26. A Privacy Skills Crisis? with Dr. Jodie Siganto

Dr. Jodie Siganto is one of Australia's leading privacy experts, sought by government departments, international corporations, and Australian businesses to advise on privacy and data security-related matters.   Over her career, she has held in-house counsel roles for Tandem Computers, Unisys Asia and Dell. She also co-founded data security firm, Bridge Point Communications, which was sold to Telstra in 2014, and held leadership roles with industry groups including AISA. Jodie has been involved with a range of privacy and security industry groups, including as Chair of the AISA Policy Committee and AISA Education Director.  During the course of attaining her doctorate, Jodie coordinated extensive research into privacy in Australia. In this episode, Jodie will share the important links between information security and privacy, and the significance of being able to protect individuals. Expect to gain insight into a statistical analysis of the privacy skills shortage based on the results of her research. Hear the issues hindering privacy from a resourcing and recruiting perspective, and how they compare to similar issues facing the cybersecurity industry. Links: Itsecuritytraining.com.au LinkedIn Privacy 108 Time Stamps: 00:28 - Dr. Jodie Siganto's introduction and background 05:58 - What draws others into the cyber security industry 08:30 - A statistical interpretation to the cyber security skills shortage 11:18 - "Some of the traditional indicators of a skills shortage weren't present when we were looking at the data." - Dr. Jodie Siganto 14:00 - The importance of streamlining and standardising roles against the job titles 17:29 - Insight into privacy from a resourcing and recruiting perspective 21:50 - "The absence of [information security] now at a societal level would be enormously harmful." - Dr. Jodie Siganto 22:00 - Is there an obvious privacy skills crisis? 24:43 - Upskill your staff with proper fundamentals