Whisky to Firewalls: Jason Murrell's Unconventional Path to Cybersecurity

Jason Murrell is a cybersecurity advocate and consultant with more than two decades of experience in business and entrepreneurship. In this episode Jason chats with host Cole Cornford about both the successes and setbacks he’s experienced in the startup world, including as a founding shareholder in Starward Whisky and co-founder of Altius Mining. In recent years Jason’s career has focused on cybersecurity, including roles such as COO of Cyber Aware and Group Executive of AustCyber. Jason and Cole chat about how Jason’s business experience helped shape his approach to cybersecurity, learning from mistakes, financial literacy, and plenty more. Secured by Galah Cyber with Cole Cornford website Time Stamps4:46 - Sharks as a metaphor for adversaries in cybersecurity9:40 - Financial literacy12:30 - Need for greater gender diversity14:30 - Learning financial literacy from running a business18:40 - How Jason’s business experience informed his approach to cybersecurity19:00 - Jason’s experience with the company Starward Whisky24:20 - Cle sees similarities between whiskey company and Galah Cyber25:40 - In business, approaching problems differently to the competition25:50 - Jason’s gold mining business26:30 - Raising millions for the gold mining business, only for it to be taken over28:00 - Learning more from mistakes than successes28:30 - In cyber, we shold learn from instances and mistakes better30:20 - Optus breach, and the imbalance of “one mistake and you’re hung drawn and quartered”Mentioned in this episode:Call for FeedbackThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrpSpotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/