AI adoption and the exposure of pre-existing risk environments:

Balancing compliance and risk for mission-driven organisations – Galah Cyber podcast

“AI exposing pre-existing risks” – iTnews

Kat McCrabb – Australian Cyber Conference 2025

Kat is also on the Queensland Australian Information Security Association committee and has a very cute rescue cat called Mezzie.