Articles by the cybersecurity community

Guest Authors


Demystifying cybercrime and helping users of technology to understand cyber security, and increase awareness of cybercrime and privacy in the online world, takes collaboration, so guest writers are invited to share their articles that are on topic for this blog.  Cybercrime fighting is a team sport - we cannot fight this alone. I am very appreciative that my project is supported by so many well-respected infosec professionals. Below is a list of the guest writers.

Greg Sawyer

Greg Sawyer joined CAUDIT in January 2020 as Director, Cybersecurity Program. Prior to this Greg was seconded as the Strategic Initiatives Development Manager in 2019 from the University of Sydney. Greg has over 20 years’ experience in the Higher Education sector between the University of Sydney and UNSW Sydney.


 Shelly Mills

Shelly is an experienced communications and project officer, currently working in data governance for a G8 University. Shelly has a keen interest in cyber security and uses this to support the cyber security team at her workplace by contributing her expertise to cybercrime awareness initiatives. She is passionate about cyber security and uses her strong communication skills to support others in this field. 








Jacob Weller


Jacob Weller is a virtuoso who is highly experienced Information Technology Officer at University of Queensland. He prides himself in being passionate about contributing to the improvement of Technology whilst being an experienced IT Professional, in a wide range of areas, including Desktop Support, Service Desk Analysis, System Administration and Cyber Security. Jacob's keen interest in cyber security revolves around awareness and helping to develop programs and initiatives to keep people informed and aware of threats and prevention.







James Meikle is a management consultant working alongside leadership as their cyber lead on their security and digital transformation program and project journeys. Diverse industry experience across state and federal 
Government, finance, game development, and manufacturing. James uses his 25+ years in technology to positively influence outcomes and help people. In his spare time James likes to play computer games with his children and dabble in IoT automation."








Sasenka Abeysooriya  

Sasenka is a skilled and passionate strategist, innovative thinker and strong communicator with over ten years IT experience. He has extensive skills across strategy, governance, enterprise architecture, portfolio management, data and information management, risk transformation and business analysis.




Ross Marston


  • Serial Geek for a VERY long time
  • Owner of a bunch of post-nominals no one cares about.
  • Proud family man.
  • Network Engineer, Pen Tester (not a job at Office Works btw), DF, IR, MSP owner.
  • Cyber Security Consultant in all sorts of capacities.
  • Worked in everything from Government to global enterprise to small business in various Information Security related capacities over 30 years.
  • Passionate Cyber Security improvement advocate



Laura Jiew and Sean McIntyre from AusCERT

AusCERT is a Cyber Emergency Response Team (CERT) based in Australia. They help members prevent, detect, respond and mitigate cyber-based attacks. As a not-for-profit security group based at The University of Queensland Australia, they  deliver 24/7 service to members alongside a range of comprehensive tools to strengthen their cyber security strategy and posture.


Nicole Stephensen


Nicole Stephensen from Groundup Consulting offers expert privacy advisory and capacity building services across all our project streams. Her trusted approach to strategic privacy uplift is a cornerstone for Ground Up’s program of work.

A globally recognised privacy leader with two decades in public policy, regulatory and industry forums, Nicole founded Ground Up in 2011.





Louisa Vogelenzang

 1st degree connection 
Leading Kroll Australia's Cyber Risk Practice | Co-founder & Director of @WomenSpeakCyber









Simon Stahn of Adrenalan