Hey y'all!

It is still October and a few days before I publish my #halloween short story with ghosts in Florence and all sorts of Halloweenish stuff... 🎃 so stay tuned in for that treat ( or trick? 👻 ) ... until then we can still talk about #cyberawarenessmonth or whatever #cybersecurity lead-gen rockstars and gurus (🙄) are spinning this excuse to market their product anyways....

A few days ago I published my conversation with Cybersecurity expert Jacqueline Jayne (JJ) where we spoke about her presentation at #cyberconmelbourne with the Australian Information Security Association (AISA) titled: Beyond Blame: Navigating the Digital World with Our #Kids.

It is about why #parenting in the digital age requires more than tech skills—and what really keeps #kidssafeonline.

🎯 As Australia prepares to ban social media for under 16s (December 10, 2025), JJ discusses why restriction isn't education and how parents can actually protect their children in a connected world.

KEY TOPICS COVERED:

The hidden language of emojis and what parents miss

Why cybersecurity professionals struggle to protect their own kids

Moving beyond blame in digital safety conversations

Practical conversation starters for different age groups

The impact of Netflix's "Adolescence" series on the debate

Australia's social media ban: what it means for families

How #gaming, #socialmedia, and #digitalliteracy intersect

ABOUT JACQUELINE JAYNE (JJ): Jacqueline Jayne specializes in the human element of cybersecurity with nearly a decade of experience. Her focus on digital safety for families addresses the gap between technical knowledge and real-world parenting challenges.

Listen to the podcast and subscribe here: https://redefining-society-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/beyond-blame-navigating-the-digital-world-with-our-kids-interview-with-jacqueline-jj-jayne-aisa-cybercon-melbourne-2025-coverage-on-location-with-sean-martin-and-marco-ciappelli

Check all my content on https://www.marcociappelli.com/

Or catch the video here: https://youtu.be/v-41rOVds-U

#OnlineSafety #ParentingInDigitalAge #Cybersecurity #SocialMediaSafety #DigitalLiteracy #AISACyberCon #CyberConMelbourne #ParentingTips #TeenSafety #InternetSafety

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

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

As you probably know by now, Sean Martin, CISSP and I are not going to be in Melbourne for #CyberCon with the Australian Information Security Association (AISA) this year... which really sucks as we had a great time there in 2024 - We met amazing people, created great content, and truly miss sharing quality time with the #cybersecurity community Down Under!

But this isn't stopping us from being virtually there by reconnecting with friends and meeting new ones while covering the event remotely.

So here's my conversation with the one and only Jacqueline Jayne (JJ) talking about her upcoming session: "Beyond Blame: Keeping Our Kids Safe Online" at CyberCon Melbourne (October 15-17, 2025).

There's something fundamentally broken in how we approach online safety for young people. We're quick to point fingers—at tech companies, at schools, at kids themselves—but JJ wants to change that conversation entirely.

Watch the teaser, then dive into the full episode:

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Highlights: https://youtu.be/xeu1sZ3KiiM

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Full episode: https://youtu.be/v-41rOVds-U

🎧 Audio: https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com/episodes/beyond-blame-navigating-the-digital-world-with-our-kids-interview-with-jacqueline-jj-jayne-aisa-cybercon-melbourne-2025-coverage-on-location-with-sean-martin-and-marco-ciappelli

What are your thoughts on this topic? Drop a comment!

#OnlineSafety #DigitalParenting #ParentingTips #KidsSafety #CyberConMelbourne #AISACyberCon #DigitalLiteracy #cybersecurity #infosec #technology #society

Megan Spielvogel CAE Ben Walkenhorst, GAICD ITSPmagazine