Gar O’Hara is joined this week by Phil Zongo, author of The Five Anchors of Cyber Resilience. Phil has over 15 years experience in risk management and cyber security working with some of the biggest companies out there. His focus these days is on cyber resilience and his work within the Cyber Leadership Institute which he co-founded with Jan Schreuder and Darren Argyle. 

Gar and Phil dive into a range of topics over the course of this episode with some terrific insights provided by Phil on how to achieve cyber savvy workforces, key pain points for CISO’s, how to get cyber security strategy right, stakeholder management, the value of automation and of course the impact of COVID-19 on the industry.

The Five Anchors of Cyber Resilience: https://amzn.to/2y4MUN8

CISO Playbook: https://bit.ly/2T2kniw

This week Gar does a deep-dive into the security of the COVIDSafe app with the CIO of Allens, Bill Tanner. Bill has over 12 years experience in the legal industry and has some unique insights on the COVIDSafe app that were gained from evaluating the app for his staff. Bill shares his thoughts and experiences from attending a recent app teardown session conducted by Geoffrey Huntley, who is leading a local research group on COVIDSafe security and privacy. Gar and Bill explore exactly what the app does and doesn’t do, the privacy concerns as well as the legal issues surrounding it.

Security research on the COVIDSafe app: https://covidsafe.watch/

Links to some great articles and research from Allens on the COVIDSafe app

COVIDSafe: What we now know: https://bit.ly/361Jozo

COVIDSafe Bill: Good progress but theres more to do: https://bit.ly/2yWNrRu

Gar O’Hara catches up with his old colleague and cyber threat intelligence specialist, Kendal Watt. Kendal is a Senior Account Executive at Recorded Future, a company that provides businesses with real-time threat intelligence to help them proactively defend against cyber attacks. 

Kendal’s impressive cyber security career spans over 20 years and 3 continents. He has worked with a range of companies from startups to multi-nationals and advised on holistic cyber security strategy, governance and compliance including recommending the most appropriate tools to fit requirements. 

During this podcast, Gar and Kendal explore the exciting threat intelligence space and discuss the deep shift that is needed in the industry to proactively get ahead of the advanced cyber threats that we are seeing today and expecting in the future.

Dan McDermott and Gar O’Hara are together again with the latest news in cyber security from Zoom Doom to the Australian Government's COVIDSafe app. The two also take a quick look back at some of the incredible guests they’ve had on the show from Craig Ford (A Hacker I Am) to Shamane Tan (Cyber Risk Meetups) and the insights that these guests have brought to the show.

In this episode of the Get Cyber Resilient podcast, Gar O’Hara speaks with the founder and CEO of KB Industries, Karissa Breen. KB Industries is a MarComms agency that specialises in Cyber Security and Technology companies. They help start-ups get established and help mid-level to enterprise companies hone their messaging. They also produce a range of written and video content along with a podcast and KBTV which showcases some of their clients groundbreaking and innovative work. Gar and Karissa discuss her journey to success along with how cyber security companies can better communicate their brand and the common problems many of them face.

Subscribe to Karissa’s podcast KBKast here: https://karissabreenindustries.com/kbkast/

In a very special catchup episode, Garrett O’Hara sits down to speak with possibly the busiest person in cyber security, Shamane Tan. Shamane is the author of Cyber Risk Leaders, founder of Cyber Risk Meetups and an Executive Advisor for Privasec. Gar and Shamane discuss her journey from IT to cyber security, the success of her meetups and the mega (virtual) c-suite series she’s running, and the state of the cyber security industry throughout APAC.  Addendum: Shamane spotted that she mentioned 120 mitre attack techniques and that it's actually now over 170 (PRE-ATT &CK techniques... things move fast in the world of cyber resilience!

For a copy of Shamane’s latest book, Cyber Risk Leaders, please visit https://mysecuritymarketplace.com/books-listing

You can watch Shamane’s mega C-Suite series on the Cyber Risk Meetup Youtube channel https://bit.ly/34IGYVI

Host Garrett O’Harra catches up with Blake Deakin, Director and Principal Broker at Cyber Insurance Australia to discuss how cyber insurance is growing in popularity as the world adapts to large scale cyber attacks. Blake provides some insights into how cyber insurance works, what it covers and to what extent, the ‘gotchas’ you need to be aware of in policies, and shares tales from his extensive career in cyber insurance.

If you have any questions regarding cyber insurance, you can get in touch with Blake by visiting www.cyberinsuranceaustralia.com.au

Host Garrett O’Hara sits down with Damien Lewke, Systems Engineer at Palo Alto Networks, to chat about the huge volume of current cyber threats and also some hot topics including: hype vs practicality of machine learning and AI, tech consolidation trends, data lakes vs data graveyards, and big game hunting - hackers collaborating to attack big organisations.

In this working from home edition of the Get Cyber Resilient Show, Garret O’Hara chats with Craig Ford, author of ‘A Hacker I Am’ and Senior Security Engineer at Davichi Computer Services. Craig and Gar speak about careers in cyber security including what employers look for, mentoring and diversity in the industry, along with current cyber threats and how to get back to basics. #getcyberresilient #cyberresilience

Related links:

Craig's Book: https://www.amazon.com.au/Hacker-I-Am-Craig-Ford/dp/0648693910

For the latest cyber news and insights head to www.getcyberresilient.com

As COVID-19 continues to have a huge impact on businesses and people across the globe, hosts Dan and Gar discuss the implications the virus has on cyber security and the many ways that attackers are using this opportunity to pray upon the vulnerable. What do you stay vigilant about and how do you do this? 

Related articles:

https://www.getcyberresilient.com/points-view/what-coronavirus-outbreak-can-teach-us-about-cybersecurity

https://www.getcyberresilient.com/practical-application/cybersecurity-not-immune-covid-19