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Episode 371 Deep Dive: Mayank Upadhyay | The Closing Window – Why Human-Speed Security is Already Too Slow
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Snowflake has recently appointed Mayank Upadhyay its Chief Security and Trust Officer to lead security efforts.

Mayank brings one of the most influential careers in enterprise security to Snowflake. During his more than two decades at Google, he shaped the modern security landscape, ultimately serving as Vice President of Engineering for Google Cloud where he secured both the public-facing Google Cloud Platform and the private cloud infrastructure powering core Google services. Prior to this, his career progression to Distinguished Engineer was defined by a sequence of foundational technologies he delivered.

Today, as CSTO at Snowflake, he secures the data and AI foundation for 11,000+ customers (including over a third of the Fortune Global 2000), giving him a unique, front-row vantage point on how AI is fundamentally reshaping enterprise security.

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Microsoft Announces A$5 Billion Investment in Computing Capacity and Capability to Help Australia Seize the AI Era

Microsoft Announces A$5 Billion Investment in Computing Capacity and Capability to Help Australia Seize the AI Era

By The Production Team | ANZ, Government & Policy, Learning & Education, Work & Careers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 23 October 2023 – Today Microsoft announced major digital infrastructure, skilling and cybersecurity investments in Australia to help the nation seize the artificial intelligence (AI) era to strengthen its economic competitiveness, create high-value jobs and protect the nation from the increasing threat of cyberattacks. Microsoft will invest A$5 billion in expanding its hyperscale cloud computing and AI infrastructure in Australia over the next two years – the single largest investment in its forty- year history in the ...
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Lessons From the Frontlines of AI Transformation

Artificial intelligence has rapidly evolved from isolated proofs and concepts to a defining pillar of enterprise strategy. Across Australia, leaders are moving beyond experimentation and into operational deployment, but achieving mixed success. According to the 2025 AI Deployment & Governance Survey, “Australians have embraced AI enthusiastically, yet 88% struggle to integrate generative AI into legacy systems,...
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Data Sovereignty in a Borderless World: Rethinking Compliance & Cloud Strategy

Global enterprises are under mounting pressure to rethink how and where they manage data. Cross-border transfers, cloud adoption and shifting regulatory regimes elevates data sovereignty from a niche legal concern into a boardroom priority. Australia’s cloud-native shift is now embedded across banking, health and the public sector, and it’s unfolding under sharper scrutiny. Breach reporting under the Notifiable...
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Quantum Security in the Router: QKD Without Additional Hardware

No quantum computer exists today that can break modern encryption. Yet the pressure on enterprises and government agencies to future-proof their cryptography for a potential post-quantum era is mounting. The reason: no one knows exactly when "Q-Day" will arrive, i.e. the point at which a sufficiently powerful quantum computer can crack classical public-key schemes such as RSA or elliptic curve cryptography. Current...
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Australia’s Cyber Posture Needs More Than an Update

Introduction Australia’s cybersecurity industry has long operated on the assumption that better tools mean less vulnerability. Better threat detection, better endpoint protection, better monitoring. Yet, every year, the threat landscape widens faster than our defences can account for. Recent issues emerging from the rapid adoption of AI tools have offered an uncomfortable reminder of just how exposed organisations...
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How Mythos Reshapes the Cyber Threat Landscape

The emergence of ‘Mythos’ is rapidly becoming one of the most discussed developments in cyber security circles, and for good reason. Positioned as a powerful new AI-driven capability, Mythos is less a conventional tool and more an accelerator of cyber offence, dramatically increasing the speed at which vulnerabilities can be discovered, chained together, and exploited. Mythos does not fundamentally invent new forms...
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Cybersecurity Leaders Struggle to Turn Data Into Boardroom Decisions

Cybersecurity leaders are sitting on more data than ever, yet many organisations remain unable to translate it into decisions that resonate at board level. The core issue is not data scarcity, but the difficulty of converting technical signals into meaningful assessments of business risk. Security teams can track alerts, incidents, throughput, and response times in detail, yet still struggle to explain what those...
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Defend the Next Cyberattack at Unprecedented Speed. Be IT a Human or an AI

The next cyberattack could be human, or a human engineering an AI from the outside, or an AI engineered from the inside. It could be a zero-day attack or a known weakness that was never mitigated. It could be a cyberattack, a collective, a lone warrior, or a disgruntled employee. It does not matter. What really matters is whether you were ready to face this onslaught. Or did you assume you would not be attacked, or...
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Fragile or Future-ready? The Decisions Shaping Australia’s AI Ambitions

Introduction Senior data leaders are being asked to navigate a level of complexity that feels new, even by recent standards. Across Australia, organisations are under pressure to turn AI ambition into real outcomes, often while working with fragile data foundations that were never designed for this level of demand. Other factors compound that pressure. Economic conditions remain uncertain, budgets are under...
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Why the Illusion of Control Is Failing Australian Identity Security Programmes

