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Nicole Stephensen is a Privacy Specialist with extensive local and international experience in operational and strategic privacy matters. She is Principal Consultant at Ground Up Consulting , a boutique firm she established in 2011. Nicole is also the Executive Director for Privacy and Data Protection at the Internet of Things Security Institute , where she is co-author of the IoTSI Security Frame...

Shannon provides future-focused leadership to government and private enterprise executives and boards to maximise the benefits of implementing new technologies, align that implementation with their strategic intent, and future-proof their organisations against cyber threats. After spending nearly a decade working across the world consulting on technology, cyber security, and risk management, Shann...

Dr. Lydia Kostopoulos’ work is at the intersection of people, strategy, technology, education, and national security. She addressed the United Nations member states on the military effects panel at the Convention of Certain Weapons Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) meeting on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS). Formerly the Director for Strategic Engagement at the College of Information an...

Greg is a 20+ year cyber veteran. Veteran may be an accurate term considering he’s been at war with the way the sector has worked for much of that time. From teenage hacker to covert government operator, to architect, manager, and head of security, he’s never accepted anything without understanding how the pieces fit together, without asking “why?” The answers led him to realisations about the tru...

Named 2017 Cybersecurity Professional of the Year – Cybersecurity Excellence Awards, Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) SC Magazine, Global Privacy and Security by Design (GPSbyDesign) International Council Member, and finalist Women in Technology Business Role Model of the Year 2018; Dr. Rebecca Wynn is lauded as a “game-changer who is ten steps ahead in developing and enforcing cybersecurity and privac...

Jasun Tate is a career Cyber Intelligence professional with over 21 years experience in the US Intelligence and Cyber Operations Community. Having worked in some of the most critical and sensitive operations for the US Government at Home and Abroad his unique perspective on the reality of the Cyber threat is unique in and of itself. After serving with the US Navy, National Geospatial-Intelligence...

After 18 years of working in cybersecurity he realised most of the solutions being implemented were falling short. With four years of extensive research, he found the real reason why cybercrime was so prevalent was mostly due to a lack of knowledge at the CEO and Director level. In 2018, Andrew co-founded the International Cyber Resilience Institute, with the goal of educating CEOs and Directors a...

Scott Fletcher is a Solutions Architect and Security Researcher at RedShield Security. Scott’s background includes Penetration Testing, Software Development, and Security Consulting. Previously he was Principal Consultant at Aura Information Security and worked for a number of enterprise and financial services organisations.

Jenny speaks, consults and trains people in the skills of ‘people hacking’ and explains how “Social Engineering” using psychological methods can be a huge threat to organisations of all sizes. She reveals how that same knowledge is a valuable tool for security professionals of all types in the prevention of these attacks, scams and cons of all kinds.

Eric Flis is the Co-Founder and COO of Worldstack, an Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) company that has created solutions to distil insights from the oceans of data that surround our modern existence. With a background in security, counter-terrorism, and policing, Eric has experiences firmly rooted in the physical world, not just the virtual. This pragmatic experience has fuelled an equally practi...

Steve McLaughlin is a security specialist based in Sydney, Australia. His record as a subject matter expert, particularly in the realm of pentesting, supports his growing and successful presence online. Steve and his company, Core Sentinel, provide detailed security technical assessments in a digestible and actionable manner to their clients, and led by Steve’s dedicated approach to continual educ...

Gabriel Gomez II is an IT Professional with a demonstrated record of achievement at overseeing all facets of the project life-cycle. Outstanding communication skills with the ability to build strong working relationships and to communicate with technical and non-technical audiences at all levels of the organisation. Gabriel is dedicated to life-long learning, and has a passion for building high pe...

We were joined by Alec Fry for this episode – a man that knows more about Identity & Access Management than anyone probably should! He is a subject matter expert across various modes of authentication, and it was great to pull apart many of the challenges and ideas that security – particularly IAM – is trying to tackle today in the wake of personal privacy spilling into the wider public realm....

  We had a rewarding chat with Dominc Vogel – a security professional at the forefront of the changing face of the industry. His thought-leadership around the broader, more encompassing, inclusive aspects of security is captured well in this episode of KBKAST.

We had a rewarding chat with Dominc Vogel - a security professional at the forefront of the changing face of the industry. His thought-leadership around the broader, more encompassing, inclusive aspects of security is captured well in this episode of KBKAST.

We spoke with Duncan this week; a veteran with more than 20 years’ experience in cyber security, systems management, and solutions architecture. He’s a technical evangelist, skilled at championing thought-leadership, and an articulate communicator, explaining complex, technical information to non-technical audiences. It was a pleasure talking with him about the modern face of security.

We spoke with Duncan this week; a veteran with more than 20 years’ experience in cyber security, systems management, and solutions architecture. He’s a technical evangelist, skilled at championing thought-leadership, and an articulate communicator, explaining complex, technical information to non-technical audiences. It was a pleasure talking with him about the modern face of security.