Catherine Dolle-Samuel Business Continuity and Resilience Specialist at UNSW
I ’m a business continuity and resilience (BC&R) specialist at the University of NSW (UNSW), which means I’m responsible for managing the university’s business continuity and resilience program. This involves managing a full continuity & resilience lifecycle program - understanding critical functions, developing recovery plans, identifying improvements in the [...]
Dr Michelle Ellis Outreach and Engagement Coordinator Computing and Security at Edith Cowan University
I ’m the Outreach and Engagement Coordinator: Computing and Security in the School of Science at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. I get to work with the university’s aspiring female computing and security students, talented industry women, and a supportive Perth community. As far as I know the [...]
COVID-19 themed cybercrime
Anyone can become a victim of cybercrime, and therefore it is important we all stay aware and remain vigilant to maintain our individual cybersecurity. Email remains one of the main vectors criminals use to obtain account credentials, steal credit card numbers, and to trick people into installing malware on [...]
BEWARE THE BRILLIANT CYBERSECURITY JERK!
T here’s usually at least one in every organisation. They may be brilliant at the core competencies of their role, but as a co-worker or manager they’re a disaster, because of their personality and the ways in which they interact with others. Jinan Budge, principal analyst serving security & [...]
CALL TO ACTION: WE MUST CHANGE
Time and time again, at security conferences, International Women’s Day events, in the workplace, women have come forward to share their stories of abuse, harassment, and discrimination. All too often nothing changes. Colleagues don’t believe those who’ve come forward, management quietly fires the woman to save a man’s reputation, [...]
WITHOUT A DIVERSE CYBER WORKFORCE, YOUR SECURITY TRANSFORMATION HASN’T GOT A CHANCE
The discussion about diversity in cybersecurity teams has taken on a new urgency in 2021, fuelled by the vaccine-led pivot away from the COVID-19 pandemic and stoked by growing national outrage over the inequal treatment of women in the workplace. Yet as Australians head back to workplaces that have [...]
THE BEST COMPANIES FOR WOMEN TO WORK IN SECURITY
WHAT MAKES A SECURITY FIRM BETTER FOR WOMEN TO WORK IN? The cybersecurity industry has been growing so much, so quickly, that there are as many different roles within the sector as you would care to imagine. Strong competition for skilled staff means most employers have become more willing [...]
THE PRIVACY PARADOX
You are being watched! It can be an alluring tagline for a spooky movie, or a cruel reality for many. Technology is an essential element in the lives of more than 3.4 billion people across the globe, almost 50 percent of the global population. Their every action uses technology, [...]
HELPING BUSINESSES SAFELY EMBRACE DIGITAL
The rise of cyber-risks is however bringing new challenges and opportunities to cyber-security and cyber-insurance professionals. The global cyber insurance market is projected to be valued at more than US$28,600 million by 2026, according to Allied Market Research’s recent forecast report. Perhaps you are already feeling these changes and [...]