In this launch episode, AusCERT features the following guests, in random order:  

> Dr David Stockdale, AusCERT Director 
> Mike Holm, AusCERT Senior Manager 
> Bek Cheb, AusCERT Business Manager, long-time AusCERT event convenor and producer 
> Dr Mark Carey-Smith, AusCERT Principal Analyst, long-time AusCERT conference supporter and GRC presenter 
> Mandy Turner, Manager, Security Operations Centre at UQ 
> Tim Lane, AHECS Cyber Security Community of Practice (CoP) Chair 

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Laura Jiew

001 - "Share Today, Save Tomorrow" AusCERT Podcast Announcement

In this episode, AusCERT features the following guests:

> Lukasz Gogolkiewicz, Head of Corporate Security at SEEK
> Mike Holm, AusCERT Senior Manager
> Dr Mark Carey-Smith, AusCERT Principal Analyst

Lukasz currently heads up Corporate Security at SEEK. In this role, he is responsible for ensuring the protection of sensitive information across a multitude of business systems, corporate systems and IT infrastructure. He was also a keynote at AusCERT2020 and spoke on the topic of “Threat driven cyber security, does security compliance work?” On this podcast episode, we sat down with Lukasz to discuss his career journey in cyber security, his transition from a Red Team into a Blue Team and his thoughts on the next generation of professionals in the industry. 

Mike and Mark discussed the many on goings at AusCERT since the launch episode. In particular - the AusCERT2021 conference wrap-up, observations from our analyst team on the current threat and cyber security landscape (especially on the topic of ransomware) and all proposed AusCERT membership engagement activities for the rest of 2021.

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Laura Jiew

002 - Crossing Into The Blue Team In Cyber Security

In this episode, AusCERT features the following guests:

> Jacqui Loustau, AWSN Founder and AusCERT2021 Individual Excellence in Information Security Winner 

> Phillip "Pip" Jenkinson, CEO of Baidam Solutions and AusCERT2021 Diversity & Inclusion Champion

> Dr David Stockdale, AusCERT Director

Jacqui Loustau is the Founder and Executive Manager of AWSN, the Australian Women in Security Network.  AWSN’s mission is to support, inspire, and connect women and female-identifying professionals in the industry and those looking to enter the field with the tools, knowledge, a connected network and platforms they’ll need in order to build their confidence and cultivate their interest. AWSN has been Jacqui’s “passion project” for close to 7 years. Kudos to Jacqui for her tireless work in building the AWSN to where it is today!

At AusCERT, we believe that Diversity & Inclusion champions are leaders who take responsibility for instilling a diverse and inclusive workplace culture. Pip Jenkinson, CEO and Co-Founder of Baidam Solutions is the inaugural winner of this AusCERT award. For those unfamiliar with Pip, his work at Baidam emphasises the importance of partnerships with some of Australia’s largest employers to create job opportunities and funding for cybersecurity certification training. Baidam gives a significant percentage of the company’s profits to providing pathways to employment in the IT sector for Indigenous and First Nations people. Pip’s and Baidam’s journey is an inspiring story and shows a great example of how organisations can combine profit with social good.

David discussed the many on goings at AusCERT since episode 2 of this podcast series. In particular, AusCERT's Member Security Incident Notifications (MSINs)service, the malspam "inbox-spoofing" incident and also the the recent “PrintNightmare” and Kaseya ransomware and supply chain attacks - with a reminder on how we can all continue to protect and mitigate against such incidents. 

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Laura Jiew.

003 - Passion Led Us Here

In this episode, AusCERT features the following guests:

> Tracey Weeks, Manager of Cyber Security (Training and Awareness) in the Cyber Security Group at eHealth Queensland - Queensland Health

> Brian Hay, Executive Director at Cultural Cyber Security

> Dr David Stockdale, AusCERT Director

With a career spanning 27 years in Queensland Health and 10 years’ experience in the field of cyber security in the healthcare sector, Tracey leads her team within Cyber Security Group driving cultural change across the state in cyber security awareness with the focus on the workforce being the key to ensuring the protection of Queensland Health information and service delivery. 

