Thursday 

Room 3 

15:00 - 16:00 

(UTC+10

Talk (60 min)

Understanding the Cyber Security Acronym Soup

Over the last several decades, international standards bodies and governments have developed an acronym soup of cyber security standards. We commonly hear: SOC ISO/IEC, PCIE, ESTI, CIS, IRAP, ISPC; but how much do we really understand the goals, purposes and impacts on these standards?

Agile
Cloud
DevOps
Ethics
Methodology
Process
People
Security

In this session, we will be diving into some of these standards, with the aim of answering two critical questions:
• What does it mean for an organisation to be compliant with these standards?
• What does it mean for consumers of IT services when a provider or vendor has these certification?
• How can consumers be confident that their IT service providers/vendors are actually following the processes outlined in these standards?

In this presentation I am going to describe the who, what, when, where and why of cyber security standards; their implications on customers, development, security and operation teams; and how they may being positive and negative change to company culture.

Kieran Jacobsen

Kieran Jacobsen (he/him) recently joined Phocas Software as the Head of Business Systems. Kieran combines his passion for business process automation, systems integration, and cybersecurity to help organisations rapidly grow and evolve.

Kieran’s involvement in the technology community has seen him present at Microsoft’s Ignite the Tour, NDC Sydney, and CrikeyCon. Kieran is well known for his security focused presentations that blend real-world examples with storytelling.

Microsoft has recognised Kieran’s contributions to the community by awarding him with their Most Valuable Professional since 2017. Kieran is also a member of the GitKraken Ambassador Program.

Kieran lives in Melbourne, Australia with his Husband, and Burmese cat. In his spare time, Kieran enjoys computer games, Dungeons & Dragons, boardgames and Melbourne’s amazing food culture.