Clouded Views: Data Protection in Today's Electronic World

Name: Clouded Views - data protection in today's electronic world
Uploaded: 2024-10-30
Channel: Thomas Hamer
Description: Thomas Hamer, Navy veteran and AWS Solutions Architect, presents to the Royal United Service Institute of New South Wales. Using publicly available sources, he explains how cyberspace works and the shortcomings that could threaten national security, in language accessible to a general audience. A Q&A session is included.

Speaker: Thomas Hamer Published: 30 October 2024 Hosted by: Royal United Service Institute of NSW

Thomas Hamer, a Navy veteran of the Royal Australian Navy and AWS Solutions Architect, presents to the Royal United Service Institute of New South Wales. Using publicly available sources, the presentation lays bare how cyberspace works, focussing on the shortcomings that could be utilised to threaten national security.

The talk is delivered in language accessible to a general audience, making the concepts approachable for those without a deep technical background. Topics span data protection, the structure of the modern internet, and the practical security tradeoffs facing organisations and citizens.

About the speaker: Thomas served in the Persian Gulf in 2001 and participated in border protection operations with the Royal Australian Navy. He is currently a Staff Engineer at Commonwealth Bank, working on enterprise AWS platform engineering. He is the founder of the Zero Days Meetup in Sydney. More about Thomas →

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