Tag: Cyber Leaders

Calls for threat intel platform

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia is progressing on its national cyber defence but what remains missing is a strong, threat intelligence sharing platform that rises above the informal sharing relationships that exist today....

Diversity a key for cyber skills

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia’s cyber security skills crisis won’t be solved by thinking conventionally and relying on traditional training methods or talent pools, said Sandra Ragg, Head of the Office of the...

Look to ex-military for cyber skills

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australia is in the midst of a cyber skills shortage, with available positions far outstripping the numbers of people who can fill them. The continuing debate around 457 visas...

Reskilling our future workforce

Posted on   |  by James Riley
There’s no argument that the world is in the middle of a major inflection point, as digital disruption changes industries, government and the way people work. However, as author...

Filling the cyber skills gaps

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Australians are among the most cyber-aware users in the world, but that doesn’t mean the nation couldn’t benefit from a radical rethink of the way it attracts and trains...

Welcoming the arrival of robots

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Far from being the harbingers of doom for professional services, the pending arrival of machine learning and artificial intelligence-based automation tools will open up new opportunities for the sector,...

Australia has a board problem

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australian boards of directors must include more young people and focus on driving innovation change to avoid being “smashed” by the upcoming digital revolution, according to Data61 chief executive...

Ingram on benefits of disclosure

Posted on   |  by Andrew Ryan
The recent disclosure by the Australian Signals Directorate that a defence contractor had lost 30 gigabytes of sensitive, but not classified, data to hacking caused a flap in the...

Skills shortage is a glass half full

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Ted Pretty has had a long and celebrated career in the Australian tech sector. The current CEO of data-centric security firm Covata has also held senior positions at Telstra,...