Context, Collaboration, and Culture

Richard Addiscott, Director of IT Planning and Security at Curtin University presented the session “Three C’s of an effective information security program in the age of digital disruption: Context, Collaboration, and Culture.”

To ensure information security teams are really keeping in step with their organisations – as they’re being disrupted or if they’re the disruptor – these three elements provide the critical underpinnings of an effective information security program.  This presentation provided an insight into the high-level approach Richard and his team have adopted to deliver high-quality information security outcomes, including certification to the ISO 27001:2013 standard, at Curtin University.

ABOUT RICHARD ADDISCOTT
Richard Addiscott’s IT career spans 15 years and, since April 2015, has led Curtin University’s information security, IT planning and governance team. He has worked as an IT leader in some of Australia’s most secure environments across the National Security Community and was a Technical Advisor to the first Australian National Security Chief Information Officer. In the highly dynamic and competitive higher education sector, Richard’s primary focus is developing business aligned and risk-appropriate information security capabilities to assist generate business value in Curtin’s innovation fuelled digital environment. Richard holds a Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering from ECU, a Graduate Certificate in Public Sector Management, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre.

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