Meet Nathan Chung. As someone with Autism and ADHD, Nathan knows what it is like to be a minority. In this episode he shares his story of how he encourages others to elevate the voices of neuro diverse people, support women and to flip the script on the negative stigma of those in a minority.

Claire has recently co-authored a new book 'The Secure Board' with Anna Leibel, and for this episode we are doing things a little different!

In part 2 of Brendan’s recording he shares his career story, the massive success that he has had in security awareness and behaviour change programs, and provides some great tips on how he managed to achieve this.

Brendan had a vocational interest in security, across various internet technologies and cryptographic systems, prior to commencing his security career, and maintains his technical interest to this day. He has built high performing teams through authentic leadership, and continues to mentor and coach new entrants into the field, as well as supporting incubators through knowledge sharing.

With a career spanning more that 40 years, Gary Jackson is now VP of Asia Pacific at Tenable - the Cyber Exposure company helping 30,000 organisations around the globe understand and reduce cyber risk. Gary joined Tenable to lead the Asia Pacific region and build the reputation and coverage of Tenable in the risk-based vulnerability management space.

Emily Edgeley shares her story of a career spanning 15+ years in IT & Security roles, only to realise they didn’t give her the satisfaction for helping people she really wanted, and how she became Public Speaking Coach, helping people in Tech give more interesting talks, magnify their influence and learn to enjoy public speaking.

We open our latest season with Nic Martin whose career of over 25 years spans defence, major events, senior corporate positions, and strategic and risk management consulting, Nic has experienced first hand the challenges of successfully delivering security and crisis management programs in both corporate and complex operating environments.

Nic shares his story as he transfers his physical security skills into a cyber security role, how they differ, and also shares the resources he has found that have helped him with this transition into the cyber space.

We are now 'The Security Collective' -  the podcast for leaders tasked with, and interested in, securing technology, people, processes and data for the protection of all.

Season Five Sign Off

This season on The Secure CIO podcast we have heard from some of the cybersecurity industry’s greatest minds as well as some amazing business leaders.

We are taking a break from recording over the summer/holiday period - if you manage a team and want to hear more about leadership, need help with burnout, have a toxic culture, or want to hear more about flexible work environments, we have over 50 podcast episodes for you to enjoy!

Ep #52

Michelle joins me once again as a guest –this time discussing the intersection of cybersecurity, privacy and safety. How do we build that cross-skill-capability in our staff? We also discuss how cyber in Australia compares to the rest of the world, and how/will organisations accelerate of out this pandemic?

Ep #51

"There are so many different facets of security, so many different things you could do".

Stuart is the CISO of Medibank Private Limited and in this episode he shares his story, how his skills evolved as he moved from technical roles to executive roles, and his approach when hiring security teams.

Ep #50

“Being a leader means we need to do more than just look after ourselves and focus on bettering ourselves - what do we do about bettering the country and bettering the community”?

In this episode David discusses how we can do this, and his tips and steps we can take to be great leaders.

Ep #49

Receiving feedback can help you grow, but it does depend on how it's delivered.

I recently received some feedback, which lead me to think about how best to give feedback in the recruitment process.

In this episode I share these tips and what I have learnt.

Ep #48

Have you ever had a great boss and noticed the difference it makes? Join me as Vijay shares his learnings on why having a great boss providing you with the right opportunities, can improve your career progression. We discuss why you should strive to join a company with aligning values, and how to hire during a pandemic.

Ep #47

When a simple question posted on social media by Jinan exploded, her research into the toxicity in cybersecurity teams enabled people to share their experiences. 'We have all experienced toxicity, whether we've been leaders or we've been led'. Listen as Jinan shares what she learnt and how she hopes to drive positive change in cybersecurity culture.

Ep #46

In this episode Samm and I discuss why it is important to have effective Security Operating Models. We cover how they can be different to an org chart, why it's important to be flexible when creating one, how to measure its effectiveness, and why sometimes outsourcing their creation can be best for your business.

Ep #45

There are times in the hiring process when you will need to surround yourself with certain people that are not involved in the day-to-day security or technology function. In this episode, I share tips on who can support and help when recruiting for new security talent.

Ep #44

In this episode Laura shares how just several months after COVID-19 forced us all into lockdown, Laminex Australia transitioned to a permanent work from home environment. She discusses how they made the change, having to take into consideration their current employees needs, as well as the recruitment and on-boarding of new employees.

Season 5, Episode 1
In this episode Carl shares how he started Meet Magic and then partnered with The Starlight Foundation to create Meetings for Good - which has found a way to bring Executives and Vendors together for curated business discussions, whilst helping sick children at the same time.