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Everything published here since 2010: articles, notes from events, team openings and recommended reading.

2026

  1. We're hiring: Head of Risk, Technology and Information (line 2)

    Careers & HiringRisk & Regulation

  2. Building Australia’s Next Cyber Talent

    Learning & Certification

  3. We're hiring: Technology Controls Assurance Senior Analyst

    Careers & Hiring

  4. We’re hiring: Senior Security Architect

    Careers & Hiring

  5. Personal Access Tokens Have No Place In Modern Development Pipelines

    ArticleCyber Security

  6. ISACA Sydney Chapter July Forum

    Cyber SecurityAIEvents & Speaking

  7. Factor CIO Conference

    Cyber SecurityEvents & Speaking

  8. Cyber Risk is a Trade-Off Problem

    ArticleCyber SecurityRisk & Regulation

  9. We’re hiring: Principal, Entreprise AI Risk

    Careers & HiringRisk & RegulationAI

  10. FS-ISAC Forum in Melbourne

    Cyber SecurityEvents & Speaking

  11. Claude Mythos and the Next Shift in Cyber Security

    ArticleCyber SecurityAI

  12. We’re hiring: Head of Information Security

    Careers & Hiring

  13. Cybersecurity Study Group: (ISC)² Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)

    Cyber SecurityLearning & Certification

  14. We’re hiring: Senior Cyber Defence and Response Specialist

    Careers & Hiring

  15. Geopolitics Is Now a Technology Risk

    ArticleRisk & Regulation

  16. Cybersecurity Study Group: (ISC)² Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)

    Cyber SecurityLearning & Certification

  17. We’re hiring: Senior Security Architect

    Careers & Hiring

  18. You Can’t Secure What You Can’t See: The Case for SBOMs

    ArticleCyber Security

  19. We’re hiring: Security Services Senior Specialist (AppSec)

    Careers & Hiring

  20. We’re hiring: 2x Enterprise Security Architects

    Careers & Hiring

  21. Agentic AI's Identity Crisis

    ArticleCyber SecurityAI

2025

  1. Australian School Cyber Challenge 2026

    Cyber SecurityLearning & Certification

  2. Looking for a Cyber Engineering Specialist

    Careers & Hiring

  3. Cyber Security Awareness Month 2025

    Cyber SecurityLearning & Certification

  4. Quantum Computing and the Future of Encryption

    ArticleCyber Security

  5. Cyber Awareness Month 2025

    Cyber SecurityLearning & Certification

  6. David Gee's new book

    Cyber SecurityGood Reads

  7. “Your Bank is Calling” - AMP Bank GO adds Caller-Verification to Fight Scams

    Cyber Security

  8. Journey to Scrum
  9. ISACA Sydney Chapter June Forum

    Cyber SecurityEvents & Speaking

  10. Looking for a Senior Cloud Security Architect

    Careers & Hiring

  11. Looking for a Security Service Senior Specialist (AppSec & Pen Test)

    Careers & Hiring

  12. ISC2 Sydney Chapter Inaugural Meeting

    Cyber SecurityEvents & SpeakingLearning & Certification

  13. Cyber Risk Monitoring

    ArticleCyber SecurityRisk & Regulation

2024

  1. CGEIT Certification

    Learning & Certification

  2. Risk Management in Technology

    ArticleCyber SecurityRisk & Regulation

  3. Looking for a Security Services Senior Specialist

    Careers & Hiring

  4. New role

2023

  1. Looking for new CISO @ HSBC

    Careers & Hiring

  2. Security Operations

    ArticleCyber SecurityLearning & Certification

  3. Network Security

    ArticleCyber SecurityLearning & Certification

  4. Network Concepts

    ArticleCyber SecurityCloud & InfrastructureLearning & Certification

  5. Access Management

    ArticleCyber SecurityLearning & Certification

  6. Incident Response, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

    ArticleCyber SecurityRisk & RegulationLearning & Certification

  7. Key Security Principles

    ArticleCyber SecurityLearning & Certification

  8. Certified in CyberSecurity - Your Journey to Certification

    ArticleCyber SecurityLearning & Certification

  9. Ensuring CyberSecurity in Vendor Management

    ArticleCyber Security

  10. Adapt Security Edge 2023

    Cyber SecurityEvents & Speaking

  11. NSA's Best Practices for Security your Home Network

    Cyber Security

  12. ChatGPT and the future of CyberSecurity

    ArticleCyber SecurityAI

  13. New certification: Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP)

    Learning & Certification

2022

  1. New certification: Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)

    Learning & Certification

  2. Your Home under Cyber Attack

    ArticleCyber Security

  3. Free (ISC)² Cybersecurity Certification Exams

    Cyber SecurityLearning & Certification

  4. Open IT Risk Manager role

    Careers & HiringRisk & Regulation

  5. Janet Jackson had the power to crash laptop computers

    Cyber SecurityGood Reads

  6. Open Junior Cybersecurity Analyst role in HSBC Australia

    Careers & Hiring

  7. The CIA Triad (explained to non-security people)

    ArticleCyber Security

  8. Vulnerability Management (explained to non-security people)

    ArticleCyber Security

  9. Australia's overheated property market has become a target for hackers — and they're scamming millions

    Cyber SecurityGood Reads

2021

  1. What, exactly, is cybersecurity? And why does it matter?

    Cyber SecurityGood Reads

  2. Congratulations Avenue Bank
  3. Global News Podcast 🎧 Afghanistan Special

    Good Reads

  4. Google says it created a time crystal in a quantum computer

    Good Reads

  5. Up to 1,500 businesses infected in one of the worst ransomware attacks ever

    Cyber SecurityGood Reads

  6. Critical CISO Initiatives for the Second Half of 2021

    Cyber SecurityGood Reads

  7. New role: HSBC
  8. The Lazarus Heist 🎧 Podcast

    Cyber SecurityGood Reads

  9. Stop using your work laptop or phone for personal stuff, because I know you are

    Cyber SecurityGood Reads

  10. New role: Introducing Avenue

2020

  1. Open to new opportunities
  2. Xinja is closing deposit accounts
  3. In a time of change, identity has become the key to security - Webminar

