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The Evolution of Cyber Defence: Edward Farrell's Journey from IT Ops to InfoSec
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Edward Farrell is Director & Principal Consultant for the Australian company Mercury Information Security Services. Edward has nearly two decades experience in the IT sector, having worked early on in network design and IT operations, before transitioning into a focus on infosec. He’s an Industry Fellow at the University of NSW, teaching in the cyber security masters program, and a board member and advisor to multiple organisations. In this episode, Cole Cornford chats with Edward about his career journey, using automation to make teams more efficient, his belief that the infosec industry would benefit from further professionalisation, and plenty more.
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Time Stamps
6:25 - Edward’s career background
10:00 - Did Edward enjoy living in Wollongong?
11:20 - Value of work experience while at Uni
14:00 - What led Edward to start his own business
15:40 - Using automation to make a business more efficient
18:10 - Career pathways within info security
19:00 - The big 4 firms in cybersecurity
20:40 - A broader issue with the Australian market
22:30 - Financial planning
25:40 - The best blog posts that Edward has written recently
27:10 - The professionalisation of cybersecurity
32:00 - Too many tech solutions, not enough service providers?
36:00 - Edward anecdote: one guy in the company who knows all the systems
37:20 - Rapid fire questions
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