RUNNING A DIGITAL CYBER SECURITY TREASURE HUNT
Cyber safety is a tough sell. In security awareness circles you’ll often hear people talk about teaching ‘security as a life skill’, the idea being that people will adopt good security habits in the same way they ‘naturally’ adopt healthy habits. But really, who adopts healthy habits naturally and [...]
SECURITY THROUGH A HYGIENE LENS
The advice from local and international authorities for protecting ourselves and others from coronavirus (COVID-19) is all about washing or sanitising our hands, physical distancing, wearing masks, self- isolation, quarantine, signing in at locations we visit, and cleaning our workplaces and other common areas. The requirements to maintain security [...]
2021 AND BEYOND THE FUTURE OF CYBERSECURITY IS PROMISING
2020 is finished but distributed, cloud-based operations are here to stay. As every financial investor and lottery winner can tell you, past performance is no guarantee of future results. That said, looking back on 2020, there are some things we can reasonably expect in 2021. Change is inevitable, but [...]
THE WOMEN IN SECURITY WHO MADE IT HAPPEN!
The story is all too familiar; for millions of working women the COVID-19 pandemic delivered the tough challenge of keeping up with the tasks of home life as well as shouldering various responsibilities at the office. For the women of Aus CERT and its supporting networks, things were no [...]
DIVERSITY, LIKE SECURITY, SHOULD BE BUILT IN FROM THE GROUND UP
knows diversity is key to the success of fast-growing Secure Code Warrior Secure Code Warrior (SCW) has grown rapidly in recent years, evolving from an ambitious startup into a global Australian success story by producing secure developer learning tools that have tapped into the global awareness of the importance [...]
(CYBER) SECURITY STRATEGY FOR BREAKFAST
IT professionals around the world have some thorough and detailed frameworks and guidelines to use when it comes to developing a robust information security strategy, but there is one thing missing – the human element. The cyber threat landscape is out of control across the globe and organisations can’t [...]
DRIVING A SLOW CAR FAST AND DRIVING A FAST CAR SLOW
In the world of motorsports every racetrack is different, but race car drivers can increase their chances of winning if they have a great team, finance, talent and ‘luck’. In cybersecurity, the same attributes can ensure the security of organisational information assets. But, like a racetrack, the security environment [...]
Tales from the trenches
In 2020 COVID-19 paid us a visit and wrought changes at a speed few expected. The cyber community will remember 2020 as the year when “cyber” became a business issue rather than an “IT problem”. With an increased focus on all things cyber, many cyber professionals can expect to [...]
BEHIND THE SCENES WITH AN ICT WOMAN UNDER COVID CONSTRAINTS
It is not easy to dredge up your unpleasant memories, and harder still to then share them with many people. So, imagine you are sharing them only with yourself. Today I want to share the work-from-home experience of a migrant woman living alone, and relate how the pandemic tested [...]