Cyber Career Chat Podcast

Sarah Box•nswcybersecurityinnovationnode.com.au

Welcome to Cyber Career Chat, the podcast supporting innovation in the fast-paced world of cyber security.

Join us as we explore the exciting career paths and opportunities available and keep up with industry developments in Australia and around the world.

Cyber Career Chat is brought to you by the Workforce Development team at the New South Wales Cyber Cyber Security Innovation Node and proudly produced and supported by the Experts On Air Podcast Network.

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Episodes

Cyber Career Chat with Professor Greg Austin

Dr Greg Austin leads the Program on Cyber, Space and Future Conflict at the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS). He also holds an appointment as Professor of Cyber Security, Strategy and Diplomacy at UNSW Canberra where he set up one of the world’s first Master’s programs in a public university on cyber war and peace. He has a 40-year career in international security affairs, with specialisation in cyber policy, counter-terrorism, China and Russia. He has led consultancy teams fo...

Jun 22, 2021•51 min

Cyber Career Chat with Adam Hewitt - Director of Cyber Revolution

Adam is the co-founder is Cyber Revolution, a cyber security training institute based in Sydney. He has been in the education space for close to a decade now and education is one of his core values. With a bachelors degree in Secondary Education form the University of Canberra. Questions: What were your goals when you were in year 10? What changed? I believe you’re a qualified PE Teacher? Tell me about this experience What made you go from PE Teaching to Cyber? What is your role? What skills do ...

Jun 07, 2021•46 min

Cyber Career Chat with Allyn Radford - VP Strategy and Credentialing

Allyn has been involved in the use of technology in learning for more than 30 years across a range of industries including education, defense, aerospace and government. During that time, he has worked for organisations such as University of Melbourne, RMIT University, Open Learning Australia (now Open Universities Australia), HarvestRoad Ltd, Cisco, and the Australian Computer Society. He has led projects in Australia, the United States, Mexico and South Korea. As inaugural CEO of DeakinDigital,...

May 26, 2021•51 min

Cyber Career Chat with Samira Tollo - CTO and Cofounder

Samira Tollo CTO and co-founder of Elbaite (P2P cryptocurrency exchange) and a blockchain consultant with IBM is passionate about growing Australian grown blockchain use cases. She is an electrical engineer with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Honours) from The University of Queensland. Samira’s accomplishments in the field have been recognised, in 2020 she was a finalist for Rising star of the year 2020 in the Women in Digital National Awards, during her time in University she was awarded...

May 18, 2021•46 min

Cyber Career Chat with Ross Turner - Oncology Biobank Manage

Ross Turner studied for his Bachelor of Medical Biotechnology at the University of Wollongong between 2015-2018 where his highlights include; - Techniques in Biotechnology and Medical Research (Lab & Theory) - Cell and Molecular Biology (Lab & Theory) - Immunity and Infection (Lab & Theory) - Genetics (Lab & Theory) - Social Aspects of Genetics and Biotechnology - Biochemistry (Lab & Theory) - Bio-informatics of Genome and Bio-molecules (Lab & Theory) - Analytical Chemist...

May 18, 2021•35 min

Cyber Career Chat with Bethany Cooper – Incident Response Manager

Bethany Cooper is an incident responder with a passion for cybersecurity. At the age of 21 while still at university, she started working within the incident response team at Gridware with a dedication to battling evil in cyberspace. In her spare time, she enjoys reading about (and sometimes developing!) the latest vulnerabilities and exploits, performing OSINT on cyber threat groups for her research, and playing video games with her friends. After completing the SANS FOR508 course and attaining...

May 10, 2021•41 min

Cyber Careers Chat with Melissa Peacock

“Melissa, was once told that you were are too young to be an executive, no-one will take you seriously!" Since then, you have dedicated yourself to changing people's mindsets. Melissa studied organisational culture and leadership. Successfully led strategic business development across various organisations and government. Melissa now operates 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒆 full time and ❤️’s her job! She empowers others to achieve career goals, cultivates self-confidence, and in turn influen...

Apr 12, 2021•36 min

Cyber Career Chat with Josh Snelling

Joshua is currently a 2nd year student studying a bachelor’s degree of Cyber Security and Behaviour at Western Sydney University. An ambassador for the NSW Cyber Security Innovation Node, where he spends time as participating in panel discussions, teacher immersion activities and delivering activities to secondary school students. Josh also spends his time as a Cyber Security Research Assistant at Western Sydney University, and very active in looking out for opportunities within the Cyber securi...

Apr 12, 2021•48 min

Making A Career Transition Into Cyber Security With Martin Buckland

Martin Buckland is the General Manager APAC, for Huntsman Security and is responsible for the APAC region’s customer and partner engagement, as well as strategic business development. He works directly with customers, Huntsman’s channel partners, prospective customers and internal engineering and development teams to deliver solutions that deliver cyber resilience. Martin has over 25 years commercial experience developed across both international and domestic markets. Martin is passionate about ...

Nov 22, 2020•49 min

Pushing The Boundaries And The Future Of Cyber With Georgia Turnham

Georgia Turnham studied at Macquarie University where she gained her Bachelor of Security Studies, Security (traditional and non-traditional threats). Georgia, was part of a team at Project Everest Ventures, working in Malawi, Africa for the ‘Hidden Hunger’ project; based around providing an accessible digital information system to inform rural communities about what crops to grow locally to ensure a complete diet, with the aim to integrate this approach on a community level. Guided by the UNs S...

Oct 29, 2020•20 min

OSINT/National Missing Persons Hackathon 2020 With Ben Cornish and Adam McHugh From Team SaabAu

Ben Cornish started out working across a range of jobs including as a labourer, in hospitality and security, before going on to study law in his early 20s. Ben then worked as a lawyer in SA and NT before moving into the Commonwealth Government where he worked in a number of different roles across industry, government and critical infrastructure - investigating and advising on security threats and mitigation strategies; and currently is a professional services manager in Security & Risk for S...

Oct 28, 2020•22 min

Australia's Cyber Security Sector - Vibrant, Competitive, And Delivering Economic Value With Jacinda Erkelens

Jacinda Erkelens studied at Macquarie University and has a Bachelor of Security Studies and Security, whilst also completing International Relations and Politics units to enhance her understanding of the world we live in. Jacinda’s focus is within the strategic and policy making side of cyber security. Jacinda is now a full-time Information Assurance Specialist for Telstra, and continues to strive, grow and develop various cyber skills. Jacinda is also a dedicated and valued NSW Cyber Security I...

Oct 27, 2020•21 min

Buying And Investing In Australian Cyber Capability With Lara Hemmarty

Lara Hemmarty completed her studies in Computing, Systems Analysis and Design, E-Business at Western Sydney University. Lara has been an account executive, an inside sales associate for Google, responsible for growing G-suite’s customer base, supporting a productive business environment and identifying new business opportunities, generating business plans and defining strategic tactics whilst managing multiple cross-product opportunities. More recently Lara started working with IBM in business d...

Oct 26, 2020•21 min

Impact Of The Australian Cyber Week 2020 Interview With Mina Zaki

Mina Zaki has had an extraordinary career starting several law firms including providing legal services for commercial leasing, general property advice, wills & estates, powers of attorneys and guardianships to clients both locally & globally, in information services. Through these roles she has liaised with authorities such as ASIC, ITSA, OCR, Local councils and National courts. Mina has supported legal services to socially and economically disadvantaged people across NSW, delivering le...

Oct 21, 2020•19 min

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