In this episode, we catch up with Jacqui Loustau, the Founder of the AWSN (Australian Women in Security Network) and Principal Security Consultant for Cynch Security.Jacqui gained excellent experience working overseas in security was planning

Hacking into Security #31 - United States Marine to Application Security Engineer, with John Jackson

Oct 31st, 2020 41m 24s

In this episode, we catch up with John Jackson (@johnjhacking) an Application Security Engineer at Shutterstock.John never thought he would have a career sitting at a computer, let alone in cybersecurity. We walk through John's journey from b

Hacking into Security #30 - Building and selling a business (SensePost) and what businesses can do increase gender diversity

Oct 24th, 2020 43m 59s

In this episode, we catch up with Charl van der Walt (@charlvdwalt), Head Of Security Research at Orange Cyberdefense and one of the original founders of SensePost.We talk through the origins of how SensePost got started, what it was like to

Hacking into Security #29 - "we need Security to become part of the Software Engineering team", with Keith Hoodlet (@securingdev)

Oct 16th, 2020 51m 13s

In this episode, we catch up with Keith Hoodlet (@securingdev) Senior Manager, Application Experience at Thermo Fisher Scientific.Keith has a strong background in application security and is the former host for 55 episodes on the Application

Hacking into Security #28 - Snowboarder to Security Advisor

Oct 11th, 2020 47m 11s

In this episode, we catch up with Toni James (@_tonijames), Security Advisor and CHCon co-organiser.Toni was a snowboarder, managing a large team but wanted more. She decided to go back to university as a mature student and mum. Not easy to j

Hacking into Security #27 - US Marine to Red Teaming and Purple Teaming, with @mubix (Rob Fuller)

Oct 3rd, 2020 50m 27s

In this episode, we catch up with @mubix (Rob Fuller), a is red teamer turned purple teamer. He started his career in the United States Marine Corps working with explosives and has gone on to have a highly successful career in the security indu

Hacking into Security #26 - Poker player, Developer, Penetration Tester, top 20 bug hunter and Global Head of Security Operations and Researcher Enablement at Bugcrowd, with Michael Skelton (@Codingo)

Sep 26th, 2020 39m 54s

In this episode, we catch up with Michael Skelton (@Codingo) Global Head of Security Operations and Researcher Enablement at Bugcrowd.Codingo has a non-traditional career path and he shares his journey on how he got to where he is, including th

Hacking Into Security #25 - From marketing to InfoSec Advocate & Activist, with Chloé Messdaghi

Sep 19th, 2020 39m 19s

In this episode, we catch up with Chloé Messdaghi, VP of Strategy at Point3 Security. Chloé is a humanitarian Advocate in the Cybersecurity space. She started her career in marketing but got the opportunity to move into infosec in 2017. Chloé s

Hacking Into Security #24 - Finding vulnerabilities, with Elliot Alderson (@fs0c131y) - Baptiste Robert

Sep 11th, 2020 35m 59s

In this episode, we catch up with Baptiste Robert, who goes by the handle @fs0c131y.Baptiste is a Security Researcher based in France with a big focus on android. We walk through his journey from graduating with a network and telecommunication

Hacking Into Security #23 - Finding vulnerabilities as a teenager, first job at 17, bug bounties and more, with Shubs - @infosec_au, @notnaffy

Sep 4th, 2020 40m 5s

In this episode, we catch up with Shubs (Shubham Shah, @infosec_au, @notnaffy), CTO of Assetnote.A passion for hacking grew early in Shubs' life. He was demonstrating good skills in hacking but faced with a tough decision at an early age. Follo

Hacking Into Security #22 - QA to Senior Security Advisor and beyond, with Brendan Seerup @SparkleOps

Aug 30th, 2020 32m 58s

In this episode, we catch up with Brendan Seerup, or sometimes better known as SparkleOps.Brendan is currently a Senior Security Advisor at REA Group, but less than 5 years ago he was working as a Quality Assurance Manager. Brendan talks about

Hacking Into Security #21 - Drone Security, with Mike Monnik - CTO of DroneSec

Aug 22nd, 2020 43m 35s

In this episode, we catch up with Mike Monnik, CTO of DroneSec, offensive security professional and Co-organiser of SecTalks Melbourne. Mike was advised early in his career to pick up a specialist area. That area turned out to be drones, and a

