The Security Collective Podcast

Darren Kane has been the Chief Security Officer at NBN since 2015. In 2020, Darren was appointed to the Federal Government's Cyber Security Industry Advisory Committee to help guide the implementation of the nation's Cyber Security Strategy and provide ongoing advice to address emerging cyber security challenges. Prior to NBN, Darren served in Federal Government Law Enforcement Agencies for over 19 years in the Australian Federal Police and financial markets regulator the Australian Securities & Investment Commission, and 11 years at Telstra Corporation in varied security management roles culminating in 5 years as the Director, Corporate Security & Investigations. Darren was appointed as an Adjunct Professor in the School of Information Technology, Faculty of Science, at Deakin University in 2020. Darren has a Master's in Business Administration, a Diploma of Financial Markets and is a Graduate Australian Institute of Company Directors and in 2020 Darren was awarded Male Champion of Change at the AWSNA (Australian Women's Security Network Awards).

As Darren is so knowledgeable and well renowned in the security industry, it seems fitting he joins me on this episode of the podcast as he shares his advice on security careers.

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Meet Nathan Chung. As someone with Autism and ADHD, Nathan knows what it is like to be a minority. In this episode he shares his story of how he encourages others to elevate the voices of neuro diverse people, support women and to flip the script on the negative stigma of those in a minority.

Last year Nathan won the Male Ally of the Year Award for his advocacy for women in cyber security globally. Nathan is also an advocate for neuro diversity and racial equality, hosting his own podcast NeuroSec where he interviews amazing people in cybersecurity with very diverse conditions and supporters. Nathan serves on multiple boards, including IGNITE Worldwide; WiCyS (Women in Cybersecurity) the largest women in cyber nonprofit in the US; and also Spark Mindset. Originally from Hawaii, he specialises in cloud security with a career spanning more than 20 years.

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Claire Pales has recently co-authored a new book 'The Secure Board' with Anna Leibel - founder of 110% Consulting, a board member at Ambulance Victoria and multi-The Security Collective podcast guest; and for this episode we are doing things a little different!

Behind the host mic is Paul Rehder, managing partner from Deloitte. Paul's extensive financial services experience running a broad range of strategy, business architecture and delivery programs and initiatives in Australia and abroad, as well as being a trusted advisor to both executive and non-executive directors, seems fitting as he hosts this episode of The Security Collective podcast discussing with Claire and Anna 'The Secure Board'.

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Brendan Smith had a vocational interest in security, across various internet technologies and cryptographic systems, prior to commencing his security career, and maintains his technical interest to this day. He has built high performing teams through authentic leadership, and continues to mentor and coach new entrants into the field, as well as supporting incubators through knowledge sharing. Brendan's episode is so informative we shared it over two weeks - in part 2 Brendan's shares his career story, the massive success that he has had in security awareness and behaviour change programs, and provides some great tips on how he managed to achieve this.

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Brendan had a vocational interest in security, across various internet technologies and cryptographic systems, prior to commencing his security career, and maintains his technical interest to this day. He has built high performing teams through authentic leadership, and continues to mentor and coach new entrants into the field, as well as supporting incubators through knowledge sharing. Brendan's episode is so informative we are going to share it over two weeks - in part 1 we discuss security standards, compliance and engaging with the board.

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Gary Jackson is Vice President for Asia Pacific at Tenable - the Cyber Exposure company helping 30,000 organisations around the globe understand and reduce cyber risk.

Gary joined Tenable to lead the Asia Pacific region and build the reputation and coverage of Tenable in the risk-based vulnerability management space. His career spans more than 40 years in the technology industry. Prior to joining Tenable, Gary held various regional vice president roles with Cisco Systems, EMC and Aruba Networks.

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Emily Edgeley is a Public Speaking Coach, helping people in Tech give more interesting talks, magnify their influence and learn to enjoy public speaking.

Emily shares her story of a career spanning 15+ years in IT & Security roles, only to realise they didn't give her the satisfaction for helping people she really wanted deep down. After 4 years running the ANZ Toastmasters Club, hosting Storytelling Workshops off the side of her desk and coaching people on a volunteer basis, she left corporate life in 2018 to start her own business. She's coached 1000+ people across various group and private sessions, formally supported first time speakers across 6 Conferences and now runs online Group Coaching Programs.

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• The Power of Stories' Masterclass - Find out the magic stories hold and why you need to start telling them.
• 30 Storytelling Scenarios - All the ideas you need to tell more stories, more often.

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We open our latest season with Nic Martin whose career of over 25 years spans defence, major events, senior corporate positions, and strategic and risk management consulting, Nic has experienced first hand the challenges of successfully delivering security and crisis management programs in both corporate and complex operating environments.

Nic shares his story as he transfers his physical security skills to cyber security, how they differ, and the resources he has found that have helped him with his transition into the cyber space.

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Formerly known as 'The Secure CIO' podcast, we have rebranded and are now 'The Security Collective' - the podcast for leaders tasked with, and interested in, securing technology, people, processes and data for the protection of all.

Join best-selling author Claire Pales, together with industry thought leaders who answer your questions about security leadership, trends, technologies, and more.

Listen to this short episode as Claire shares why the rebrand and her excitement for the future of The Security Collective, as the latest season with more amazing guests kicks off next week!

This season on The Secure CIO podcast we have heard from some of the cybersecurity industry's greatest minds as well as some amazing business leaders.

We are taking a break from recording over the summer/holiday period - if you manage a team and want to hear more about leadership, need help with burnout, have a toxic culture, or hear more about flexible work environments we have over 50 podcast episodes for you to enjoy!

Here are some recent episodes I really enjoyed recording:

• Ep 31 - Flexible Working Without Compromise with Niamh Fitzpatrick
• Ep 34 - R U OK? with Graeme Cowan
• Ep 36 - Investing in Employee Experience with Fiona Wynn
• Ep 38 - Lessons Learned with Anna Leibel
• Ep 39 - Women in Security with Jacqui Loustau
• Ep 43 - Meetings for Good with Carl Gough
• Ep 47 - Toxic Teams with Jinan Budge
• Ep 52 - The pace of change in cyber security with Michelle Price