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Sandra Ragg, First Assistant Secretary of the Office of the Cyber Security Special Adviser for the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and Narelle Devine the Chief Information Security Officer, for the Department of Human Services discuss their roles in facilitating and supporting the Women in Cyber Mentoring Experience. The interview delves into the growing road map and careers for women in cyber, as well as the need to elevate cyber security within the everyday lives of Australians.


In this interview, Dr Peter Hannay of Edith Cowan University (ECU) provides insight into the recent completion of his doctoral research which focused on historical location data that can be gathered from small and embedded devices. This research was used by WA Police to assist in homicide cases, for tracking a suspect’s movements, as well as providing a credible alibi.

In this episode, we speak with Alex Manea, Chief Security Officer at Blackberry. We discuss Blackberry’s return to its core as a software and security company, and its move away from mobile handsets. The discussion moves to the release of the Melbourne Shield crisis communication network, which utilises the Blackberry At-Hoc platform, and allows messages to be sent to students, employees or even customers, in the case of a terrorist attack or natural disaster.


In this episode, recorded at the Canalys Channels Forum, 6 December 2017, Chris Cubbage interviews members of the Sophos team, namely Ashley Wearne, General Manager for Australia & New Zealand, Chester Wisniewski, Principal Researcher and John Shier, Senior Security Adviser. We discuss the position of Sophos and the maturity of the advanced security market

In this interview, we speak with Claudio Stahnke, Research Analyst focused on IT security with Canalys, recorded at the Canalys Channels Forum 2017, 5-7 December, 2017 in Perth. We discuss the enterprise cyber security market in general,

This is the seventh of a group of interviews from the Risk Management Institute of Australasia, or RMIA, in Canberra, 15 – 17 November, 2017.

This is the sixth of a group of interviews from the Risk Management Institute of Australasia, or R.M.I.A., national conference, 15-17 November, in Canberra.


In this interview, Chris Cubbage interviews Shannon Sedgwick, CEO of GM Risk Group, a consulting firm specialising in protecting media staff, both in terms of physical and cyber security, as they travel in hostile environments.


This is the third of a group of interviews from the Risk Management Institute of Australasia (RMIA) National Conference in Canberra 15-17 November 2017. In this interview, Chris Cubbage interviews Rinske Geerlings of ‘Business As Usual’, and discuss business continuity plans, or BCPs, preparing for cyber attack related incidents, the formation of crisis management teams for organisations, and the Business Continuity Standard, ISO 22301.

In this interview, Chris Cubbage interviews Dr. Gavriel Schneider, author of “Can I See your Hands: A Guide To Situational Awareness, Personal Risk Management, Resilience and Security”.