AI, Cybersecurity and Sovereignty: Technology & Security Podcast
Was on the Technology & Security Podcast with the smart and lovely Miah Hammond-Errey just before Christmas 2024 - have been meaning to share the link.
Miah and I had a great chat where we traced my path from defending shopping centre digital systems against cyber threats to building higher education enterprise AI, data and security capabilities.
I did mention (again) that many organisations will be better served by smaller, domain-specific AI models rather than huge resource-intensive frontier systems. We also explored how boardrooms are shifting from basic cyber awareness to deeper engagement with AI risk, and highlighted the need for diverse, product-focused teams who can turn technical systems into practical processes. On security, I did highlight data integrity, warning about AI poisoning risks in critical systems, and called for Australian AI sovereignty through open-source and reduced dependence on foreign cloud and security providers.
And, as I often do, I urged leaders to get hands-on with AI and start using AI tools directly, so that they can understand their probabilistic nature, and anchor deployments in clear problems, ethics and user needs.
