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Our team of Contributors are independent experts from the fields of academia, research & development, military, government, and other similar fields, designed to bring unbiased and insightful perspectives to the forefront of cybersecurity discussions.

We understand the importance of fostering a diverse range of opinions and insights in the rapidly evolving landscape of cybersecurity. As such, our program exclusively features experts who operate independently of commercial affiliations, ensuring an objective and impartial viewpoint.

By participating in our Independent Expert Guest Writer Program, cybersecurity professionals, academics, and thought leaders have the opportunity to contribute to a platform dedicated to fostering open dialogue and advancing the collective understanding of cybersecurity issues.

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Chief Executive, Erik Prusch Shares Vision to Steer ISACA into the Future

Chief Executive, Erik Prusch Shares Vision to Steer ISACA into the Future

Recently, I headed down to Melbourne to attend the ISACA, Beyond Tomorrow event. Erik Prusch, CEO of ISACA flew from the United States to maintain his philosophy of being on the ground amongst members. Having joined ISACA just over a year ago, Prusch brings a fresh perspective to an organisation that commands a global footprint with 180,000 members ...
How NetApp’s Government Relations are Shaping Secure Tech

How NetApp’s Government Relations are Shaping Secure Tech

Kristen Verderame, Vice President of Global Government Relations at NetApp, shared the importance of government relations, public affairs, and cybersecurity in shaping the technology. Verderame shared a view on how companies like NetApp collaborate with various government bodies to support missions and develop cybersecurity frameworks. Representing ...
NetApp Is Committed To Helping Entities Build Their Own AI Factories

NetApp Is Committed To Helping Entities Build Their Own AI Factories

So much is going on with NetApp according to Jeff Baxter, Vice President of Product Marketing at NetApp. Baxter provided details about the latest NetApp product announcements and the future trajectory of artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity within the industry. Understanding ONTAP: The Foundation of Data Management The introduction to ...
The Goal Is To Alleviate The Administrative Burden In Healthcare

The Goal Is To Alleviate The Administrative Burden In Healthcare

Stephanie Trunzo, Senior Vice President and General Manager at Oracle Industry. Trunzo dives deep into the changes Oracle Industries is bringing to the healthcare sector with applied AI and an open healthcare platform and what this actually means. Trunzo led with Oracle Industries' approach, which integrates specific industry needs into general ...
Building Bridges with Hyperscalers

Building Bridges with Hyperscalers

Investing in strategic relationships is what drives NetApp and their success in the cloud space. According to Pravjit Tiwana, Senior Vice President, General Manager of Cloud Storage at NetApp walked through their view to building bridges with the major cloud providers, often referred to as hyperscalers. "We are the only first party cloud storage ...
Balancing Privacy and Safety: A Complex Necessity

Balancing Privacy and Safety: A Complex Necessity

In a recent panel discussion hosted at South by Southwest more commonly known as SXSW, cybersecurity and privacy experts from various fields convened to discuss the intricate balance between privacy and safety in the digital world. This discussion, moderated by Dr Toby Feakin featured insights from renowned figures including Julie Inman Grant at ...
โ€˜Bring AI To Your Dataโ€™. NetApp Even Have T-Shirts To Prove It

โ€˜Bring AI To Your Dataโ€™. NetApp Even Have T-Shirts To Prove It

โ€˜Bringing AI to your dataโ€™ Krish Vitaldevara, Senior Vice President and General Manager at NetApp, the concept proudly emblazoned on his T-shirt during his appearance on the main stage. The future of intelligent data infrastructure and artificial intelligence - an often talked about conept alongside the complexities associated with moving data to ...
Driving Enterprise Cloud Adoption is Not as Easy as We Think

Driving Enterprise Cloud Adoption is Not as Easy as We Think

Ashish Dhawan, the Senior Vice President, General Manager, and Chief Revenue Officer of the Cloud Business Unit at NetApp, shared the driving forces behind enterprise cloud adoption and the role of partnerships and multi-cloud approaches. The Reasons For Movement The primary motivators for enterprise cloud adoption are innovation speed, optimal IT ...

Meet Our Contributors & Editors

Suzanne Charlotte Vos is a Director at Innovation & Integration and Cyber & Emerging Tech Ventures advisor at Fairlight Ventures. She is on a mission to help people get unstuck and achieve their goals in a constantly transforming world. With over a decade of experience ranging from her family business to global corporate environments, she believes everyone benefits from having an innovative mindset in both a personal and professional capacity.
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Karissa Breen, crowned a LinkedIn โ€˜Top Voice in Technologyโ€™, is more commonly known as KB. A serial Entrepreneur that Co-Founded the TMFE Group, a holding company and consortium of several businesses all relating to cybersecurity including, an industry-leading media platform, a marketing agency, a content production studio, and the executive headhunting firm, MercSec. KBI.Media is an independent and agnostic global cyber security media company led by KB at the helm of the journalism division. As a Cybersecurity Investigative Journalist, KB hosts her flagship podcast, KBKast, interviewing cybersecurity practitioners around the globe on security and the problems business executives face. It has been downloaded in 65 countries with more than 300K downloads globally, influencing billions in cyber budgets. KB asks hard questions and gets real answers from her guests, providing a unique, uncoloured position on the always evolving landscape of cybersecurity. As a Producer and Host of the streaming show, 2Fa.tv, she sits down with experts to demystify the world of cybersecurity and provide genuine insight to businesses executives on the downstream impacts cybersecurity advancement and events have on our wider world.
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Dr. Ivano Bongiovanni is the General Manager of AUSCERT, Australia's first computer emergency response team (CERT) and one of the oldest CERTs in the world. With more than 20 years in cyber security and risk management. Dr. Bongiovanni also holds a position as Senior Lecturer in Information Security, Governance, and Leadership. Prior to this, Dr. Bongiovanni was a Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow and PwC Chair in Digital Economy. Dr. Bongiovanni commenced his career as a Police Officer with the Italian Ministry and was the Deputy Venue Security Manager at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, where he delivered the Venue Security Plan, coordinated security services for the Main Media Centre, the Olympic Stadium (opening ceremony) and the Paralympic Village. He holds a PhD in Risk Management in international airports.
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Dali Kaafar is a Professor at the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Executive Director of The Macquarie University Cyber Security Hub, Founder of APATE.AI., Director of the Data Security and Privacy R&D Program, Director of the Cyber Range Training Centre (CRTC) and the Cyber Security Curriculum at the Institute of Applied Technology-Digital. Professor Kaafar interested in the broad R&D activities in Cyber Security in Emerging Technologies with a vision to enable Explicit Trust in the Digital Economy. His research interests include Data Security and Privacy, with a focus on Privacy-Preserving (or Enhancing) technologies and Information Security for Web and Mobile applications, (Provably) private date sharing and Trustworthy Secure and Private Machine learning techniques.
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Cam retains oversight of the editorial content for KBI.Media and finds time to write every once in a while too. With a keen interest in geo-political goings-on, Cam oversees our new Global News section. And being an ex-techy, he puts his (very) atrophied knowledge to use, giving a helping hand to shape and manage our Technical section on occasion too.
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