The Security Collective Podcast

Today we are recapping some of the great episodes from season 11 'In Case You Missed' them! We have put together a snippet of the best parts from each guest for you, and if you like what you hear, click below to listen to the full episode, or head to wherever you enjoy our podcast, and check out the full back catalogue. Links: Marc Bown Stephen Kennedy Craig Ford Naveen Chilamkurti Paul McCarty Yvette Lejins Jamie Newman Paul Wenham Samm MacLeod For the full episode, transcript please visit our website

It's our last episode for the season, and we are joined by a very good friend of Claire's and of the podcast, Samm MacLeod. Samm and Claire discuss what's been happening since we caught up with her 12 months ago in season eight, when Samm generously shared her CISO journey through burnout and recent sabbatical. She's now back CISO-ing, and this time they covered digital transformations and security transformations. Samm MacLeod is an experienced Information Security Executive with experience across multiple industry verticals including tech, financial services, and critical infrastructure. Having led several cybersecurity transformation programs, Samm helps organisations imbed effective security practices through cyber security strategy, security operating models, and risk management frameworks.  Samm's experience with boards, audit & risk committees, and executives allows her to bring a unique set of experiences and perspective to the management of technology and cyber risk and the delivery of security best practice. She is currently an appointed Netskope Security Board Advisor and has previously held non-executive positions on a critical infrastructure board (AEMO Cybersecurity Board), securitisation & financial services board (MEPM) and Information Security education and research board  (Deakin Executive Board). Based on the Bellarine Peninsula, Samm is an industry speaker and writer, and an advocate for diversity in cyber. Links: Samm LinkedIn For the full episode transcript, please visit our website. The Security Collective podcast is proudly brought to you in partnership with LastPass, the leading password manager.

Jamie Newman has a refreshing take on security and joins Claire as they chat about understanding the security posture in diverse organisations, they discuss about third party contracts, how much money you should be spending on compliance and what meaningful metrics might look like. Jamie is an experienced IT Leader with more than 20 years experience in applications and infrastructure transformation in varying national and regional roles. His career started in HR, but then quickly moved into a technology path in the late 90's and has worked predominantly in Manufacturing, Retail and B2B environments, working in Singapore, Japan and the Middle East. Jamie moved into senior management in 2008, and has been in C level roles for the last 10 years. Links: Jamie LinkedIn Jamie Twitter Episode 68 For the full episode transcript please visit our website The Security Collective podcast is proudly brought to you in partnership with LastPass, the leading password manager.

Paul Wenham joined Claire to talk about the what, how, and why he started Assurance Lab. They also cover the value of auditing, how compliance can be the foundation stone for startups and his new book, which he is making open source for others to contribute to; and talked about the fact that Assurance Lab is a B Corp, and why that is so important to Paul and his team. Paul has worked in cybersecurity audits and compliance for over 11 years. His past roles have spanned professional services at PwC, leading the cybersecurity and compliance program for a global software company Qstream, and governance over third-party cyber standards at Westpac and Mercer. Paul founded Assurance Lab in 2018, a Regtech software and audit services firm now working with over 150 cloud software companies across 12 countries. AssuranceLab supports their security and compliance programs to meet global standards (SOC 1, SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, Consumer Data Right, CSA STAR, GDPR, CCPA, and ESG reporting). Assurance Lab has a broad network of partners in the cybersecurity industry, leveraging the natural synergies of AssuranceLab's independence as an audit firm. Links: Website Assurance Lab LinkedinPaul LinkedIn Episode 102. Cyber in Local Government with Paul Barrett For the full episode transcript, please visit our website. The Security Collective podcast is proudly brought to you in partnership with LastPass, the leading password manager.

Paul McCarty is a DevSecOps evangelist, and his recent chat with Claire was so great, we had to split it into 2 parts. In part 2 they discuss minimum viable security product, the Software Bill Of Materials (SBOMs) and making governance material consumable for senior audiences, no matter how unsexy policies might be. Paul is the founder of SecureStack, the world's first DevSecOps Maturity Platform. Paul has been helping organisations build more secure applications for almost 30 years. He's worked for large organisations like NASA, Boeing, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, John Deere, the US military, but he's also worked with several startups going back to the mid nineties. Paul is a frequent contributor to open source and Linux projects and is a co-organiser of several community group meetups here in Australia. Links: Website LinkedIn Twitter GitHub For the full episode transcript, please visit our website The Security Collective podcast is proudly brought to you in partnership with LastPass, the leading password manager.

