Dark Mode Podcast

As Ben says "Happy Christmas and Merry New Year" to everyone within the Dark Mode community! In this special episode, we host friend and expert Dirk Hodgson, Co-Founder and Director of Cybersecurity at Cognitio Digital. We unravel the intriguing world of digital twins, and of course - discuss the cyber security implications. Be sure to check out Cognitio Digital at https://www.linkedin.c...

Jasmin Diab, CSC Jasmin describes herself, somewhat modestly, as a mum, leader, nerd and diversity advocate. She is also the President of Women in Nuclear Australia, the Oceania representative on the Women in Nuclear Global executive, a Partner with Global Nuclear Security Partners Australia, a Senior Associate with Mettle Global, a member of the ARPANSA Nuclear Safety Committee and a Fellow with...

Theodore Panagacos is the Chief Executive of Kodora.ai , Australia’s first-ever pure play Artificial Intelligence (AI) consulting and technology firm that provides dedicated end-to-end services relating to AI strategy and planning, risk and security, and AI technology identification and implementation. 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dark-mode-podcast 📲 Substack: https://gabemarzano.substack.com/ 👾...

Alex Nehmy is a Chief Security Officer (JAPAC) at Palo Alto Networks, and former CISO of SA Power Networks, BAE Systems, and the University of Adelaide — and joins us to talk about the key megatrends impacting cyber security today. 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/dark-mode-podcast 📲 Substack: https://gabemarzano.substack.com/ 👾 LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/dark-mode-linkedin 👩🏽‍💻 Website: https://bi...

Only 9 days ago, on the 5th November 2023, ‘Grok’ was publicly released prompting us to think *Elon Musk has entered the chat (bot)*. This seemed like good contender timing, if it wasn’t for Sam Altman and Satya Nadella sharing the stage during OpenAI’s inaugural DevDay just two days later. Does anyone else consider keeping pace with artificial intelligence is akin to that feeling of running in a...

👾 LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/DarkModeLinkedin Topics: 1. President Biden's Executive Order on AI Safety and Security: On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued an Executive Order aimed at promoting safe, secure, and trustworthy development and utilization of AI technologies. This is a significant step towards regulating AI by establishing standards for AI safety and security. The order also m...

🌪 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Gabe Marzano⁠⁠⁠⁠ & 🌪 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Sullivan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ host Kurt Hansen, who is the CEO of Tesserent and a former Military Signals Officer in the Australian Defence Force. // SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // 📧 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to the Marza-notes, and receive a copy of my favourite mental models⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🌏 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎬 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🎙 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Download Our Podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👾 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Show Note...

Ben Sullivan recaps his time at AISA CyberCon 2023 and discusses the thought-provoking sessions, such as: 1) Sean Duca on How to hack a nation for fun and profit: Unraveling the art of cyber espionage and economic manipulation 2) Heath Moodie on Vets in Cyber: Building an open and honest community 3) Lachlan McGrath Keyboard Warriors: An Australian volunteer cyber corps 4) Roberto Rodriguez on Emp...

🌪 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Gabe Marzano⁠⁠⁠ & 🌪 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Sullivan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ host Riccardo Galbiati a CTO at Palo Alto Networks who engages and advises enterprises and government customers on their overall posture and cyber resilience by undertaking strategic conversations with CISOs and executives at round tables and public speaking events. // SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // 📧 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to the Marza-notes, and receive a c...

🌪 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Gabe Marzano⁠⁠ & 🌪 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Sullivan⁠⁠⁠⁠ host Gary Borham, a tech startup founder currently leading ScreenCoach and HitPauze as solutions to high addiction digital dependencies. Gary’s projects stem from his 15 years working in adult behaviour change programs throughout Australia-Asia. // SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // 📧 ⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to the Marza-notes, and receive a copy of my favourite mental...

Gabe & Ben host Chase Cunningham for round 2 on Dark Mode. Chase is a strategic advisor to board-level stakeholders, offering unique insights into cyber security and his ability to turn everything into eyebrow-raising analogies! Chase has also done fantastic work in zero trust, having been a principal analyst at Forrester and shaping the ASD Essential 8 Framework in Australia. With that, we ze...

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Gabe Marzano⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & 🌪 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Sullivan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ host Doowan Lee who is relentlessly enabling and empowering distributed and collaborative networks of networks to bring scale, speed, transparency, and public good back to the information environment. // SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // 📧 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to the Marza-notes, and receive a copy of my favourite mental models⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🌏 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠...

Highlights from the Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2023 APAC. You can't escape any event at the moment without all the AI-hype, but Gartner did an exceptional job of extensively covering the impact of generative AI and other key areas such as cybersecurity, social responsibility, environmental impact, supply chain and talent. We dive into 5 key areas that are front of mind for the C-suite in navigating...

