EPISODE · Feb 7, 2021 · 58 MIN
#48: Mike Monnik | CTO @ DroneSec
from The Young Professionals Podcast · host Luke Marriott and Nicholas Sargeant and Annie Storey at ADAPT Careers
The Young Professionals Podcast (TYPP), proudly brought to you by ADAPT Careers (https://adaptcareers.com.au) and co-hosted by Luke Marriott and Nicholas Sargeant (Sarge). Today we chat with Mike Monnik, Chief Technology Officer at DroneSec (https://dronesec.com), a leading consultant firm in the drone threat intelligence as a service industry, committed to ensuring optimal physical, digital and airspace security to drones. Mike started hacking as a hobby when he was a teenager and soon became interested in using his skills for the greater good, completing a Bachelor of IT Security & Networking at Deakin University (https://www.deakin.edu.au/course/bachelor-cyber-security). During his studies and after graduating, Mike has worked at the Australian Department of Defence (https://www1.defence.gov.au), BAE Systems (https://www.baesystems.com/en/home) where he tried his hand at Penetration Testing, Privasec (https://privasec.com) as a managing consultant running Red Teaming operations and now with DroneSec, a company he founded that has since been acquired. If you have a career story you would like to share, a role you would like to learn more about or any questions you would like us to ask young professionals, you can reach us through any of our social media that can be found at TYPP.com.au. We would love to hear from you!
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The Young Professionals Podcast (TYPP), proudly brought to you by ADAPT Careers (https://adaptcareers.com.au) and co-hosted by Luke Marriott and Nicholas Sargeant (Sarge). Today we chat with Mike Monnik, Chief Technology Officer at DroneSec (https://dronesec.com), a leading consultant firm in the drone threat intelligence as a service industry, committed to ensuring optimal physical, digital and airspace security to drones. Mike started hacking as a hobby when he was a teenager and soon became interested in using his skills for the greater good, completing a Bachelor of IT Security & Networking at Deakin University (https://www.deakin.edu.au/course/bachelor-cyber-security). During his studies and after graduating, Mike has worked at the Australian Department of Defence (https://www1.defence.gov.au), BAE Systems (https://www.baesystems.com/en/home) where he tried his hand at Penetration Testing, Privasec (https://privasec.com) as a managing consultant running Red Teaming operations and now with DroneSec, a company he founded that has since been acquired. If you have a career story you would like to share, a role you would like to learn more about or any questions you would like us to ask young professionals, you can reach us through any of our social media that can be found at TYPP.com.au. We would love to hear from you!
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