Government interference in Australia's premier cybersecurity conference is a worry
It seemed like a good idea at the time. Roll the government's Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) conference into the professional Australian Information Security Association (AISA) conference to create a great, big, mega cyber-conference.
But from day one, it's looked like this might not have been such a good idea after all.
Succumbing to what this writer understands to have been very heavy pressure from a "partner" -- the ACSC of course -- AISA dumped two speakers from the program with only a week's notice.
The speakers were told they were "incongruent" with the content of CyberCon, officially known as the Australian Cybersecurity Conference, which kicked off in Melbourne on Tuesday. No further information has been given.
