Jonathon Tindale spent eight years alongside critical infrastructure, security, and defence, where he saw a persistent intelligence gap in the physical threat domain. Australia’s critical infrastructure operators are required to manage physical risk, yet most still lack a clear collection architecture, intelligence concept, or operational process for identifying observable precursors before incidents occur.
A practitioner in OSINT and digital transformation, Jonathon founded CRIMP to help operational teams turn intelligence signals into timely, practical decisions. In 2025, he led a Defence Trailblazer program applying predictive threat modelling to Australia’s maritime battlespace, extending the same focus on indicator-led warning and operational decision support. He works alongside defence, law enforcement, energy, telecommunications, and construction.
His current research, drawing on case-study analysis of recent Australian incidents, examines how intelligence tradecraft can be embedded into critical infrastructure environments without dedicated intelligence units, turning observable signals into collection requirements, warning products, and decisions ahead of incident.