Hacking Into Security #20 - The origins of Hackers, with Iain Dickson, ComfyCon AU Founder, Cyber Technical Lead

Aug 15th, 2020 47m 31s

In this episode, we catch up with Iain Dickson, ComfyCon AU Founder, Cyber Technical Lead for Leidos Australia.Iain walks us through a presentation on the origins of Hackers and defines the different types of threat actors,

Hacking Into Security #19 - Advising CIOs on their first security hire, with Claire Pales

Aug 7th, 2020 27m 6s

In this episode, we catch up with Claire Pales. Claire is the Director and Founder of 27 Lanterns, author of The Secure CIO book, host of The Secure CIO podcast and mum of four. We cover Claire's unique insight as she comes from a security lead

Hacking Into Security #18 - VCs in cybersecurity and Unit 8200, with Ofer Schreiber

Jul 31st, 2020 38m 51s

In this episode, we catch up with Ofer Schreiber, Partner & Head of Israel Office at the American-Israeli venture capital firm, YL Ventures. We talk about the cybersecurity from the lens of a venture capital firm. Ofer shares his unique backgro

Hacking Into Security #17 - Becoming the World's first CISO, with Steve Katz

Jul 24th, 2020 42m 33s

In this episode, we catch up with Steve Katz, the World's first CISO. Steve became the CISO of Citigroup in 1995. We discuss Steve's journey leading up to the role, how it came about and with no blueprint to follow, what he did in the job. We a

Hacking Into Security #16 - The job of a CISO and more, with Craig Templeton

Jul 17th, 2020 40m 5s

In this episode, we catch up with Craig Templeton, CISO & GM Technology Platforms at REA Group.Craig is very open about the role of a CISO and what his job looks like. He shares advice to people wanting to progress in their career and the exper

Hacking Into Security #15 - The story of BSides with Jack Daniel

Jul 11th, 2020 37m 58s

In this episode, we catch up with one of the original co-founders and organisers of BSides.Jack talks about the origins and growth of BSides, what makes a BSides conference so unique and what it takes to run a conference.We also hear Jack's tho

Hacking Into Security #14 - Aesthetician to Senior Security Engineer at Netflix, with Wendy Zenone

Jul 4th, 2020 37m 22s

Wendy Zenone quit her job as an aesthetician at 38, learnt to code and has progressed to working at her dream company, Netflix.We have a fun chat discussing Wendy's journey from a very non IT role, learning to code, being a mom, landing her fir

Hacking Into Security #13 - Talking about building tools and graudit with Eldar Marcussen

Jun 27th, 2020 32m 43s

In this episode, we catch up with Security Researcher, pentester, trainer and Principal Security Engineer Eldar Marcussen.Eldar built the source code auditing tool graudit (grep rough audit). We discuss what it's like to build a tool and some o

Hacking Into Security #12 - Customer Support Agent to Security Manager at Mailchimp withBobby Stoskopf

Jun 20th, 2020 26m 1s

Bobby Stoskopf is a Security Manager at Mailchimp, a company where he started as a Customer Support Agent. We discuss Bobby's journey and how he became the company's first security employee and help build a security team. Bobby also shares tips

Hacking Into Security #11 - Cook to Threat Detection Engineer

Jun 14th, 2020 28m 13s

In this episode, we catch up with Zachary Mikus a Threat Detection Engineer.Zach left school at a young age, worked in his family business as a landscape gardener, become a cook and is now working hunting bots. Zach shares his personal story ab

Hacking Into Security #10 - OWASP and Application Security with Prashant Venkatesh

Jun 7th, 2020 25m 21s

We catch up with Prashant Venkatesh, a specialist in Application Security and an OWASP Bay Area Chapter Lead.With over 10 years of experience in building teams and uplifting environments in Application Security, we discuss what Application Secu

Hacking Into Security #9 - Pentester to CISO with Marc Bown

May 30th, 2020 29m 43s

In this episode, we speak with Afterpay CISO Marc Bown.Marc's career started on the technical side as a Penetration Tester and has progressed to become CISO for one of the fastest-growing e-commerce payment companies in the market.We discuss th

Hacking Into Security #8 - Social Engineering with Maxie Reynolds

May 24th, 2020 42m 12s

In this episode, we catch up with Maxie Reynolds, a specialist in Social Engineering. Maxie left Scotland at a relatively young age and has gone on to work around the world. She worked offshore on oil rigs, become a penetration tester at a big