Cyber Security & Human Element

Australian Cyber Conference 2024
26–28 November 2024
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC)

Sessions

26/11/2024
10:45
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11:25
The cyber mosaic: How diversity creates impeccable defences
Oliver Guidetti, Vannessa Van Beek, Pauline Willis, Tim Bednall & Roxane Gervais
Room 106
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26/11/2024
10:45
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11:25
The billion dollar bank heist... (almost)
Colin Howe
Room 211
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26/11/2024
10:45
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11:25
Welcome to the industry. Expectations and realities for a new professional out of university
Leela Ross & Laika Marshall
Room 210
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26/11/2024
10:45
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11:25
Futureproofing cyber security - The human element
Victoria Cole
Room 216
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26/11/2024
11:35
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12:15
Bringing the Smart Brevity concept to cyber awareness communications
Fiona Collie
Room 210
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26/11/2024
11:35
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12:15
From chef to cyber security: Exploring non-technical roles, human capabilities, and beyond
Benjamin Riles
Think Tank 2
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26/11/2024
11:35
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12:15
Continuing to build a cyber resilient society: No one left behind
Leanne Ngo
Room 211
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26/11/2024
11:35
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12:15
Invasion of the body snatchers: Insidious insider
Mazino Onibere
Room 216
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26/11/2024
11:35
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12:15
Designing and developing a metaverse experience to build cyber-harm awareness
Sophie McKenzie, Sanjay Selvaraj, Graeme Pye & Emmica Schlobohm
Room 106
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26/11/2024
13:35
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14:15
Education pathways for the cyber security professional: What's your next step?
James Stanger
Ask an Expert 2
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26/11/2024
13:35
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14:15
Pathways to cyber security in secondary schools
Joanne Stone & Zoe George
Room 211
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26/11/2024
13:35
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14:15
A cyber security profession: what are we talking about?
David Schmidtchen
Room 216
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26/11/2024
13:35
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14:15
Routes into cyber for mature career switchers
Ian Mountford
Ask an Expert 1
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26/11/2024
13:35
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14:15
Power of mentoring: Showcase of the AWSN mentoring program
Peter Gigengack, Jacqui Loustau, Ayesha Qureshi, Fiona Hill & Roma Singh
Room 106
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26/11/2024
13:35
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14:15
Secure your own life jacket first: Escaping the ‘yes’ trap and prioritising well-being in cyber security
Caitlin Sauza
Room 210
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26/11/2024
14:25
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15:05
What we now know about burnout in cyber security
Peter Coroneos
Room 216
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26/11/2024
14:25
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15:05
How phishing can actually build trust in the workplace (true story!)
Cath Wise
Room 210
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26/11/2024
14:25
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15:05
The top 10 skills your security awareness and culture person must have with no IT or cyber skills in sight
Jacqueline Jayne & Daisy Wong
Room 211
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26/11/2024
15:50
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16:30
The hidden threat of bias in cyber security
Emily Tabet
Room 216
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26/11/2024
15:50
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16:30
Wargaming a career in cyber: Gamification of incident response to promote cyber in high schools
Alex Cullen
Room 211
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26/11/2024
15:50
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16:30
Inspiring female identifying early secondary students to consider cybersecurity as a career
Amy Corman
Room 210
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27/11/2024
10:30
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11:10
All about Enigma - a demo and talk on its design, build, compromise and driving the birth of computing
Mike Pritchard
Room 210
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27/11/2024
10:30
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11:10
Beyond boring bytes: From oops to oh yeah!
Queen Aigbefo
Room 211
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27/11/2024
10:30
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11:10
How to drive true behaviour change through a tailored communication approach
Mia Araminta
Room 216
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27/11/2024
11:20
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12:00
Digital accessibility and cyber security: 2 pillars or poles apart?
Supriya N
Think Tank 3
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27/11/2024
11:20
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12:00
Cyber and safety? Perspectives from the safety industry that can improve our cyber training and awareness
Robert Mitchell & Debra Moodie
Room 211
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27/11/2024
11:20
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12:00
The psychology of cybercrime - Part III
Colin Howe
Room 216
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27/11/2024
11:20
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12:00
What Australia's most vulnerable postcodes can tell us about cybercrime
Kathryn Sundstrom, Robert Blackmore & Shona Henderson
Room 106
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27/11/2024
11:20
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12:00
Why mentoring secondary school students in cyber security is a good idea
Zoe George & Aaron Doggett
Room 210
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27/11/2024
13:30
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14:10
How to get your dream job with "FIGMA" companies. (Facebook, IBM, Google, Microsoft, Amazon)
Abbas Kudrati
Ask an Expert 1
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27/11/2024
13:30
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14:10
Cyber awareness in education
Kyle Waters & Craig Ford
Room 211
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27/11/2024
13:30
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14:10
Stranger danger: Your digital footprint, using you against you
Benji Zorella & Rebecca Caldwell
Room 216
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27/11/2024
13:30
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14:10
From bedside to boardroom: How considering individuals from varying backgrounds can complement your cyber security capability
Ailie Houlihan
Room 210