🌪 ⁠⁠⁠Gabe Marzano⁠ & 🌪 ⁠⁠⁠Ben Sullivan⁠⁠⁠ host Rick Howard the Chief Security Officer at N2K Networks, Champion of the Cyber Threat Alliance, Former CSO at Palo Alto Networks, Former Leader of the U.S Army’s Computer Emergency Response Team (ACERT) — and most recently, with admiration of the global cyber security community, Author of ‘Cyber Security First Principles: A Reboot of Strategy and T...

In this exciting episode of Dark Mode Podcast, 🌪 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Gabe Marzano⁠⁠ & 🌪 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Sullivan⁠⁠⁠⁠ had the privilege of hosting Joanna and Sean on behalf of the World Economic Forum’s Cyber Security Centre. Joanna leads the WEF’s CISO Community and is responsible for cross-sector cyber security partnerships. Sean is the lead author of the WEF’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook Report and manages the For...

🌪 ⁠⁠⁠Gabe Marzano⁠ & 🌪 ⁠⁠⁠Ben Sullivan⁠⁠ host Peter Coroneos the Founder of Cybermindz, an organisation that ‘defends our defenders’ with scalable, evidence-based, easy-to-apply mental health interventions to prevent and address burnout. Peter was previously the International Vice President of the global Cybersecurity Advisors Network (CyAN) and author of the book ‘The Cyber Breach Communicati...

In this exciting episode of Dark Mode Podcast, 🌪 ⁠⁠⁠Gabe Marzano⁠ & 🌪 ⁠⁠⁠Ben Sullivan⁠⁠⁠ had the privilege of hosting Allan Alford, who has 20+ years in information security, serving as a CISO across various industries at companies ranging from 5 to 50,000 employees. Allan is now the President & CISO at Allan Alford Consulting and host of the Cyber Ranch Podcast. The topics discussed inclu...

On this special episode of Dark Mode, we publish the recent webinar hosted in collaboration with the Australian Information Security Association (AISA) Cloud Branch. Gabe Marzano, Cyber Security Evangelist and Alex Nehmy, Director Industry 4.0 at Palo Alto Networks, join us to discuss ‘New World Threats: ChatGPT and AI’ from March 2023. ChatGPT has exploded in popularity since its release in Novem...

🌪 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Gabe Marzano⁠⁠ & 🌪 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Sullivan⁠⁠⁠⁠ host Dan Aherne-McInteer, who is a ‘first on ground’ technology leader for the Asia-Pacific region at Moveworks, the Enterprise-Wide Copilot revolutionising the way employees interact with technology in the workplace. Dan has been working in high-tech for 15+ years and was previously at the high-growth powerhouse that is AppDynamics. // SUPPORT THI...

Gabe & Ben host Michael Gronager the CEO & Co-Founder of Chainalysis, the blockchain data platform that provides data, software, services, and research to government agencies, exchanges, financial institutions, and insurance and cybersecurity companies all over the world. Chainalysis has been used to solve some of the world’s most high-profile criminal cases and grow consumer access to cry...

Gabe & Ben host Jordan Plotnek who is an esteemed expert in security risks to critical infrastructure, specializing in designing and operating resilient operational systems. With a background as an Air Force veteran and space systems PhD, he brings a wealth of knowledge to the field, particularly in the aerospace sector. // SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // 📧 ⁠Subscribe to the Marza-notes, and receive...

🌪 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Gabe Marzano⁠⁠ & 🌪 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Ben Sullivan⁠⁠⁠⁠ host Bobi Gilburd, the Chief Innovation Officer at Team8. Having served in the IDF’s elite unit 8200 as a Colonel for over 26 years, Bobi brings extensive cybersecurity knowledge and strategic insight to his role at Team8. Leading unit 8200's research and cloud divisions, Bobi developed an innate understanding of the myriad of attack vectors ac...

Join Gabe and Ben as they embark on a thought-provoking discussion around different types of artificial intelligence; from reflecting on the coexistence of humans and machines, they explore topics like digital superintelligence, fake news, practical applications of AI, the nature of intelligence, and Australia's Artificial Intelligence Ethics Framework. // SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // 📧 ⁠⁠⁠Subscri...

Join Gabe and Ben with this thought-provoking episode with Tony Vizza. They dive into the world of cybersecurity professionalization and national security. Discover the insights behind AustCyber's Professionalization Program and its impact on elevating the cybersecurity profession. Explore the crucial discussions surrounding the definition of a cybersecurity professional and the strategies to...

Join Gabe and Ben for an insightful discussion with Scarlet, Head of Ecosystem Capability at Tech Council Australia, as we explore Australia's tech ecosystem. From reskilling initiatives to building talent pipelines, we cover topics like diversity in tech, private-public partnerships, and AI adoption. Discover how Tech Council Australia is shaping the future of technology in Australia. // SUPP...