Patna: AISF–AIPWA Assembly March for Justice for the Daughters of Bihar.

A police lathi‑charge halted an AISA‑AIPWA march in Patna, injuring women protestors as they demanded justice for the NEET student case and other crimes against women.

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Patna: State‑wide “Save the Daughter, Justice Yatra” Launches Amid Outcry Over Rising Violence.

A statewide “Save the Daughter, Justice Yatra” led by AIPWA’s Meena Tiwari launched across Bihar to demand justice for the murdered NEET student and broader safety for women.

Aliyesha

More ITSPmagazine's Remote - yet amazing - CyberCon Melbourne Coverage!

Sean Martin, CISSP and I reconnected with our friend Tim Brown, CISO at SolarWinds, who is keynoting the event talking about Leading Through Crisis, Trust, Context, and Resilience.

Tim Brown's job changed overnight. December 11th, he was managing security operations at SolarWinds. December 12th, he was leading response to one of cybersecurity's most scrutinized incidents.

We caught up with our longtime friend from New York and Florence to Melbourne ahead of his keynote at #AISA CyberCon. Tim became the first CISO ever charged by the SEC—a distinction nobody wants, but one that shaped his mission to help others prepare for their own crisis moments.

What saved SolarWinds? Implicit trust. The war room team operated without second-guessing because relationships were built before December 2020.

Tim's CIO handled deployment. Engineering investigated the build system. Marketing and legal managed their domains. Everyone knew their role.

"400 engineers focused completely on security for six months in pure focus.

When you say it with emotion, it conveys the real cost," Tim explains. Written communication failed during the incident. People needed to hear, to feel the weight of decisions in real time.

Tim now mentors aspiring #CISOs through the RSA Conference CISO Bootcamp, teaching the non-technical aspects of security leadership: board communication, managing stress, building culture. He's candid about the toll—including a heart attack in Zurich the week his SEC charges were announced—and why finding your safe place isn't a luxury, it's survival.

His CyberCon keynote covers incident response stages and how culture determines who steps up versus who runs away when crisis hits.

Watch or listen:

🎬 Full Interview: https://youtu.be/4jqx_IshhWI

🎧 Podcast: https://itspradio.com/episodes/first-ciso-charged-by-sec-tim-brown-on-trust-context-and-leading-through-crisis-interview-with-tim-brown-aisa-cybercon-melbourne-2025-coverage-on-location-with-sean-martin-and-marco-ciappelli

🎬 Highlights: https://youtu.be/z5_GJEuBNdU

Click here for the full coverage with more interviews with Jacqueline Jayne, Amberley Brady, and more to come!

If you're leading security teams or aspiring to, Tim's lessons are essential. Build trust now, before you need it.

#CISO #Leadership #IncidentResponse #Cybersecurity #CyberConMelbourne #SolarWinds #CrisisManagement #SecurityLeadership #infosec

Trust, Context & Resilience: SolarWinds CISO Tim Brown on Leading Through Crisis CYBERCON25 Keynote

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Virtual Coverage for Australian Information Security Association (AISA) #CyberCon2025 Melbourne | Episode 2: Amberley Brady on Food #Security & #Cybersecurity

"Everyone Is Protecting My Password, But Who Is Protecting My Toilet Paper?" 🤔

Sean Martin, CISSP and I continue our virtual coverage of #AISA #CyberConMelbourne with Amberley Brady, who's asking a question most cybersecurity professionals may have not considered much: who's protecting our #food supply?

Australia produces food for 70 million people. That food moves through autonomous tractors, sensor networks, and supply chain software—critical infrastructure that's largely unprotected. Farmers get paid 40 cents per kilo while consumers pay $2.50. The markup? Invisible. The vulnerabilities? Everywhere.

Amberley built a platform to expose pricing transparency and advocate for an "Essential Nine" in Australia's cybersecurity framework—adding the human firewall to the technical Essential Eight.

She's presenting twice at CyberCon Melbourne (October 15-17):

📅 "Don't Outsource Your Thinking"

📅 "Everyone is Protecting My #Password, But No One's Protecting My Toilet Paper"

Watch or listen:

🎬 Full Interview: https://youtu.be/VI08C287PJY

🎧 Podcast: https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com/episodes/everyone-is-protecting-my-password-but-who-is-protecting-my-toilet-paper-interview-with-amberley-brady-aisa-cybercon-melbourne-2025-coverage-on-location-with-sean-martin-and-marco-ciappelli

🎬 Highlights: https://youtu.be/kkUYgh_T9ZY

Thoughts on food security as critical infrastructure? Drop a comment.

#FoodSecurity #Cybersecurity #CriticalInfrastructure #CyberConMelbourne #AISACyberCon #infosec #globalmarkets ITSPmagazine Ben Walkenhorst, GAICD Zoe Wagner Megan Spielvogel CAE

Protecting Your Password But Not Your Toilet Paper? Food Security & Cybersecurity at CyberCon 2025

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View from the #tasict / #aisa conference on Thursday
Next up: "The Revolution in Financial Services and the Challenges Ahead for Information Security" - Michael Harte, CBA #aisa
Bruce Schneier didn't want to sit next to me... #aisa http://post.ly/3qeLY
#aisa 700 security professionals present
#aisa thanks to the volunteers http://t.co/9cpBkIWH