How will COVID-19 change the way we respond to future threats? Join Professor David Kilcullen and Katja Theodorakis, a Higher Degree by Research scholar, for this first part of a two-part conversation about how we navigate the future of conflict, technology and the ‘human element’ through the COVID-19 paradigm. These two episodes are sponsored by the Future Operations Research Group (FORGe) based at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at UNSW Canberra.
Oct 21, 2020•31 min
Australian’s trust in our democracy has halved over the last decade, in part due to growing concerns about corporate influence. In a new study, Dr Lindy Edwards of UNSW Canberra sets out to examine whether Australia’s ten most powerful companies get what they want when they engage with government, and if so, why?
Oct 14, 2020•27 min
A post-military defence institution is one that performs the core functions currently entrusted to armed forces—including national defence against external aggression—but that relies on an assortment of non-violent means and methods. Recent research suggests that this can be a viable alternative to the military, in the sense of being comparably effective, but that is not all. A post-military defence establishment would also allow us to avoid the considerable moral, social, and cultural costs ass...
Oct 07, 2020•32 min
In this, the second podcast in the Navigating Uncertainty series, Professor Peter Stanley of UNSW Canberra explores the challenges of understanding the Santal Rebellion of 1855, a small war distant in time, space and culture. Few outside India have heard of the Santal rebellion of 1855, but it was the second-largest uprising against the rule of the East India Company after the great mutiny-rebellion of 1857. Professor Stanley discusses his research on the rebellion, looking at the complexities o...
Sep 30, 2020•32 min
Seventeen years ago, the International Criminal Court swore in its first Prosecutor, but since then it has spent more than 1.5 billion euros and convicted only four people of international crimes. Is the ICC broken - and can it be fixed? In the first episode of 'Navigating Uncertainty', Douglas Guilfoyle, Associate Professor of International and Security Law at UNSW Canberra, is interviewed by Professor Robert McLaughlin.
Sep 23, 2020•39 min
In this episode of Password123 we go meta. We sit down with Patrick Gray, the host of leading information security podcast Risky Business to delve deep into the world of Infosec and talk about why surfing the web and sharks have something in common. Patrick Gray worked in the information security industry before becoming a journalist, initially taking a role at ZDnet and then moving into freelance work. It was this experience in media that led Gray to launch Risky Business in 2007. Published wee...
Nov 20, 2019•48 min
What would happen if the world began to run out of food? How does cyber security play a role in global food supply? We sit down with renowned author John Birmingham to discuss his new book 'Zero Day Code', set in a world where dwindling global food supplies are under increasing pressure from worsening droughts, floods and extreme weather events. John Birmingham worked as a researcher for the Australian Department of Defence but left to write features for magazines in a decade before publishing '...
Nov 06, 2019•54 min
In this episode we sit down with Elsa Kania to discuss her work on Chinese defence innovation, including the modernisation of cyber forces in the military. We also found time to delve into 5G and get Elsa’s take on the situation in Australia. Elsa Kania is an Adjunct Fellow with the Center for a New American Security’s Technology and National Security Program. Her research interests include Chinese military modernisation, information warfare, and defence science and technology. Elsa is an indepe...
Oct 22, 2019•48 min
Following on from his report at DEFCON, we touch base again with Edward Farrell to dive deeper into his holistic approach to life, the universe and hacking (well, almost)everything. Farrell is an independent information security consultant who specialises in penetration testing and incident response. In addition to starting up his own security practice, Mercury ISS, he is an avid participant in the Australian information security community and is a course leader at UNSW Canberra Cyber. 'Password...
Oct 08, 2019•34 min
As 5-Eyes partners, Australia and Canada have a lot in common. With the appointment of former Canadian High Commissioner Vice Admiral Paul Maddison (Ret’d) as the inaugural director of the UNSW Defence Research Institute, there is one more thing our two nations share. Not long after he started in the role, we sat down with Vice Admiral Maddison to hear how he came to lead the Defence Research Institute and the vital role research plays in delivering defence capabilities. The UNSW Defence Researc...
Sep 24, 2019•52 min
Social media manipulation is a real threat. In the context of the Australian election in May, we sat down with Andrew Hughes to discuss how social media can be influential and how it will continue to play a major part in elections. Andrew Hughes is a lecturer in marketing in the Research School of Management at the Australian National University, where he teaches marketing at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Hughes is considered to be one of the leading researchers in political market...
Sep 10, 2019•30 min
In this episode we sit down with PW Singer, considered one of the world’s leading experts on changes in 21st century warfare, for a discussion touching on everything from social media to blurring the line of fiction vs non-fiction. PW Singer has been named by the Smithsonian as one of the nation’s 100 leading innovators, by Defense News as one of the 100 most influential people in defense issues, by Foreign Policy to their Top 100 Global Thinkers List, and as an official “Mad Scientist” for the ...
Aug 28, 2019•27 min
In this episode Edward Farrell provides a realtime review of DEFCON27. Edward, tired but - cyber inspired – called in from Los Angeles International Airport(LAX) before flying home to Australia. DEFCON is the world’s largest hacker conference, or ‘con’. Jeff Moss(Dark Tangent) started DEFCON in 1993. DEFCON is also one of the world’s longest running hacker cons. Only Europe’s Chaos Communication Congress beats DEFCON’s record for longevity. Today, hacker cons, including Canberra’s very own annua...
Aug 21, 2019•28 min
The season boots up with James Griffiths discussing cyber-sovereignty and his new book 'The Great Firewall of China'. https://www.jamestgriffiths.com/book 'Password123' is a UNSW Canberra Cyber podcast. Presenter, Tom Sear discusses infosec, cyberwarfare, and faceless hoodie hacker culture with a range of selected guests.
Jul 31, 2019•41 min
