why this is so important

Why CyberNexus is needed

Australia is currently facing a critical shortage in its cybersecurity workforce. This deficiency poses significant security risks and digital sovereignty risks and hinders the country's growth potential through innovation-based economic strategies.

The cybersecurity skills gap and an increasingly volatile geopolitical environment have escalated beyond a market failure to a national security crisis. The Federal government’s ambitious plans to restructure the economy, potentially more significant than the industrial and information revolutions, further heighten the need for a robust cybersecurity workforce.

  • the real situation in Australia

  • 69% of Australian Chief Information Security Officers have identified Cyber Awareness & Skills as their top priority. This statistic highlights the pressing need for a coordinated national effort to address the cybersecurity skills gap.

    - the why

  • The cybersecurity skills gap and an increasingly volatile geopolitical environment have escalated beyond a market failure to a national security crisis.

    - the why

  • The Federal government’s ambitious plans to restructure the economy, potentially more significant than the industrial and information revolutions, further heighten the need for a robust cybersecurity workforce.

    - the why

“Building and sustaining industry partnerships at scale is very difficult”

Universities

“We don’t even look at University Graduates. They don’t have the requisite experience”

Industry

The challenging of delivering on this agenda is very difficult in the legacy environment. This is what we’ve heard.

“The Taxpayer is being charged $3,000 a day for junior cyber resources. With increasing threats, something has to give”

Government

CyberNexus Aspirations

  • Compress 15 years of cybersecurity skills training into just five years.

  • Ensure the initiative aligns with the best interests of the Australian taxpayer by maximizing impact and efficiency.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.

This is a nation building opportunity

Accelerate Skills Development:

Speed up the process of training and deploying cybersecurity professionals.

Promote Collaboration:

Create hubs where government, corporations, and educational institutions can collaborate on skills development, participate in simulated cyber exercises, and compete in “cyber games,” including with international partners.

Foster innovation

Position CyberNexus locations as centers of innovative activity and destinations for cybersecurity excellence.

Meet the Team (update this)

  • Monet Goode

    FOUNDER

  • Emmett Marsh

    DESIGN DIRECTOR

  • Eleanor Parks

    SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR

  • Karl Holland

    SALES MANAGER

  • Jaya Dixon

    MARKETING DIRECTOR

  • Jamie Kokot

    CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER

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