“Why the Qantas hack should send chills around corporate Australia” The lesson here isn’t that the airline failed – it’s that most Australian companies don’t yet have the visibility or capability to avoid the same fate. www.afr.com/technology/w...

My latest piece for the Australian Financial Review. Australia’s regulators must come together to define what “good” looks like in cybersecurity. If there were a single, authoritative baseline for enterprise risk management expectations, the benefits would be profound. www.afr.com/technology/l...

Ivanti 🚨 Note advisory from Australia’s ACSC and Ivanti article www.cyber.gov.au/about-us/vie... forums.ivanti.com/s/article/Se...

I think about this comic at least once a week

Literally my response starting a couple of years ago to any query on "how can we use AI?" was to hand them our data classification policy and remind them that AI systems were 3rd parties.

So this is what happens when a country keeps rolling natural 1s

old Soviet joke for our times: Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to. Guy says: “looking for an obituary.” Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.” Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”

Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.

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