    Cyber SecurityEvents & Speaking

  4. Defence in Depth

    ArticleCyber Security

  5. Xinja emails get maximum security score

    Cyber Security

  6. Incident Response and Breach Impact Minimisation Panel

    Cyber SecurityEvents & Speaking

  7. Xinja is now PCI DSS compliant certified

    Cyber SecurityCloud & InfrastructureLearning & Certification

  8. Future of Security Conference

    Cyber SecurityRisk & RegulationEvents & Speaking

  9. Future of Security Conference

    Cyber SecurityRisk & RegulationEvents & Speaking

  10. Understanding the Payload-Less Email Attacks Evading Your Security Team

    Cyber SecurityGood Reads

  11. Read about Xinja's Journey to the Cloud

    Cloud & Infrastructure

  12. How to become a Fierce Female Leader in Cybersecurity Meetup

    Cyber SecurityEvents & Speaking

  13. Watch outs for Working From Home

    Cyber Security

  14. Security GRC Manager role @ Xinja

    Careers & Hiring

  15. Future of Security Conference, Sydney

    Cyber SecurityRisk & RegulationEvents & Speaking

  16. CPS 234 NSW Morning Briefing

    Cyber SecurityRisk & RegulationEvents & Speaking

  17. Digital Identity and Authentication

    ArticleCyber SecurityCloud & Infrastructure

  18. CPS 234 NSW Morning Briefing

    Cyber SecurityRisk & RegulationEvents & Speaking

  19. Ditch Dad Banking

2019

  1. DevOps role @ Xinja

    Careers & Hiring

  2. What is Identity Theft? (a beginner guide)

    ArticleCyber Security

  3. Is Australia struggling from a bout of breach fatigue

    Cyber SecurityGood Reads

  4. The rise of the Neobanks: How they challenge traditional banking

    Risk & RegulationGood Reads

  5. Unto the breach: let’s face up to data security

    Cyber Security

  6. Cyber Attack Conference Sydney 2019

    Cyber SecurityEvents & Speaking

  7. Let's. Go.
  8. Xinja is #5 top startups to work for now!
  9. Australian banks face secret penetration tests

    Cyber SecurityRisk & Regulation

  10. What will future jobs look like?

    Good Reads

  11. Super Risk Symposium - Melbourne 14/08

    Risk & RegulationEvents & Speaking

  12. Security Designer @ Xinja

    Careers & Hiring

  13. Info Sec GRC Manager @ Xinja

    Careers & Hiring

  14. DevSecOps role @ Xinja

    Careers & Hiring

  15. Security Analyst role @ Xinja

    Careers & Hiring

  16. Your inbox is spying on you

    Cyber SecurityGood Reads

  17. Super Risk Symposium - Melbourne 14/08

    Risk & RegulationEvents & Speaking

  18. RBA details disaster recovery efforts

    Risk & RegulationGood Reads

  19. Is your cybersecurity training reaching the right people?

    Cyber SecurityGood Reads

  20. Want to Take Better Notes? Ditch the Laptop for a Pen and Paper

    Good Reads

  21. Conference Transcript: Building an Information Security Policy Framework

    ArticleCyber SecurityRisk & RegulationEvents & Speaking

  22. Microsoft Patches ‘Wormable’ Flaw in Windows XP, 7 and Windows 2003

    Cyber SecurityCloud & Infrastructure

  23. Tapping into the power of humble narcissism

    Good Reads

  24. First State Super integrates advice, overhauls leadership

    Risk & Regulation

  25. Creating a Secure Bring-Your-Own-Device Strategy

    ArticleCyber SecurityCloud & Infrastructure

  26. How to keep human bias out of AI

    AIGood Reads

  27. "Implementing CPS 234" conference

    Risk & RegulationEvents & Speaking

  28. Public Cloud ☁️ - Australia and New Zealand Regulatory Landscapes

