I looked for the cybersecurity line items in the budget so you don’t have to. Initial Thoughts I commented in my corresponding post when last year’s budget was released that: “This (2021) budget continues the historical trend of spending a significant amount on national security, which includes cybersecurity, but having most of the money directed towards the… Read more »
The percentage of women on boards in Australia is often used as evidence that we need to do better when it comes to diversity. For the record, that number is roughly a third. Directors from Non-Anglo-Celtic background? Just 10%. This is clearly too low when you consider that a third of Australia’s population identifies are… Read more »
There is no shortage of people wanting to break into the industry, so how do you stand out? The unicorn A few years ago, I hired someone into our team at one of my previous employers. Despite having zero commercial cybersecurity experience yet wanting to break into the industry, they weren’t sure they wanted the… Read more »
Avertro just turned one. These are some of the real moments from our first year. 5th September 2019 Antler representative: “Alright, Ian and Roman. Who’s going to do the driving on the laptop?” Me: “Roman can. CTO’s job.” We laughed. There we were, sitting in a meeting room on level 8 at Tank Stream Labs… Read more »
The Australian Government released Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy for 2020 this week. It outlines an investment in our nation’s cyber capabilities of $1.67 billion over the next 10 years, advocates for collaboration, and articulates actions required across government, businesses, and the community to make Australia more resilient to cyber incidents. The strategy is a win for… Read more »
Nearly 9000 taxi drivers just scored $152 million from Uber as compensation for its illegal launch in Australia 
Fresh from its $272 million win against Uber, class action lawyers Maurice Blackburn are now eyeing off Google’s adtech 
SISTER ACT: Nicola Forrest drops $100 million into an investment fund to back women 
Zip cofounder Larry Diamond makes his exit to focus on philanthropy 
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