Most Australian enterprises believe they have identity security under control. Frameworks are in place, policies are documented, and zero trust strategies feature prominently in boardroom presentations and annual reports. On paper, it looks robust. In practice, many organisations are running identity controls that were designed for a world that no longer exists. Over the past few years, the industry has rightly...
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Beyond ‘Vibe Coding’: Securing AI-Generated Software Requires a Risk-First Strategy

Introduction The era of "vibe coding" is officially here, and Asia Pacific is central to this trend, already hosting a rising number of vibe coding start-ups. AI coding has accelerated software delivery to a breakneck pace, but this velocity has come with a steep security tax. While the industry is enamoured with the speed of delivery, those of us in the trenches of Application Security (AppSec) are seeing a...
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Why Businesses Must Rethink Security in a Fragmented Digital Era

Introduction During the past decade, one lesson has become unmistakably clear for enterprise leaders: security begins and ends with identity. As organisations continue to digitise operations, shift workloads to the cloud, and experiment with AI-driven automation, identity has emerged as both the gateway to productivity and the weakest link in cyber defence. What was once a relatively contained environment of...
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Don’t Get Caught out by the Illusion of Control. Why Static Security Is Failing Australian Enterprises

Why the Illusion of Control Is Failing Australian Identity Security Programmes Most Australian enterprises believe they have identity security under control. Frameworks are in place, policies are documented, and zero trust strategies feature prominently in boardroom presentations and annual reports. On paper, it looks robust. In practice, many organisations are running identity controls that were designed for a...
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How CTEM Is Reshaping Cyber Defence in a Volatile World

As geopolitical tensions continue to ripple across global markets, cyber activity is following a predictable and increasingly dangerous pattern. Spikes in scanning, probing, and exploitation attempts often occur within hours of international instability, placing organisations far beyond the immediate region at heightened risk. Yet, despite this, many businesses remain slow to adapt their security posture in real...
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Voices Under Siege: The New Frontline of Secure Communication

The digital battle lines are being redrawn. Cyber threats are no longer confined to hacked servers or ransomware incidents affecting corporate networks. They have migrated to the devices in our hands and pockets. Mobile espionage is accelerating in speed, scope, and sophistication, forcing organizations to confront a difficult reality: significant vulnerabilities now lie in everyday communication tools. At the...
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Why Trust Is Reshaping Digital Assets

Introduction For years, digital assets have been spoken about in extremes. Either as the future of finance, or as a space filled with risk and uncertainty. In my view, the truth sits somewhere in the middle. Over the past decade, digital assets have delivered extraordinary returns. Entire fortunes were built in a relatively short period. Yet many investors entered without the knowledge or protection required to...
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How BlackBerry UEM Enables Trusted Mobile Operations Across the German Federal Government

Government in Constant Motion Federal government work now extends beyond offices to secure facilities, international forums, temporary work sites and even on the daily commute. Mobility has shifted from a supporting function into a core pillar of daily operations while expectations around security, sovereignty, and regulatory compliance have intensified. This creates tension as officials need to act quickly and...
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Lessons From the Frontlines of AI Transformation

Artificial intelligence has rapidly evolved from isolated proofs and concepts to a defining pillar of enterprise strategy. Across Australia, leaders are moving beyond experimentation and into operational deployment, but achieving mixed success. According to the 2025 AI Deployment & Governance Survey, “Australians have embraced AI enthusiastically, yet 88% struggle to integrate generative AI into legacy systems,...
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Data Sovereignty in a Borderless World: Rethinking Compliance & Cloud Strategy

Global enterprises are under mounting pressure to rethink how and where they manage data. Cross-border transfers, cloud adoption and shifting regulatory regimes elevates data sovereignty from a niche legal concern into a boardroom priority. Australia’s cloud-native shift is now embedded across banking, health and the public sector, and it’s unfolding under sharper scrutiny. Breach reporting under the Notifiable...
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Beyond Code: Rethinking Application Security (AppSec) for the AI Era​​

Across Australia, the acceleration of AI-assisted and automated software development has created increased risk to the software supply chain. According to the 2024-25 Australian Annual Cyber Threat report, cyber incidents and malicious activity are increasing year-on-year, with an 83% increase in notifications of potentially malicious activity to  organisations compared to the previous year.  Modern applications...
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Quantum Security in the Router: QKD Without Additional Hardware

No quantum computer exists today that can break modern encryption. Yet the pressure on enterprises and government agencies to future-proof their cryptography for a potential post-quantum era is mounting. The reason: no one knows exactly when "Q-Day" will arrive, i.e. the point at which a sufficiently powerful quantum computer can crack classical public-key schemes such as RSA or elliptic curve cryptography. Current...
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