Brian Hay APM has a rare blend of cyber security skills and business attributes. Long considered a Thought Leader in the world of Cyber Security he learned his craft not from the technical demands of the industry but rather by focusing on the activities of organised crime and cyber criminals. 

David provided a current update on what has been happening at AusCERT since episode 3 of this podcast series. In particular, AusCERT's new training offering aimed at increasing cyber awareness for school professionals, our recent event and partnership with Baidam Solutions and trends from the recent AusCERT Quarter 2, 2021 Report.

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb.

004 - Cyber Security Awareness and Team Culture - Why is it so Important?

In this episode, AusCERT features the following guests:

> Julie Gillespie, Mental Well Being Consultant

> Mike Holm, AusCERT Senior Manager

Julie's consulting. coaching, and training work is grounded in over 25 years of business leadership experience and technical training, supported by a Bachelor of Commerce degree and an Executive Masters of Business Administration. 

Mike provided an update on what has been happening at AusCERT since episode 4 of this podcast series. In particular, AusCERT's involvement in the APCERT Drill, the newly released AusCERT Daily Bulletin Digest and the new pilot service DFN.

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb.

005 - Creating a Culture of Care and Weaving it into Workplaces Strategically

In this episode, AusCERT features the following guests:

> Chris Gatford, Co-Founder at Hacktive

> Mike Holm, AusCERT Senior Manager

Chris Gatford is the Founder and Director of Hacktive.io in Sydney, Australia and performs penetration tests for organisations all around the world.

Chris has reviewed countless IT environments and has directed and been responsible for numerous security assessments for a variety of corporations and government departments. Specifically, and somewhat uniquely Chris has been performing Penetration Testing for over 10 years commercially. Chris has co-authored “Network Security Assessment: From Vulnerability to Patch” from Syngress Publishing.

Chris is also a frequent speaker at many security related conferences. Chris is a member of several security professional organisations and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional. Chris has appeared on ABC News, Channel 10 News, Bloomberg TV and ABC’s Four Corners. 

Mike provided an update on what has been happening at AusCERT since episode 5 of this podcast series. In particular, AusCERT's new MSIN type, the recent Apache Vulnerability, expansion of services to include advisory on Data Governance and running Tabletop exercises.

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb.

006 - Red Teaming, Social Engineering and Stolen Identities - War Stories from the Field

In this episode, AusCERT features the following guests:

> Professor Ryan Ko, Chair & Director, UQ Cyber Security
> Ivano Bongiovanni, Lecturer at The University of Queensland
> Mike Holm, AusCERT Senior Manager
> Mark Carey-Smith, AusCERT Principal Analyst

Ryan and Ivano talked about how UQ Cyber Security is helping build a pipeline of cybersecurity talent and the different approach their masters program takes to deliver a more diverse offering to the industry.

Mark provided insight about how AusCERT is supporting UQ 
Cyber Security through lectures as well assupervising student capstone and research projects.

Mike talked about the recent AusCERT Quarter 3 report findings as well as the recent launch of the Incident Reportal.

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb.

007 - The future of the cyber security pipeline and education in Australia

In this episode, AusCERT features the following guests:

> Amy Holden, Senior Enterprise Marketing Manager at Mimecast
> Garrett O'Hara, Field CTO at Mimecast
> Mike Holm, AusCERT Senior Manager


Amy and Garrett talk about podcasts and communication in cyber including lessons learnt from their podcast "The Get Cyber Resilient Show" as well as Cyber Resilience.

In follow up Mike talked about how AusCERT are focused on collaboration and layered security as well as excitement building for AusCERT2022 with the Call for Presentations closing soon.

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb.

008 - Podcasts and cyber security, is this the future of communications in our sector?

In this episode, AusCERT features the following guests:

> Kylie Watson, Lead Partner at IBM. Technology Executive (Cybersecurity, Cloud, Data) and Sociologist
> Mark Carey-Smith, AusCERT Principal Analyst

Kylie and Anthony discuss the unique perspective of psychology in cyber security, including diversity of thinking and approaching problems by looking at them through a different lens. 

