Jay Hira is a cybersecurity director with 18 years of experience working in a variety of roles both in Australia and internationally. Today he is Director of Cyber Security: Financial Services at KPMG Australia, and Founder and Executive Director of MakeCyberSimple. In this conversation Jay and Cole Cornford avoid getting too deep into technical details, and instead discuss a zoomed out perspective on cybersecurity strategy for large organisations, how the current macroeconomic climate affects approaches to cybersecurity, tips for clear communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders, and plenty more.

Timestamps

1:40 - Advantages of generalisation vs specialisation

4:00 - Tips for communicating effectively to leaders

6:00 - Clarity comes from simplicity

9:30 - Importance of reporting structure in a large org

14:20 - Core foundations of a cyber strategy

20:00 - How current economic climate is affecting cybersecurity budgets

24:30 - How do you maintain intrinsic motivation?

27:00 - Work life balance

30:30 - Rapid fire questions

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