Creating useful prompts
Introduction Before we get into creating a useful prompt a quick intro. I’ve just started a graduate certificate in AI for business. I see AI as almost a manifestation of a socio-technical system, what I’ve seen for far though is a focus on technical details, models, implementation etc. I’ve chosen to study this to balance […]
PQC Transition is a leadership challenge
Background One of the defining strategic challenges in contemporary cyber security is the emergence of cryptographically relevant quantum computers (CRQC), known as Q-Day (Chong, 2025). Once developed, they will break the traditional asymmetric cryptography which provides the basis for secure communication (CSIRO, 2025, p. ii). This creates risks for the future, systems will be vulnerable […]
Architecting Socio-Technical Organisational Trust
Introduction Author’s note: I’ve had some interesting and enlightening discussions recently with an old friend and former colleague, Aaron Sempf, on trust, control, and governance in the age of AI and automation. We’ve noted a convergence on a fault line in governance, and while we approach the problem from different angles, that overlap helped crystallise […]
OpenClaw, Closed Fist
What Autonomous AI Exposes About Cybersecurity Maturity Introduction OpenClaw (and its various recent names) provides a useful case study for examining a persistent weakness in contemporary cybersecurity practice. It is tempting to treat it as simply another risky tool, or as an example of users moving faster than security teams would like. That framing, however, […]
Aviation technology supply chain risk
This blog is also appeared in Australian Air Power Today, Winter 25, Volume 7 No. 2. During the past three years, over the course of my Master’s of Cyber Security, I have been investigating aviation cybersecurity: looking at vulnerabilities of System Wide Information Management, as planned in the ICAO GANP; investigating the SITA breach of […]
Zero-Trust Culture V: Capstone Strategy Proposal
Following on from Part IV: Report, this part of the capstone project will present a strategy proposal to achieve a human centred cybersecurity culture. NOTE: Following this project, the Commonwealth Government’s recently released Guiding Principles to embed a Zero Trust Culture. This proposal has been updated to demonstrate alignment with this. Task In this assessment […]
Zero-Trust Culture IV: Capstone Report
Following on from Part III: Presentation, this report will establish the importance of humans in our systems and explore how we can integrate zero-trust principles into operational security (opsec). Task Write a report that investigates the concepts raised in the previous presentations which: Report Table of contents Note: with the exception of “socio-technical” in this […]
Zero-Trust Culture III: Capstone Presentation
Following on from Part II: Intro, this report will establish the importance of humans in our systems and explore how we can integrate zero-trust principles into operational security (opsec). Task Create a ten minute minute presentation which builds on the previous presentation and: Presentation In this presentation we explore the human element of cybersecurity. Transcript […]
Zero-Trust Culture II: Capstone Intro
Following the university accepting my project proposal outlined in Part I: Pitch, this part of the capstone project will introduce the concept of zero-trust culture called for in the Australian 2023-2030 Cybersecurity Strategy, and explore how we can work towards it. Task Presentation In this presentation we explore what a zero-trust culture is and how […]
Zero-Trust Culture I: Capstone Pitch
Task The capstone project was the twelfth and final course of my masters. Students with an average grade of over 65% and willing external stakeholders are eligible to submit a proposal for an Externally Directed Project – this means they can design and run a project of their own instead of completing the university aligned […]