Later in the episode, Mark and Bek talk about the importance of personal and organisational resilience as well as some exciting news about the keynote speaker at AusCERT2022.

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb.

009 - Strategic Resilience and Psychology in Cyber Security

In this episode, AusCERT features the following guests:

> Virginia Calegare, RightSec, Founding Director, Cyber Security Adviser 
> JP Haywood, Acumenis, Senior Security Consultant 
> Dushyant Sattiraju, Deakin University, Manager, Cybersecurity Operations and Engineering  
> Mike Holm, AusCERT, Senior Manager

Anthony chats with Virginia, JP and Dushyant about Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response - or SOAR - the topic for last year’s conference and how it can benefit organisational processes, automation and improving efficiencies – regardless of size. 

Later in the episode, Mike and Bek talk about the malicious URL feed and how it works with SOAR, Member Slack, AusCERT’s AusISAC and how these can benefit members as well as a bit of a teaser for the upcoming cyber security conference.

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb.

010 – Security Orchestration, Automation and Response

In this episode, AusCERT features the following guests:

> Shawn Richardson, FIRST and Senior Manager, Product Security Incident Response at NVIDIA
> Jeroen van der Ham, FIRST and University of Twente
> Mark Carey-Smith, Principal Analyst, AusCERT

Anthony chats with Shawn and Jeroen, both Chairs of the FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams) Ethics SIG, about ethics in incident response and their respective journeys into the cyber security arena. 

Also discussed is the need to develop and sustain trust and how a code of ethics can assist teams to positively contribute to and understand the changing world we all work within. 

Continuing with the theme of ethics, Mark and Bek revisit some of the key items raised in the previous chat, including not being able to apply a technical solution to ethical situations in addition to the growing focus on people. 

They then chat about the upcoming AusCERT2022 cyber security conference with an overview of some of the tutorials being conducted. 

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb.

011 - Ethics

In this episode, AusCERT features the following guests:

> Rob Pope, CERT NZ
> David Stockdale, AusCERT

Anthony and co-host Bek open the final episode of Season One by chatting about the recent cyber security conference, AusCERT2022. 

Highlights from the event include the simpatico of a large number of speakers with presentations focused on people. Also noted was the wonderful representation of women across the speakers, presenters, and, attendees. 

Anthony then sits down for a discussion with Rob Pope of CERT NZ and AusCERT's very own David Stockdale, about the current threat landscape in our region, including their advice for mitigating security threats in our region. 

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb.

012 - AusCERT2022 Review + The Role of a CERT

In this episode, AusCERT features the following guests:

> Lesley Carhart, Dragos
> Mike Holm, AusCERT

Anthony sits down with Lesley Carhart to discuss the intersection between cyber security and operational technology, including the increased risk and vulnerability throughout the industry. 

Bek then chats to Mike Holm as they look back at AusCERT2022 - the highlights and key learnings from this year's cyber security conference. 

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb.

013 - ITOT Convergence

In this episode, AusCERT features the following guests:

> Sasenka Abeysooriya, The University of Queensland
> Jasmine Woolley, Trustwave

Anthony sits down with Sasenka Abeysooriya, a skilled and passionate strategist, innovative thinker and strong communicator, about sustainable and long-term solutions by changing behaviours and influencing organisational culture. 

Later in the episode, Anthony talks with Jasmine Woolley, a proud First Nations woman, who shares her unique journey into cyber security and how she has utilised her Indigenous knowledge to provide a fresh perspective on emerging threats to Australia’s security.

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana.

014 - Diversity and Culture in Cyber Security

In this episode, AusCERT features the following guests:

> Dr Carla Rogers - Holistic Psychologist
> Mike Holm, AusCERT

Anthony chats to Dr Carla Rogers about the connection between mind and body along with techniques to help individuals identify, treat and overcome challenges in the workplace. 

Later in the episode, Bek discusses with Mike AusCERT's return to travelling! Specifically, engaging with our members in order to understand their needs and what's most important to them. 

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb.

