A Story of Innovation Failure (Part 2)
This is part 2 of the tragic story of Stale Corporation’s attempt to innovate. Read Part 1 first. Stale Corporation’s CIO, and the rest of the IT Department, were very excited that the panacea...
View ArticleQueensland Enterprise Security Architecture Workshop a Winner!
The Queensland Enterprise Security Architecture Workshop we ran on 11 March 2013 exceeded expectations. The event was oversubscribed at 30+ attendees, who represented a variety of industry sectors,...
View ArticleBrisbane City Council wins Information Security Award!
Congratulations to everyone at Brisbane City Council for winning the AusCERT 2013 Award for Organisational Excellence in Information Security! The competition was intense this year: there were 11...
View ArticleNational Security Architecture Workshop a Success!
The national security architecture workshop we ran in conjunction with the 2013 AusCERT Information Security Conference on the Gold Coast was better than we had expected. Participants came from...
View ArticleA Story of Innovation Success
This is a story of successful IT innovation in a large enterprise. If you have time, first read “A Story of Innovation Failure“, which will put this story into better perspective. The CIO of Clever...
View ArticleAustralia’s Digital Future Starts with Coderdojo
I have been mentoring at Coderdojo Brisbane since its inception earlier this year. I became involved when I responded to a request for volunteers to help children learn to develop software, which I...
View ArticleAusCERT 2017 presentation on cyber security defence preparation for high...
It was good to finally receive the opportunity to describe our experience preparing the cyber defence of Brisbane City Council for the Brisbane G20 event. The talk was very well attended because...
View ArticleGC2018 presentation at the Joint Cyber Security Centre
The Joint Cyber Security Centre (JCSC) is an initiative of the Australian Government’s Cyber Security Strategy and is led by the Attorney-General’s Department, CERT Australia. I was asked to give a...
View ArticleAdvancing Cyber Security in Brisbane
My presentation at the Brisbane Cyber Security Meetup group I have assumed the leadership role of the Brisbane Cyber Security Meetup, which has about 800 members. As an introduction I gave a...
View ArticleWhat is a Security Operations Centre?
Our Brisbane Cyber Security group was fortunate to have received an excellent presentation about the purpose and construction of a Security Operation Centre (SOC) from Juan Van Tonder, who serves as...
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