As Ben says "Happy Christmas and Merry New Year" to everyone within the Dark Mode community!

In this special episode, we host friend and expert Dirk Hodgson, Co-Founder and Director of Cybersecurity at Cognitio Digital.

We unravel the intriguing world of digital twins, and of course - discuss the cyber security implications.

Be sure to check out Cognitio Digital at https://www.linkedin.com/company/cognitio-digital-australia/

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Jasmin Diab, CSC

Jasmin describes herself, somewhat modestly, as a mum, leader, nerd and diversity advocate.

She is also the President of Women in Nuclear Australia, the Oceania representative on the Women in Nuclear Global executive, a Partner with Global Nuclear Security Partners Australia, a Senior Associate with Mettle Global, a member of the ARPANSA Nuclear Safety Committee and a Fellow with Engineers Australia.

Jasmin joined the Australian Army in 2001 and after graduating from the Australian Defence Force Academy and Royal Military College Duntroon,  became a Combat Engineer with the Royal Australian Engineers.

With a background in explosive ordnance disposal, Jasmin spent most of her 22 years of service providing operational and training support in countering chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive threats and has seen operational service both domestically and overseas.

She thrives leading multidisciplinary teams in uncertainty. On completion of her tenure as a Commanding Officer of an Engineer Regiment, she was awarded a Conspicuous Service Cross in the Kings Birthday Honours 2023 for her leadership.

Jasmin is a big advocate for thinking differently and is a co-founder of the Defence Entrepreneurs Forum Australia (DEF Aus) which encourages bottom-up conceptual innovation.

Jasmin has a Bachelor of Science in physics and chemistry, a Masters in Defence and Military Studies and a Masters in Engineering Science (Nuclear Engineering).

Theodore Panagacos is the Chief Executive of Kodora.ai, Australia’s first-ever pure play Artificial Intelligence (AI) consulting and technology firm that provides dedicated end-to-end services relating to AI strategy and planning, risk and security, and AI technology identification and implementation.

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Alex Nehmy is a Chief Security Officer (JAPAC) at Palo Alto Networks, and former CISO of SA Power Networks, BAE Systems, and the University of Adelaide — and joins us to talk about the key megatrends impacting cyber security today.

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Only 9 days ago, on the 5th November 2023, ‘Grok’ was publicly released prompting us to think *Elon Musk has entered the chat (bot)*.

This seemed like good contender timing, if it wasn’t for Sam Altman and Satya Nadella sharing the stage during OpenAI’s inaugural DevDay just two days later.

Does anyone else consider keeping pace with artificial intelligence is akin to that feeling of running in a dream?

In this episode, we unwind the key announcements and what this could mean for the future of humanity.

Send us your reinvented Clippy artwork, preferable with Ben's face DALL-E'd into it!

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Topics:

1. President Biden's Executive Order on AI Safety and Security:

On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued an Executive Order aimed at promoting safe, secure, and trustworthy development and utilization of AI technologies. This is a significant step towards regulating AI by establishing standards for AI safety and security. The order also mandates the extensive testing of powerful AI systems by third parties to minimize chances of unintended consequences

2. SEC's fraud charges against SolarWinds and its CISO, Timothy G. Brown, following the Sunburst cyberattack in 2020.

The SEC charged SolarWinds and its CISO, Timothy G. Brown, with fraud relating to the Sunburst cyberattack in 2020, alleging that they understated cybersecurity risks to stakeholders, thereby defrauding investors.

Summary:

Both the Executive Order on AI, and the SEC Filing on Cyber, bring to light the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity and AI technology, and the critical role of regulatory bodies in ensuring transparency, security, and responsible innovation in these domains.

Resources:

🌪 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Gabe Marzano⁠⁠⁠⁠ & 🌪 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Sullivan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ host Kurt Hansen, who is the CEO of Tesserent and a former Military Signals Officer in the Australian Defence Force.

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Show Notes:

Resources:

1. Tesserent

2. Women In Cyber

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Ben Sullivan recaps his time at AISA CyberCon 2023 and discusses the thought-provoking sessions, such as:

1) Sean Duca on How to hack a nation for fun and profit: Unraveling the art of cyber espionage and economic manipulation

2) Heath Moodie on Vets in Cyber: Building an open and honest community

3) Lachlan McGrath Keyboard Warriors: An Australian volunteer cyber corps

4) Roberto Rodriguez on Empowering security teams with generative AI: Fundamentals and applications of GPT models

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🌪 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Gabe Marzano⁠⁠⁠ & 🌪 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Sullivan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ host Riccardo Galbiati a CTO at Palo Alto Networks who engages and advises enterprises and government customers on their overall posture and cyber resilience by undertaking strategic conversations with CISOs and executives at round tables and public speaking events.

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Resources:

1. Learn how the SOC and Zero Trust complement each other

2. The SASE Show

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🌪 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Gabe Marzano⁠⁠ & 🌪 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Sullivan⁠⁠⁠⁠ host Gary Borham, a tech startup founder currently leading ScreenCoach and HitPauze as solutions to high addiction digital dependencies. Gary’s projects stem from his 15 years working in adult behaviour change programs throughout Australia-Asia.

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Show Notes:

00:00 - Introduction

04:40 - War on Digital Screen Time

09:17 - Adult Behavioural Change Programs

13:44 - Introducing Children to Technology

16:49 - HitPauze Application

29:02 - Technology Dependancy

Resources:

1. ScreenCoach

2. HitPauze

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