015 - Understanding Mental and Physical Wellbeing in The Workplace

In this episode, AusCERT features the following guests:

> Shanna Daly, Cosive
> Mark Carey-Smith, AusCERT

With the changing threat surface presenting new and evolving challenges, Anthony speaks with Shanna Daly to discuss her views on digital forensics and incident response. 
They delve into the ‘how’ and ‘why’, which requires looking for proof of how something happened, from low-level investigations to evidence-based hypotheses of what is likely to have occurred. 

Shanna explains how understanding the connection between digital forensics and incident response helps help paint a picture of attribution that is factually accurate but also, identifies oversights or errors that can be removed or minimised. 

The discussion then turns to cognitive bias with implications of it being ignored or dismissed, having the potential to impact individuals, businesses and, the industry as a whole. 

Co-host Bek then chats with Principal Analyst Mark about next year’s AusCERT conference and the goal to improve diversity and inclusion. 

A new element is a focus on first-time speakers with an initiative to encourage potential speakers to help identify subjects they can speak about and provide a mentorship initiative that will help guide an individual through the process that will have their voice and perspective heard and understood. 

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb.

017 – Digital Forensics and Incident Responses

In this episode, AusCERT features the following guests:

> Jess Dodson, Microsoft
> David Stockdale, AusCERT
> Mike Holm, AusCERT

Anthony sits down with Jess Dodson (GirlGerms),
Senior Cyber Security Cloud Solution Architect for Microsoft, to discuss her Zero Trust trilogy and how to bring the organisation along the Zero Trust journey.

The discussion begins with digital passwords and the evolution of security parameters and requirements and, whether they’re as efficient and effective as intended.

Bek returns with colleagues David and Mike to chat about what is in store for 2023.

This includes some new projects in the pipeline and conversation about what everyone is excited to be working on this year.

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb.

019 - Zero Trust

In this episode, AusCERT features the following guests:

> Pieter Danhieux, Secure Code Warrior
> David Stockdale, AusCERT
> Mike Holm, AusCERT

Anthony sits down with Pieter Danhieux, CEO of Secure Code Warrior, to discuss the impact and importantance of writing secure code.

Bek returns with colleagues David and Mike to chat about AusCERT's 30th Birthday and how the organisation has changed over the years since it's creation.

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb.

021 - Secure code (Happy Birthday AusCERT!)

In this episode, AusCERT features the following guests:

> Eric Pinkerton, Phronesis Security
> Mark Carey-Smith, AusCERT

Anthony sits down with Eric Pinkerton CEO to discuss if there is lessons to be learnt from how peoples behaviour changed during the pandemic that we can use to influence cyber.

Bek returns with colleague Mark Carey-Smith to chat about the importance of how we communicate and the range of people focused tutorials and presentations at this years AusCERT conference.

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb.

022 - Changing behaviour in cyber

The first episode of season 3!

In this episode, AusCERT features the following guests:

> Rachel Tobac, SocialProof Security
> David Stockdale, AusCERT

Anthony sits down with Rachel Tobac, CEO of SocialProof Security to discuss how to boost the human side of People, Process and Technology to make your organisation more secure.

Bek talks with David Stockdale, Director of AusCERT about the recent Member Survey results and the upcoming events in each capital city to give Members the opportunity to provide feedback and help shape the future of AusCERT and its services.

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb.

024 - People, People, People, Process and Technology

In this episode, AusCERT features the following guests:

> Dr Joseph Voros, The Voroscope
> Mike Holm, AusCERT

Anthony sits down with Futurist, Dr Joseph Voros who has been teaching and studying in the fascinating field of Strategic Foresight.  He has worked with governments across the world, helping them prepare for uncertain futures.

Bek talks with Mike Holm, Senior Manager of AusCERT about the importance of community and how that helps us prepare for the future.

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb.

025 - What does the future hold?

In this episode, AusCERT features the following guests:

> Darren Pauli, Telstra
> Mark Carey-Smith, AusCERT

Anthony sits down with Darren Pauli who's specialty is writing and reporting about cyber security.  Darren shares his insights about why written communication is so important and how to be a better communicator.

In the second half of the episode, Bek chats with Mark Carey-Smith, Principal Analyst of AusCERT about communication and the new upcoming course Data Governance Principles and Practices.

