Our guest this week is Ben Jones, CEO and co-founder of JumpStart Security - a company that focuses on making cybersecurity easy for small businesses.

Ben talks about the importance of simplicity for cyber, the challenges that SMB’s present, how to achieve cultural buy-in for security, and also that time he may or may not have bought a knock-off leather jacket from a scammer in Manchester.

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In our latest cyber news update our team of resident cyber experts talk through the latest cyber developments and hacks including the Colonial Gas Pipeline hack over in the US, analyse the shifting view of cyber insurance, and discuss stolen identities and where your details might be used.

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Dmitri Alperovitch joins the GCR podcast this week. Founder and former CTO at CrowdStrike, Executive Chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, and a man whose accolades include MIT Technology Review's ‘Top 35 Innovators Under 35’ and Fortune magazine’s ’40 under 40’.

In this very special episode, Gar and Dmitri discuss what it’s like to have a front row seat at the intersection of cyber security and politics, the importance of know-your-customer regulations, the rise of ransomware, and the imaginary “new normal” for cyber security.

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In our latest cyber news update we take a closer look at the hack that resulted in what hackers claimed was access to ‘tens of thousands’ of SIM cards that included ‘financial information, contracts and banking information’. We also discuss the proposed Australian cyber curriculum for kids aged 5 years and up, how cybercriminals are using Google search to snare unsuspecting victims for malware attacks, and the worrying statistic that over a third of New Zealanders fell victim to cybercrime last year.

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Lee Weiner leads Rapid7’s emerging products teams and the development of their cloud platform. Lee and Gar cover a range of topics and recent innovations in the sector including vulnerability management, misunderstandings on SIEM and SOAR, and what the world of SIEM and SOAR will likely bring i.e. big data, behaviour and threat analysis, and also the productivity bumps we can expect.

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In cyber news this fortnight we take a closer look at the recent attacks within Australian health facilities including the Eastern Health hack and how the Victorian State Government is taking action to become cyber resilient in the sector.  We also dive into the ransomware attack blamed for Federal Group's casino pokies outage, the zero-day vulnerabilities in SonicWall’s Email Security product, and how President Biden’s administration plan to strengthen the cybersecurity of their power grid.

To say that Jo is heavily involved in the cyber security industry is an understatement. Jo has worked in security leadership positions with a host of of organisations, and has also has served in industry bodies such as AIIM and ISACA.

In this final part of our interview with Jo we dive into the topic of gender diversity. We talk about International Women’s Day, societal representation in leadership, pay gaps, period poverty, education and Jo’s work as part of the Civil Society Member of the Official Delegation to the UN’s 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women.

In our latest news update the team discuss the latest cyber security attacks, hacks and trojans and how companies can better stay resilient. The GCR team explore the impact of the 9 Entertainment cyber attack, whether the 500M LinkedIn users data for sale is a hack or not, how a hacker almost poisoned the drinking water at a Kansas water utility, the way APRA is bringing cyber security into focus for our banking system, and the rise of malware for collaboration apps.

To say that Jo is heavily involved in the cyber security industry is an understatement. Jo has worked in security leadership positions with a host of of organisations, and has also has served in industry bodies such as AIIM and ISACA, and was a civil society member of the official delegation to the UN’s 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women.

Jo’s experience and knowledge of the cyber security industry was simply too large for just one episode, so we have split it in two. In this first episode Jo’s provides her perspective on security leadership, reporting structures, cyber strategy and budgeting. Stay tuned for part two of this conversation where Jo and Gar have a very frank conversation about gender diversity.

The team discuss the biggest cyber news stories from the past fortnight including the impact of the Verkada CCTV data breach that allowed hackers to gain access to over 150,000 private surveillance cameras, the data breach of global information technology company SITA that provided hackers with access to passenger data from multiple airlines around the world, and how the Australian Prime Ministers office failed its own security audit after declaring the country was under attack.

UPDATE: Two days after recording this episode Nine Entertainment Co. was hit with a cyber attack causing problems with live broadcasting and print production systems. This is one of the largest cyber attacks in Australia to date, and will certainly be a topic we will deep dive into during our next news episode. For more information please visit this link: https://bit.ly/2PzXxzY