Cybersecurity Advisory Series Webinar
Cyber Resilience in a Shifting Threat Landscape
Join the latest Cybersecurity Advisory Series featuring special guest speaker, James Paterson, Liberal Senator for Victoria and Shadow Minister for Home Affairs and the Shadow Minister for Cyber Security.
The Senator was previously Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, and previously Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Foreign Interference Through Social Media.
Hosted by Glenn Maiden, Director of Threat Intelligence at FortiGuard Labs ANZ at Fortinet, the webinar will delve into the latest insights from Fortinet’s Threat Landscape Report – a Semiannual Report from FortiGuard Labs.
Join this webinar and learn:
- The critical intersection of cybersecurity and national security, shedding light on the increasing significance of protecting digital assets in today’s interconnected world
- What the region can learn from the strategic direction that Australia is taking to safeguard its cyber infrastructure and protect against evolving threats
- Why a holistic platform-based approach is vital to help secure critical infrastructure
Guest Speaker:
James Paterson is a Liberal Senator for Victoria and is the Shadow Minister for Home Affairs and Shadow Minister for Cyber Security. First elected in March 2016 at age 28, Senator Paterson is the youngest Liberal ever elected to the Senate.
During his time in the Senate, he has fought for Australia’s prosperity, freedom, democracy and sovereignty. Senator Paterson was appointed the Shadow Minister for Cyber Security and the Shadow Minister for Countering Foreign Interference by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton. Cyber attacks and foreign interference are two of the most serious contemporary threats to Australia’s national security.
He was the Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security from February 2021 until May 2022. During this time, Senator Paterson oversaw a record-high workload in response to Australia’s changing security environment, handing down 23 reports relating to Australia’s national security in just 12 months.
Senator Paterson has also served as the deputy chair of the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19, the chair of the Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services and the Senate Finance and Public Administration Committee. Senator Paterson is also the Australian co-chair of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China; co-patron of Liberal Friends of Israel; and deputy chair of the Modest Members Society – a group of Coalition MPs committed to championing economic freedom.
Prior to entering the Senate, James was Deputy Executive Director of free market think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs. He previously worked for the Victorian Employers’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VECCI), and in the office of then Senator the Hon. Mitch Fifield. He has a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne. James is a member of the Richmond Football Club and lives in Melbourne with his wife Lydia, their two children and a cavoodle.
Moderator:
Glenn Maiden is the director of threat intelligence at FortiGuard Labs Australia and New Zealand. His focus is on threat intelligence sharing to help Australian and New Zealand organisations protect themselves from current and emerging threats.
Glenn has more than 20 years of experience in the technology sector, including leadership roles at Shearwater Solutions, where he worked as the cybersecurity architect for a large Defence project and assisted government organisations in managing their cyber risk. He also worked at Lockheed Martin Australia, where he ran cyber operations for the organisation’s Defence Centralised Processing project. Glenn also worked at the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) as the agency’s cybersecurity security advisor and with the Australian Intelligence Community (AIC), where he led a range of activities including threat analysis and reporting as well as providing support to Defence operations.