We asked a range of our members to share their thoughts around this year’s theme, and also an insight into their different cyber security roles and pathways there.

South Australian government signs sponsoring agreement with MITRE, unlocks opportunity for Australia to benefit from ongoing knowledge-transfer and decades of MITRE expertise to uplift national security capabilities via new international center.

The University of Adelaide’s Council has announced the appointment of a new Council member, a leader in the business and cyber sector.

Saab Australia’s Chief Operating Officer, Ben Gulliver, has been appointed to the board for The Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre.

Retrospect Labs, A3C and the AWSN (Australian Women in Security Network) have partnered to provide the first competition style incident response exercise for women working in the sector across Australia. Participants used technical and non-technical skills to work on a cyber incident scenario self-paced over one week.

A proposal for the establishment of a $60 million Digital Technologies Academy at Lot Fourteen has been given the green light by the Australian and South Australian governments under the Adelaide City Deal.

The growing demand for workers in cyber security is opening up a range of exciting roles for people from all backgrounds.

The Covid-19 pandemic has given rise to an increase in demand for cyber security training and specialists, and South Australia is leading the way in growing a strong cyber industry.

From criminology to cyber security, Bec Williams is enjoying a career filled with diversity, opportunities and never a dull moment.

Students and educators can develop their skills across cyber security, block chain, data science, artificial intelligence, design thinking and professional skills for free as part of the program. This free initiative provides students with the opportunity to prepare for internships and jobs, earn the same badges as professionals in the field, and offers skills development in both technical as well as workplace readiness topics. The partnership is part of IBM’s global commitment to provide 30 million people of all ages with new skills needed for the jobs of tomorrow by 2030, and to address critical skills shortages in Australia.

The A3C proudly partnered again with AustCyber (AustCyber SA Node) together with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver a unique free training event, “AWS Cloud Incident Response Training - Credential Misuse” in the A3C Cyber Test Range.

The boss of the fast-growing high-tech Lot Fourteen precinct, which is a centrepiece of South Australia’s aspirations to snare a bigger slice of the digital economy, says the brief lockdown which forced staff home for a week in July has reinforced the importance of the “accidental collision” in the workplace.

Cisco has become one of the anchor tenants at Adelaide's flagship technology precinct, Lot Fourteen, partnering with the Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre (A3C).

The Cyber Sista program was designed to give girls an advantage in prepping for a cyber security traineeship, balancing working and studying a Certificate IV in Cyber Security.

A part of AustCyber Cyber Week, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer Ryan Janosevic of cyber startup Retrospect Labs delivered a virtual workshop on incident response fundamentals and best practice when it comes to responding to a cyber-attack.

As part of AustCyber’s Cyber Week, Josh Schwarz of Splunk delivered a virtual hands-on one-hour workshop to attendees who were new to the Splunk software and eager to understand the most popular Splunk search commands and security foundations

DTEX Systems’ Counter Insider Threat Analyst, Nicole Moore, and SVP of Engineering, Rajan Koo, hosted a virtual interactive workshop on how to build a Trusted Insider Threat Program, targeted at Cyber Security Practitioner / Executive-level professionals to build awareness of and address misconceptions around Insider Risk.

A part of AustCyber Cyber Week, Dr Matthew Sorell of the University of Adelaide delivered a virtual workshop on the principles of digital forensics and digital forensic science as applied to criminal investigation. The workshop provided an introductory understanding of the methodologies, tools and techniques for effective digital forensic analysis and reporting process.

The recent COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate security blunder has the Comunet Cyber Team motivated to educate everyone on the importance of Security Audits. Hear from our new Cyber Security Team member Rebecca Williams on the importance of Security Audits to mitigate unnecessary risk.

With thousands of opportunities in Defence, Space, Cyber, Hi-Tech and Energy, and University and VET study pathways, it all adds up to one thing – more jobs for you.