Episode 269 Deep Dive: Sam Mackenzie | Critical Infrastructure Defence is Doable

In this episode, Sam Mackenzie, cybersecurity committee member from the Australian Computer Society, sheds light on the crucial aspects of protecting essential services from cyber threats. Offering valuable insights, Sam emphasizes the need for good practice, sharing learnings, threat intelligence, network segmentation, and clear communication of risk to address leadership challenges. Sam highlights the challenges and importance of protecting society from cyber-physical outcomes, the evolving threat landscape for professionals in critical infrastructure, and the significance of defending against social engineering attacks. Sam speaks straightforward cybersecurity and technology with business leaders in critical infrastructure. With 25 years’ experience at international corporations and household names in Australia, he’s created and led high performance teams in health, telecoms, energy and more recently in local government, focusing on using structured thinking and making the complex simple. Sam’s recent research project involves interviewing leaders of critical infrastructure in Australia to gain valuable industry insights. Sam also serves on the Cybersecurity Committee for the Australian Computer Society (ACS) and is building a new community of driven professionals, passionate about protecting critical infrastructure and keeping society safe.