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Chloe Sevil is a Senior Associate at Clyde & Co, and has assisted over 143 clients recover from cyber incidents and is known for her ability to handle the complex regulatory environment surrounding a cyber incident.

Chloe has helped some of Australia's largest listed companies deal with several of Australia's most complex cyber incidents in recent times and manages multi jurisdictional legal teams, forensic vendors, law enforcement, PR/communications teams, and executive teams to deal with the fallout, and bounce back from cyber attack.

Join us as we discuss the different types/styles of Ransomware, Chloe's role as a breach coach, and why businesses should be prepared with a cyber incident response plan.

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Clyde & Co

IDCARE

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After what he describes as a chequered early career, Simon Jones settled into corporate technical and leadership roles in 2000. The problem space of financial services drove a shift in focus to Information Security, and he completed a Master's degree in 2017. This time served to fuel Simon's passion for solving complex problems with effective communication, and he continues to work in banking as a cyber security consultant, as well as develop and deliver learning material for students in cybersecurity.

Simon shares why real world experiences assist in the cybersecurity curriculum; we discuss cyber qualifications; and how learning material and the way we educate has evolved.

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Shamane Tan is known for her passion in developing strategies with the C-Suite and Executives so that business growth is achieved within the cyber risk industry. Shamane is Privasec's Chief Growth Officer and one of the most established women in the fields of technology and cybersecurity. Recognised by IFSEC as their global top 20 influencers, was also recently listed in the 40 under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australians and attained the Highly Commended award by the Australian Women in Security Network as the One to Watch. Shamane is also the Founder of Cyber Risk Meetup, an international community and platform for cyber risk executives to exchange learnings, and the author of 'Cyber Risk Leaders'.

Shamane uses her network to bring cyber communities together, and with COVID forcing more people to work online and different hours from home, it has allowed a more global reach. We discuss this, the Cyber Risk Meetup and her book.

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Shamane LinkedIn

Cyber Risk Meetup website

Shamane's book - 'Cyber Risk Leaders'

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Charles has 20 years hands-on experience across multiple security disciplines including Security Consulting, Ethical Hacking, Cybercrime Research, Security Architecture, Security Operations and Security Leadership. He has also held a role as a part-time lecturer in the Masters of Information Security course at RMIT. Charles has built and led security teams at two of Australia's big four banks, before moving to senior roles in the Cloud & Managed Services spaces. His diverse experience has given him the technical understanding of the current threats faced by organisations, as well as the knowledge on how to uplift the security posture of the organisation in a pragmatic way to address those threats.

Join us as Charles shares his career journey, and we compare our views on security as an enabler.

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Craig Ford is an experienced cybersecurity professional with various qualifications; an accomplished author with the books "A Hacker, I Am" and "A Hacker, I Am – Vol 2" from his first cyber security series and "Foresight" a cyberpunk novel published in March 2021; and now works as a senior security architect for Baidam Solutions, currently placed in the ATO.

Craig shares how he became an author; we discuss basic business security measures every company can implement; and what it's like working for an inspiring and philanthropic company like Baidam Solutions.

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Craig LinkedIn

Craig Twitter

Craig's books

Pip Jenkinson Episode

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The world has changed in so many ways in the past year and having a digital and online presence is fundamental. Criminals are just as likely to disrupt a small business as they would a major enterprise. The threat is real, and these days for businesses to thrive and survive, it's imperative they prioritise security.

Ben Jones has a simple mission, to secure small business. Ben started his career journey as a psychologist caring for teens with cancer, moved into pharmaceutical sales, and in recent years he has joined the cybersecurity space. Join us as Ben shares how his psychology career assisted his move into the cyber security world, we discuss cyber dissonance, and Ben's business Jumpstart.

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Jumpstart Instagram

Jumpstart Security

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Ian Pham is the Information Security Senior Manager at Certane, where he leads the information security strategy and capabilities to manage cyber risk for the Group and its subsidiary companies.

Ian has over 10 years of IT experience across finance, health, and higher education sectors. Starting his career in operational IT and consulting roles before specialising in cyber security, Ian has fast tracked his cyber career in the past 6 years by working across all security domains. This has given Ian a broad view of cyber and a mindset of constantly questioning the status quo as to 'why' security is needed in our current threat climate, instead of simply just performing security for compliance sake

Ian shares his career journey; the benefit of using analogies; and we discuss the importance of asking the 'Why' of our security people, as well as people outside of the security team.

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As we take a break between seasons, we wanted to update you on whats going on at The Security Collective podcast. Most importantly its our second anniversary! Over 15,000 downloads and more that 60 guests, we are so proud to be bringing you this podcast, so a big thank you to all our listeners and guests!

Enjoy this short update on our upcoming season.

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Paul De Araja joined NBN during COVID-19 in 2020 delivering security influence programs to protect NBN's people and assets from personnel, physical and cyber security threats. Prior to NBN, Paul served in local and international Corporate and Government roles in the IT industry for over 30 years with experience in sales, marcomms, corporate social responsibility, compliance, and cyber safety/security roles. For over 19 years, Paul carved his career with Microsoft Australia and abroad.

Paul's passion for keeping citizens safe in the digital world began as a founding member of the ThinkUKnow online safety and security program. In 2017, Paul joined the eSafety Commissioner in marketing and stakeholder capacity driving awareness of the office and its services to citizens and delivering the annual Safer Internet Day campaign.

Paul joins me in this episode to share his career story, and how he and NBN ran with an idea I had, creating and implementing the 14-Day Security Challenge!

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Despite having held a range of leadership positions in security technology, Gabe Gumbs considers his most valuable experience to be the time he spent on the ground as a security practitioner. Now he's spearheading Spirion's vision for data privacy in the next decade and beyond, leading the way to a more secure and private tomorrow for us all.

Gabe has a deep-rooted passion for technology, information security, and problem-solving. As Chief Innovation Officer of Spirion—a leader in rapid identification and protection of sensitive data—he's channeling that passion to make the digital world a safer place. Join us as we discuss this, how data and technology will protect businesses in the future, and the need to uplift everyone's security literacy.

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Gabe Twitter

Spirion website

Spirion Twitter

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