“SHARE TODAY, SAVE TOMORROW”
On the 2nd of March, news broke revealing that multiple zero-day Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities had been exploited. AusCERT quickly communicated this news to its members by retweeting the active exploitation advisory from Volexity, a security firm based in Reston, Virginia USA. This was quickly followed by a security bulletin [...]
Start-ups, why you need to get security right from the start
Security is important in any business, right? What about start-ups? Are they any different? Do they need to have a focus on security? They are fast-moving and innovative businesses that do not always have a free-flowing budget to spend on cybersecurity. They want to focus on the core function [...]
HOW SECUREWORKS CHAMPIONS FEMALES IN SENIOR ROLES
In 2020 the proportion of women in senior management roles globally was just 29 percent1 . This would be a remarkable statistic in any year, but in the midst of a global pandemic, when one in four women were considering leaving the workforce to focus on caregiving, this was [...]
BUILDING THE FOUNDATIONS OF A NEW DATA ECONOMY
For Joanne Cooper, CEO of ID Exchange Pty Ltd, which in December 2020 launched the Australian Data Exchange brand, a secure data sharing service, the opportunity offered by secure sharing of personal data was obvious. Data shared with consent, she says, offers enormous potential for innovation and personalised services [...]
FROM RE-WRITING JOB ADS TO CHAMPIONING WOMEN’S ACHIEVEMENTS
Q: WHY IS DIVERSITY, PARTICULARLY IN RESPECT OF WOMEN, IMPORTANT TO THE CORPORATE SECURITY GROUP (CSG) AT IAG? A: IAG has been taking diversity seriously for a very long time. I could see this for myself when I was first consulting here and then after I joined as a [...]
AWSN INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY (IWD) 2021 CELEBRATIONS
March 8th is recognised as International Women’s Day (IWD) – a global celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. This year’s theme was “Choose to Challenge”. Australian Women in Security Network (AWSN) members around Australia chose to mark the occasion by hosting several events during [...]
RISK-TAKERS AND CHALLENGERS – WOMEN IN CYBERSECURITY STARTUPS
Where are the women in Australian cybersecurity startups? That’s a question I am often asked. And I’m probably one of the few people who can answer that question. As head of partnerships at CyRise, I work with some of the most talented and ambitious people in the cybersecurity community. [...]
HOW TO GET MORE GIRLS INTO STEM
I n a bid to get more women, especially girls, pursuing careers that require science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), the Australian Government created the Office of the Women in STEM Ambassador in 2018 and appointed professor Lisa Harvey-Smith as the inaugural Women in STEM Ambassador, the first position [...]
A MORE SECURE FUTURE: THE CASE FOR ENCOURAGING FEMALE PARTICIPATION IN AUSTRALIA’S CYBER SECTOR
Hands up who remembers when ICT was almost a female-free zone; the exclusive province of geeks in polo shirts? As an industry, we’ve come a long way in the last couple of decades. Recent research from Access Economics suggests women now comprise around 28 per cent of the local [...]