This week Gar is joined by Shannon Sedgwick, Senior Managing Director at Ankura. Shannon is a seasoned director with deep experience providing future-focused leadership to governments, private enterprises and boards. Shannon has spent over a decade working globally across tech, cyber security as well as government risk and compliance.  Shannon isn’t afraid to share his opinion and often expresses them on broadcast media, through his regular published articles and on the Get Cyber Resilient Podcast. Gar and Shannon discuss a number of topics including navigating technologies strategies during COVID-19, the tech landscape in terms of buyers and sellers and ask what’s broken with conferences and how can they can be improved?

Ankura provide fit-for-purpose and cost optimisation analysis and review of companies technology and cybersecurity architecture and vendors to reduce complexity while maintaining governance, risk, and compliance standards, as well as identify opportunities for cost reductions. https://ankura.com/

Couch potato style cyber security event mentioned by Shannon was ComfyCon AU: https://www.comfyconau.rocks/