Paul McCarty is a DevSecOps evangelist, and his recent chat with Claire was so great, we had to split it into 2-parts. In part 1 they talk about his DevSecOps Playbook, the challenges of security and engineering teams working together harmoniously, and how to apply the Essential 8 to the software development lifecycle. You can hear Claire really enjoyed chatting to Paul about some of the more technical aspects of security and hearing his views on application security best practice. Paul is the founder of SecureStack, the world's first DevSecOps Maturity Platform. Paul has been helping organisations build more secure applications for almost 30 years. He's worked for large organisations like NASA, Boeing, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, John Deere, the US military, but he's also worked with several startups going back to the mid nineties. Paul is a frequent contributor to open source and Linux projects and is a co-organiser of several community group meetups here in Australia. Links: Website LinkedIn Twitter GitHub For the full episode transcript, please visit our website. The Security Collective podcast is proudly brought to you in partnership with LastPass, the leading password manager.

Claire is joined by Yvette Lejins as they discuss what people centric security means to her, what boards need from their CISO communications and the very real risk of insider threat. Claire was also curious to ask a bit about Yvette's transition from CISO at Jetstar in house to being residency CISO for a security vendor. Yvette joined Proofpoint from Qantas Airline Group in 2021, where she was the CISO for the Jetstar Group of Airline companies (Jetstar Aus/NZ, Jetstar Asia, Jetstar Japan and Jetstar Vietnam). Prior to Qantas she was the CISO at Australia's largest freight and logistic company Asciano, as well as having built up the security function at Atlassian before they went to IPO. She is a Fellow of the Australian Information Security Association. In her role as Resident CISO, APJ, Yvette focusses on driving Proofpoint's people-centric security vision, strategy, and initiatives amongst its customer base. Her hands on experience, knowledge, and perspective in managing risk and improving cyber security posture across complex enterprises is extensive. She provides trusted cyber advice and insight advisory services for Proofpoint customers. Links: Yvette LinkedIn For the full episode transcript, please visit our website. The Security Collective podcast is proudly brought to you in partnership with LastPass, the leading password manager.

Claire is joined by La Trobe scholar Naveen Chilamkurti as they cover some of the amazing work La Trobe is doing to welcome people into the cyber industry through great micro credentialing programmes. They discuss what micro credentials are, the value of this way of study, and how employers are valuing University qualifications such as micro credentials. He also shared what academia are currently working on, including crypto and 6G. Naveen is currently the Associate Dean (International Partnerships), SCEMS Professor and Head of the Cybersecurity discipline, previously the Director of International Programs since 2017. He serves as the Technical Editor of the highly ranked IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. Naveen has published more than 330 journal and conference papers, including IEEE and ACM Transactions and is active in editing and authoring 9 books with Elsevier, Springer, IGI-Global and NOVA publishers. Naveen has successfully attracted 20 research grants since 2000 to support PhD Scholarships, fellowships, and travel grants for research collaboration and in 2012 and 2018, he was awarded a research fellowship to work with IIT Kanpur and IIT Hyderabad. Links: Website For the full episode transcript, please visit our website The Security Collective podcast is proudly brought to you in partnership with LastPass, the leading password manager.

We welcome back author Craig Ford as he and Claire dive a little deeper into his latest book 'Foresight' which has been nominated for an Aurelis Award in the young reader category. There is cybercrime, romance, spies and hacking and a few matrix references in there for the fans. Aside from the book, Craig and Claire discuss the ongoing challenges of the cyber skill shortage and the state of cyber in Australia over the past 12 months. Craig is the CTO for Baidam Solutions where he leads the technical services division of the organisation. Craig is also the Queensland Chair for the Australian Information Security Association (AISA). He is an experienced cybersecurity professional with various qualifications including two master's degrees and a history in both pen-testing and security engineering. Craig is a published author with the books "A Hacker, I Am" and "A Hacker, I Am – Vol 2" in his first cyber awareness series and "Foresight" a new cyberpunk/hacker fantasy series published in June 2022. He is a freelance cybersecurity journalist who is best known for his work on CSO Australia (IDG Communications) in which he contributed almost 100 cybersecurity articles between 2018-2020. He is now a regular columnist with the Women in Security Magazine as well as a freelance contributor for Careers with STEM, Top Cyber News, Cyber Today and Cyber Australia Magazines. Links: Episode 67 -Getting the Basics Right with Craig Ford Website LinkedIn Facebook Twitter For the full episode transcript, please visit our website The Security Collective podcast is proudly brought to you in partnership with LastPass, the leading password manager.

Claire is joined by Stephen Kennedy as they cover the balance of engineers between security and functionality. They talk about secure coding expectations, and also the role compliance plays in software development. Stephen shares his experience moving from being an engineer into C-level leadership and the security lens of which he then had to look through. Stephen's background is as a software engineer, but he's since transitioned into CTO and a CIO roles. He's worked across Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom for organisations ranging from start-ups to large scale enterprises. His most recent role has involved increased security scrutiny in working with large multi-billion-dollar partners (e.g. shipping lines) with compliance mandates, and as such he's had to evolve his career to take on more of a security, privacy, and compliance focus. Links: Stephen LinkedIn Stephen Twitter The Security Collective podcast is proudly brought to you in partnership with LastPass, the leading password manager. For the full episode transcript, please visit our website.