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27/11/2024
13:30
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14:10
OSINT in action: Creating meaningful solutions through hackathons
Katie Perry
Think Tank 4
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27/11/2024
14:20
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15:00
Transforming cyber security awareness training: From one-size-fits-all to targeted efficiency
Caitriona Forde
Room 211
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27/11/2024
14:20
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15:00
Data on the move: The hidden risks of employee turnover
Sandeep Taileng
Room 216
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27/11/2024
14:20
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15:00
L'affaire du télégraphe. The Bordeaux hackers of 1834
Darren Arnott
Room 210
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27/11/2024
14:20
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15:00
Psychology in cyber security - Creating a safer world together
Pauline Willis, Oliver Guidetti & Hayden Fricke
Melbourne Room 2
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27/11/2024
14:20
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15:00
Boost cyber security resourcing with a strategic mindset change
Jo Lescai
Think Tank 4
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27/11/2024
15:50
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16:30
Mindset mastery: Balancing mental health in a high stakes incident response team
Ankit Bhandari, Chris Keune, Philip Ngo, Aadhi Sivaramakrishnan & Ellie Watts
Melbourne Room 2
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27/11/2024
15:50
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16:30
RAR! This is all too hard and overwhelming. The mental load of our cyber defenders
Aaron Bugal
Room 211
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27/11/2024
15:50
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16:30
Protecting the personal and private information of domestic violence survivors
Rose MacDonald & Andrew Collins
Room 216
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27/11/2024
15:50
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16:30
Unlocking your potential – Is security culture for you?
Cheryl Wong & Daisy Wong
Room 210
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27/11/2024
15:50
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16:30
From burnout to balance: Building cyber resilience and competitive advantage
Nikki Mehta
Think Tank 4
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28/11/2024
10:15
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10:55
R U Ok, should not be a UDP Packet - Mental health in cyber security
Peter Lake
Room 211
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28/11/2024
10:15
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10:55
Beyond Binary. How to leverage the human brain to gain decision superiority against AI in the cyber battlefield
Kylie Watson
Room 210
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28/11/2024
10:15
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10:55
Stoic cyber security: Navigating challenges with ancient wisdom
Jeremy Kerwin
Room 216
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28/11/2024
11:05
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11:45
Secure your body and mind - protecting your most critical assets
Angelo Friggieri
Room 216
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28/11/2024
11:05
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11:45
Why did it take a breakdown to ask for help? And what can you learn from my mental health journey?
David Rudduck
Room 210
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28/11/2024
11:05
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11:45
The personality hire' When a community manager infiltrates cyber security
Carina Nevill
Room 211
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28/11/2024
11:05
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11:45
Are you attracting the employee diversity to your business that you think you need?
Anita Shepherd
Think Tank 4
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28/11/2024
13:00
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13:40
Hack stress for success: Practical neuroscience for burnout
Melissa Wong
Room 211
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28/11/2024
13:00
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13:40
Security awareness in 10 words or less! A different approach to security awareness training
Robert Mitchell
Room 216
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28/11/2024
13:00
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13:40
Building digital empathy into cyber security
Sian John
Room 210
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28/11/2024
13:00
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13:40
Human factors in cyber security: Cultivating cybersecurity culture and cyber skills gap
Leanne Ngo
Ask an Expert 1
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28/11/2024
13:50
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14:30
Keeping our kids safe online: The essential information for parents and caregivers
Jacqueline Jayne
Room 210
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28/11/2024
13:50
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14:30
Observations from a new phisherman: Embracing human fallibility with a human centred approach to phishing simulations
Polly Cheung
Room 211
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28/11/2024
13:50
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14:30
Are you an effective team? Creating resilient individuals and teams in cybersecurity
Pauline Willis
Ask an Expert 2
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28/11/2024
13:50
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14:30
From biggest threats to greatest assets: Collective vigilance through leveraging the entire workforce
Luisa Amanda
Think Tank 4
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28/11/2024
14:40
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15:20
The human firewall assuring your resilience
Astrid D'Silva
Room 210
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28/11/2024
14:40
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15:20
Communicating Cybersecurity Risk to Non-Technical Stakeholders: A Translator's Perspective
Ben Williams
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28/11/2024
14:40
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15:20
Beyond the headlines: Why cyber security remains an afterthought for many
Daisy Wong, Melissa Misuraca & Richard Magalad
Melbourne Room 2
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28/11/2024
14:40
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15:20
Digital identity after death: How to let your loved ones grieve without needing digital forensics
Peter Gigengack
Room 216
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28/11/2024
14:40
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15:20
Mentoring: Why it works and how it can save cyber
Eva Chen
Think Tank 1
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28/11/2024
14:40
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15:20
Cyber security awareness training reimagined
Sharee Alarco
Room 211
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Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of country throughout Australia and acknowledge their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to the people, the cultures and the elders past, present and emerging.

Acknowledgement of Country