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How To Strike Back Against Phishing And Takedown Fraudulent Websites In The Battle Against Escalating Cyber Crime

How To Strike Back Against Phishing And Takedown Fraudulent Websites In The Battle Against Escalating Cyber Crime

Offensive Security, Security Awareness, Threat Intelligence
Phishing takedown services are a critical element of our fight against threat actors. The ungoverned and distributed nature of the Internet makes this challenging but organisations, such as AUSCERT, are critical and take down thousands of phishing and scam sites every year.
Rome was not Built in a Day. Security is not Built in a Day

Rome was not Built in a Day. Security is not Built in a Day

Leadership
Trust and security - something we often hear hand in hand. But what does this really mean?Wendy Thomas, Chief Executive Officer from Secureworks discusses her theory around โ€˜rethinking trustโ€™. Thomas voices her opinion on the dire need for companies to exhibit genuine change and sustained effort over time. Youโ€™ve got to walk the walk. Virtue ...
Security is Not a Zero-Sum Game

Security is Not a Zero-Sum Game

Leadership
The future of cybersecurity is a big and broad topic - specifically our reliance on cloud-based software. Things go wrong and when they do - our whole world turns with it. Jeetu Patel, Executive Vice President & Chief Product Officer at Cisco, discussed his strong stance against monopolies in the tech industry and his view on collaboration and ...
Sustainability in Business is More than a Reusable Coffee Cup

Sustainability in Business is More than a Reusable Coffee Cup

BUSINESS
When people hear sustainability, some might straight away think - oh yes a reusable coffee cup. Perhaps, however in this context weโ€™re talking about sustainability within tech businesses and what does this mean and more importantly - what does that look like?Luke Hargreaves, Founder and CEO from Aquainnis chatted to me about the urgent need for ...
Exclusive: Zero Trust Security – The way Forward for IT and Security

Exclusive: Zero Trust Security – The way Forward for IT and Security

Cloud Security, Risk Management
In sunny and warm Las Vegas (47 degrees or 116 fahrenheit) was an interview between myself and Kavitha Mariappan, Executive Vice President, Customer Experience and Transformation from Zscaler. Kavitha spoke to me exclusively at Zenith Live about her thoughts on todayโ€™s cyber market and predictions in regards to the future of cybersecurity. The crucial ...
Deepfakes and the US Election | A Slippery Slope

Deepfakes and the US Election | A Slippery Slope

Artificial Intelligence
The proliferation of misinformation, deceptive content, and deepfake technology has raised significant concerns about the impact on society, elections, and trust in online information. Bob Huber, Chief Security Officer and Head of Research at Tenable, discussed the complexities of discerning authentic content from manipulated information. There is ...
Technology Company Names Have More Meaning than We Expected…

Technology Company Names Have More Meaning than We Expected…

GENERAL
Creating a strong brand identity is an integral aspect of any technology business, and a large part of any brand identity lies in its name. While many brands are simply named after their Founders, or geological locations others have more interesting origins. These names are often carefully chosen to reflect the company's mission, values, or ...
Exploring Opportunities, Fears, and the Future with AI

Exploring Opportunities, Fears, and the Future with AI

Artificial Intelligence
Claudionor Coelho, Chief AI Officer from Zscaler, and a member of the World Economic Forum AI Group at Zenith Live chatted with me about large language models (LLMs) and the potential ethical challenges surrounding their use.Recently it was announced about the launch of Copilot at Zscaler and how the technologies presented were utilised in the creation ...

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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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