    ArticleRisk & RegulationCloud & Infrastructure

  29. Microsoft is privately testing 'Bali,' a way to give users control of data collected about them

    Cloud & InfrastructureGood Reads

  30. How to break bad management habits before they reach the next generation of leaders

    Good Reads

  31. Happy New Year 2019! 🎉

2018

  1. What the Marriott Breach Says About Security

    Cyber Security

  2. APRA CPS 234: Are you ready?

    ArticleCyber SecurityRisk & Regulation

  3. Facebook Security Breach Exposes Accounts of 50 Million Users

    Cyber Security

  4. Open Position: Database Administrator

    Careers & Hiring

  5. Open Position: Senior Information Security Analyst (Sydney)

    Careers & Hiring

  6. Open Position: Senior Security Analyst (Melbourne)

    Careers & Hiring

  7. Security 101 – Why is it not safe to share sensitive information by email?

    ArticleCyber Security

  8. Understanding Meltdown and Spectre

    ArticleCyber SecurityCloud & Infrastructure

2013

  1. Action(s) might rise again

    Action(s) Archive

  2. End of support (at least for now)

    Action(s) Archive

2012

  1. Time for a good action - City2Surf 2012
  2. Yes, we're still there!

    Action(s) Archive

2011

  1. Action(s) 1.1.8 released

    Action(s) Archive

  2. Certificate for Action(s)

    Action(s) Archive

  3. Triggering workflow on folder events

    Action(s) Archive

  4. Action(s) 1.1.7 released

    Action(s) Archive

  5. Thank You Steve
  6. Action(s) 1.1.6 released

    Action(s) Archive

  7. Mouse and Keyboard Pack updated

    Action(s) Archive

  8. Send a file via FTP and much more

    Action(s) Archive

  9. app.jbbres.com is taking part in the City2Surf
  10. New tutorial video: Using Variables in Action(s)

    Action(s) Archive

  11. New tutorial video: Creating Loops with Action(s)

    Action(s) Archive

  12. Action(s) is on Serbian TV

    Action(s) Archive

  13. Action(s) 1.1.5 released

    Action(s) Archive

  14. Action(s) 1.1.4 released

    Action(s) Archive

  15. More Internet Actions

    Action(s) Archive

  16. Tips & Tricks: File Renaming and Date Format

    Action(s) Archive

  17. Using Action(s) with your iPhone

    Action(s) Archive

  18. Action(s) 1.1.3 released

    Action(s) Archive

  19. You asked, we listened: Action(s) 1.1 available

    Action(s) Archive

  20. Action(s) 1.1 Release Candidate available now!

    Action(s) Archive

  21. Happy New Year 2011

2010

  1. Happy Holidays
  2. Action(s), as seen on TV

    Action(s) Archive

  3. The Robot, the Apple and the Coffee Bean

    ArticleAction(s) Archive

  4. Help us to make Action(s) better

    Action(s) Archive

  5. Convert to JPEG

    Action(s) Archive

  6. A new video tutorial from Lifehacker.com

    Action(s) Archive

  7. Action(s) 1.0.1 released

    Action(s) Archive

  8. FreewareGenuis pick

    Action(s) Archive

  9. Action(s) turns 1

    Action(s) Archive

  10. A Video Introduction to Action(s)

    Action(s) Archive

  11. Last Stop before the Big 1

    Action(s) Archive

  12. A good action
  13. Action(s) hits the top 5% rated on developer.com

    Action(s) Archive

  14. News collections of actions

    Action(s) Archive

  15. A Little Update

    Action(s) Archive

  16. Get More Actions

    Action(s) Archive

  17. The Community Forums are open

    Action(s) Archive

  18. New Action(s) beta

    Action(s) Archive

  19. Introducing Action(s)

    Action(s) Archive