Damien Manuel

Articles by: Damien Manuel

Australia’s cyber security strategy: Cash for cyber police and training, but the cyber devil is in the cyber detail

11th August 2020

Damien Manuel – Centre for Cyber Security Solutions, Deakin University

ANALYSIS: Last week saw the release of Australia’s long-awaited Cyber Security Strategy, and a pledge to spend A$1.67 billion over the next decade. Damien Manuel, Director of the Centre for Cyber Security Solutions at Australia's Deakin University, looks at how the funding will be used – and who will be the main winners and losers.

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Damien Manuel
Director, Centre for Cyber Security Solutions, Deakin University
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Damien Manuel is the Director of the Centre for Cyber Security Research & Innovation (CSRI) at Deakin University and Chairman of the Australian Information Security Association (AISA). Damien has more than 25 years of experience in cyber security, business governance, compliance and risk management. In his former role as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Symantec Australia and New Zealand, Damien worked with senior executives in the region to align security architectures to industry best practices. He also worked as a senior information security governance manager and later as an enterprise IT and security risk manager at National Australia Bank (NAB), where he was responsible for managing the bank’s information security standard globally. He also held senior roles at RSA, Telstra and Melbourne IT. Damien has helped develop and write industry certification such as Server+, Network+, Security+ and CompTIA’s Advanced Security Practitioner certification and sits on the Board of the Oceania Cyber Security Centre (OCSC) and CompTIA’s Executive Advisory Committee in the USA. Damien’s passion for making a difference motivated him to establish Information Technology community resource centres to improve literacy and skills in impoverished and disadvantaged communities in Kenya, Laos, Uganda and Cambodia. Underpinning his experience is a diverse educational grounding ranging from the highest security, audit and governance certifications complemented by an Executive MBA with an international business focus.