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb.

026 -Communication is key

In this episode, AusCERT features the following guests:

> Shelly Mills, The University of Queensland
> Trinity McNicol, University of Sunshine Coast
> Mark Carey-Smith, AusCERT

Anthony sits down with Shelly and Trinity to discuss neurodiversity and share their advice and experience with how to work with people who might see and feel the world differenlty.

In the second half of the episode, Bek chats with Mark Carey-Smith, Principal Analyst of AusCERT about the new Cyber Resilience for Executives course and preparations for AusCERT2024!

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb

027 - Celebrating Neurodiversity

In this episode, AUSCERT features the following guests:

> Mike Pritchard, Cydarm Technologies
> Mark Carey-Smith, AUSCERT

Anthony sits down with Mike to discuss his passion for collecting hardware artefacts that help us understand the history of cyber.

In the second half of the episode, Bek chats with Mark Carey-Smith, Principal Analyst of AUSCERT about the launch AusMISP and the AUSCERT2024 mentoring program and call for presentations.

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb

028 -Cyber artefacts

In this episode, AUSCERT features the following guests:

> Chris Horsley, Cosive
> David Stockdale, AUSCERT

Anthony sits down with Chris from Cosive to discuss Cyber Threat Ingelligence, the importance of information and why context matters so much.

In the second half of the episode, Bek chats with David Stockdale, Director of AUSCERT to reflect on the past 12 months achievements and celebration of 30 years of AUSCERT.

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb

029 -CTI (The importance of information and why context matters)

In this episode, AUSCERT features the following guests:

> Daisy Wong, FlyBuys
> David Stockdale, AUSCERT

Anthony sits down with Daisy Wong, AUSCERT's Diversity and Inclusion Champion for 2023 to talk about her unique experience and background which has helped her become a security culture advocate and champion.

In the second half of the episode, Bek chats with David Stockdale, Director of AUSCERT for an exciting announcement about a new recruitment opportunity.

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb

Daisy Wong

030 - Security Culture

In this episode, AUSCERT features the following guests:

> Nigel Phair, Monash University
> James Chadwick, AUSCERT

Anthony sits down with Nigel Phair from Monash University to discuss the murky world of Cybercrime!

In the second half of the episode, Bek chats with James Chadwick, Principal Analyst of AUSCERT about the release of the NIST 2.0 Framework and the fast approaching AUSCERT Conference.

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb

Nigel Phair

031 -Cybercrime

In this episode, AUSCERT features the following guests:

> Jane O'Louglin, CERTNZ
> Mike Holm, AUSCERT

Anthony sits down with Jane O'Lougline from CERTNZ for a fascinating discussion about why behaviour change is so critical when looking at ways to migitate threats and blocking threat actors.

In the second half of the episode, Bek chats with Mike Holm from AUSCERT about the history and role of CERT teams and the fast approaching AUSCERT Conference.

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb

Jane O'Loughlin

032 - Behaviour change to reduce threats

In this episode, AUSCERT features the following guests:

> Luke Zaphir, The University of Queensland
> Mark Carey-Smith, AUSCERT

Anthony sits down with Luke Zaphir from The University of Queensland to discuss where we are in the world of AI

In the second half of the episode, Bek chats with Mark Carey-Smith from AUSCERT to continue the topic of AI and the value of looking for new opportunities.

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb

Luke Zaphir

033 - The world of AI

In this episode, AUSCERT features the following guest:

> Edward Farrell, Mercury ISS

Anthony sits down with Ed Farrell from Mercury ISS, well known for his AUSCERT Conference tutorials and presentations over the years as well as his leadership across the cyber security industry.  Ed shares his perspectives on wireless in our undiscovered country.

In the second half of the episode, Bek chats with Anthony in anticipation of next weeks AUSCERT Conference!

This episode was hosted by Anthony Caruana and Bek Cheb

Ed Farrell

034 - Wireless in an undiscovered country

AUSCERT is Australia's pioneer Cyber Emergency Response Team, proudly a part of The University of Queensland. We help our members prevent, detect, respond and mitigate cyber-based attacks.

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