I ’m the Industry Director CyberSecurity APAC at Unisys,and I I report to the global Vice president of Security who is based out of California in the US. Unisys is a systems integrator and a technology and services company, so cyber risk has a very high priority. However, I [...]

 I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t fighting for women’s voices to be heard, or for social equity and equality generally, so it makes complete sense I’ve ended up where I am today. In my role within the Corporate and Capability Group of the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), [...]

There’s a story about former British prime minister, Harold MacMillan: when asked what his biggest challenge was, he is said to have responded, “Events, dear boy, events.” That rings true in cybersecurity. It is full of constant movement, noise and magic, or on a dark day, fear, uncertain and [...]

 I ’m a business analyst and program coordinator in the data strategy and governance team at the University of Queensland. That at least is my title. In reality, my role is much wider. I do a bit of everything: project management, change management, communications and business analysis activities to [...]

How do you become a “cybersecurity expert”? The journey that would lead me into working in this field started more than fifteen years ago, when nobody was taking about cybersecurity. I wasn’t aware of it either. I stumbled upon cybersecurity by chance. My journey began fifteen years ago when, [...]

 I head a South Australia based advisory practice,  BRM Advisory, focussed on technology and security, but since 2019 I have been on secondment as chief security officer to Silver Chain Group, a provider of in-home health and aged care services with over 100,000 clients across Western Australia, South Australia, [...]

I think IT chose me for a career rather than me choosing IT. I taught myself how to code when I was only eight years ago, and started my own IT consulting business when I was still in high school, in Year 12. I have now relished working in [...]

 I am a virtual chief information security officer with an ASX listed company, and the group chief information security officer (GCISO) at Wesfarmers. A virtual CISO is essentially a cybersecurity executive who is engaged with client(s) on a part- time/project basis rather than full-time. A group CISO is accountable [...]