Critical Conversations Season Two Episode Four

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   S2 · E9 · 22 Sep 2025 · 31 min

   Critical Conversations Season Two Episode Nine

   In Episode 9 of Season 2, Hamish Hansford, Head of National Security of the Department of Home Affairs sits down with Stephanie Crowe, Head of the Australian Signals Directorate’s (ASD’s) Australian Cyber Security Centre where they have a critical conversation about ASD’s evolved cyber security mission and priorities, quantum threats and collaborative partnerships.

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   S2 · E8 · 4 Aug 2025 · 30 min

   Critical Conversations Season Two Episode Eight

   In Episode 8 of Season 2, Sally Pfeiffer, First Assistant Secretary of the Critical Infrastructure Partnerships and Policy Division sits down with Jocelinn Kang, Technical Fellow at ASPI where they have a critical conversation about the vital role of subsea cables in Australia’s digital supply chain and building redundancy in this critical infrastructure.

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   S2 · E7 · 2 Jul 2025 · 28 min

   Critical Conversations Season Two Episode Seven

   In Episode 7 of Season 2, Sally Pfeiffer, First Assistant Secretary of the Critical Infrastructure Partnerships and Policy Division sits down with Colin Renouf, Chief Information Security Officer at Healius Limited, where they have a critical conversation about the multifaceted impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on cyber security and critical infrastructure.

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   S2 · E6 · 23 May 2025 · 29 min

   Critical Conversations Season Two Episode Six

   In Episode 6 of Season 2, Hamish Hansford, Deputy Secretary of Cyber and Infrastructure Security sits down with Matt Salier, CEO of the Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre (Aus3C), where they have a critical conversation about cross-sector collaboration, insider threats and cyber defence exercises.

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   S2 · E5 · 26 Mar 2025 · 23 min

   Critical Conversations Season Two Episode Five

   In episode 5 of season 2 Critical Conversations, Deputy Secretary Cyber and Infrastructure Security Hamish Hansford and David Sandell, CEO and co-founder of CI-ISAC, sit down to a conversation about threat sharing in the critical infrastructure environment.

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   S2 · E3 · 16 Jan 2025 · 34 min

   Critical Conversations Season Two Episode Three

   In episode 3 of season 2, First Assistant Secretary Justine Jones sits down with George Dionisopoulos, co-chair of the Data Sector Group for the Trusted Information Sharing Network. They discuss the threat of trusted insiders in the data sector & nationally how critical infrastructure entities can approach risk management.

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   S2 · E2 · 16 Dec 2024 · 27 min

   Critical Conversations Season Two Episode Two

   In episode 2 of season 2, Hamish Hansford Deput Secretary of Cyber and Infrastructure Security sits down with Rosemary Sinclair AM, the CEO of auDA. They discuss effective approaches to uplifting critical infrastructure and the importance of domain name systems.

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   S2 · E1 · 15 Nov 2024 · 42 min

   Critical Conversations Season Two Episode One

   In episode 1 of season 2, First Assistant Secretary Sally Pfeiffer of the Critical Infrastructure Partnerships and Policy Division sits down with Dawn Cappelli from Dragos. They discuss the business challenges associated with OT cyber security and the national level implications.

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   S1 · E5 · 28 Nov 2023 · 31 min

   Critical Conversations Season One Episode Five

   In this episode Hamish Hansford Deputy Secretary of Cyber and Infrastructure Security speaks with Louise Petschler, General Manager Education & Policy Leadership at the Australian Institute of Company Directors, about how Boards and Directors can address cyber risks.

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    S1 · E4 · 2 Nov 2023 · 33 min

    Critical Conversations Season One Episode Four

    In this episode Deputy Secretary Hamish Hansford and Ambassador of Ukraine in Australia, His Excellency Mr Vasyl Myroshnychenko, discuss protecting critical infrastructure assets and supply chains during times of conflict.