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Why Our Cybersecurity Defences Are Crumbling

Why Our Cybersecurity Defences Are Crumbling

Crisis Management, Cyber Resilience, Leadership
According to Michael Loewy, Co-Founder of Tide and a veteran in the field of cybersecurity, the reality is that our cybersecurity defences are crumbling."The industry is broken," he declares.What's broken about it?"Just open the news," he urges, pointing to the incessant barrage of headlines detailing mass data breaches and ...
Data Transfer Secrets Revealed

Data Transfer Secrets Revealed

Data Management, Leadership
From the battlefields of war to the boardrooms of civilian enterprises, Antony Reynolds, Vice President of Federal and National Security at Bridgeworks. Reynolds, or "Tony" as Iโ€™ve come to know him, delivers revelations on the technology transforming data transfer from a sluggish chore to a lightning-fast marvel.Reynoldsโ€™ belief and metaphor ...
The Unseen Powerhouse: 2020Partners

The Unseen Powerhouse: 2020Partners

Cyber Resilience, Leadership, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnerships
As far as cybersecurity networks go, 2020Partners stands outโ€”a private, non-commercial coalition of senior security professionals transcending conventional borders and limitations. Greg Sim is the Founding Partner of 2020Partners and the pioneer behind this exclusive network. "Itโ€™s not even a non-profit," Greg commented, referring to the networks ...
How Mobile Devices Became the Bad Guys’ Favourite Weapon

How Mobile Devices Became the Bad Guys’ Favourite Weapon

Personal Security, Risk Management
Everyone is glued to their mobile devices, sinister cyber threats lurk beneath those sleek screens, waiting to exploit our casual scrolling and innocent application installations. According to Jeff Lindholm, Chief Revenue Officer at Lookout Technologies, our beloved smartphones and tablets are digital best friends - but most are unware their risks that ...
Oracle Cloud – The Late Bloomer

Oracle Cloud – The Late Bloomer

Cloud Security
For years, the tech behemoth Oracle stood in the shadows of cloud giants like Amazon and Microsoft. But now, with their second-gen Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Oracle is rewriting the cloud playbook. Oracle is far more than just the database company as most people would have memories of.Mahesh Thiagarajan, Executive Vice President of OCI, whose ...
The Invisible Siege on Our Supply Chain

The Invisible Siege on Our Supply Chain

Microsegmentation
Daniel Churches, Sales Director at ColorTokens, a captain in breach readiness and containment, lifts the veil on the precarious state of cybersecurity today. "When I say breach readiness, I speak from a place of inevitability," Churches states. The reality is that breaches arenโ€™t just possible; theyโ€™re practically guaranteed. "A breach is likely ...
Identity Platforms are no Longer Just a Backend Issue

Identity Platforms are no Longer Just a Backend Issue

Identity & Access Management
Businesses are perpetually cornered, navigating cybersecurity threats and trying to keep their head above water with their never ending laundry list of security to-doโ€™s. Simon Hodgkinson, an Advisor from Semperis and former Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at one of the world's largest oil companies, opened up about his experience towards ...
The Invisible Battlefield: The “Grey Zone” Warfare Threatening Global Stability

The Invisible Battlefield: The “Grey Zone” Warfare Threatening Global Stability

Geo-Political & Military, Leadership
Recently, KBI.Media was included in the AUKUS Advanced Technology Dialogue here in Australia across Sydney and Canberra. Some of the dialogue is not allowed to be publicised, but some which can be shared premiered on podcast, KBKast.Former Deputy Director for Mission Integration at ODNI, Beth Sanner, made clear on an alarming but largely unseen realm ...

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Suzanne Charlotte Vos
Suzanne Charlotte Vos
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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Samuel Tseitkin
Samuel Tseitkin
Samuel was always interested in emerging technologies, having cofounded AISSOC - Artificial Intelligence Student Society, during his university studies. AISSOC is a club for students interested in and working on AI projects. He contributed to and helped facilitate multiple projects. Shortly after finishing his Cybersecurity studies at Monash, he became interested in Quantum Computers, and found that he needed to adapt his Cybersecurity skillset in the face of this rapidly developing technology. Seeing that there's not nearly enough attention paid to this incoming threat, he took it upon himself to not only spread awareness of the issue, but also provide the solution with ExeQuantum. Since then, Samuel has been leading multiple thought leadership, lectures and panels around Australia, including in Stone & Chalk, University of Melbourne, Melbourne Python, and more, spreading the word of the quantum threat.
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Rowan Dollar
Rowan Dollar
With over 40 years of experience and, acknowledged as being one of the top CIOs in Australia, Rowan has a solid reputation for delivering strategic transformational business change including cyber security and artificial intelligence. Rowan is well renowned for being an innovator and transformer, managing change, building high performance teams and delivery in rapidly changing and complex mission-critical environments. Rowan is known throughout Government and Industry as an expert advisor and thought leader regarding Digital and Data strategy, security and transformations in Financial Services, Banking and Government. He is a sought-after advisor and expert in AgTech, ICT and business strategy, project management, cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence project delivery. Acknowledged across the corporate landscape, Rowan's reputation is for successful transformation, innovation and technology leadership.
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Reshma Devi
Reshma Devi
Reshma is a Data & AI, Security, and Technology Risk specialist with over 25 years experience working in Australia and New Zealand. She holds a Master's in Information Technology, is a Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE), and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). Passionate about emerging technologies, Reshma is dedicated to addressing Data & AI challenges. She is a Board Member at ISACA Melbourne and serves on other nonprofit and advisory boards. Additionally, she has contributed as a Subject Matter Expert Reviewer for ISACA's CDPSE Manual and regularly writes for blogs, magazines, and participates in podcasts.
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Mark Perry
Mark Perry
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Karissa Breen
Karissa Breen
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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Jacqueline Jayne
Jacqueline Jayne
Security Influencer | Human Risk Management Expert | Online Safety Specialist Jacqueline Jayne, a.k.a. JJ, stands out in the cybersecurity landscape with an innate talent for simplifying the complex. With over two decades of experience in education, tech, cybersecurity, communications, and strategy, she's transformed cybersecurity awareness in her professional roles, making it engaging and understandable for all. JJ's approach is about sparking curiosity, asking questions, and inspiring alternative thinking. She's not just about the tech; she's about connecting with people and sharing stories that resonate.
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Ivano Bongiovanni
Ivano Bongiovanni
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
Dali Kaafar
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 Perry
Cam Perry
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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Briel Sarabia
Briel Sarabia
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