DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES by Emily Goodman, Cyber Security Consultant at EY Jay Hira, Director of Cyber Transformation at EY Sarah Box, CyBox101 (consultancy) Baby Lyn Nagayo, Cyber Security Manager at EY Kavika Singhal, Cyber Security Consultant at EY
INTRODUCTION
As an adolescent I had no idea about paying bills or mortgages, the tough real estate market, the process of getting a bank to grant a loan, or the determination and hard work needed to save sufficient money for
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a deposit. I simply wanted something, and I wanted it quick.
When I was growing up there was a house for sale in the next suburb. My family and I went to the open
As human beings the notion of ‘get-rich-quick’ is
house where the real estate agent selling it put on a
appealing. The wealth we seek may not always be
grand display to show the house’s best aspects.
financial. It could be a new bike, the latest fashion item, or perhaps a new phone we have had our eye
I remember walking through the wide front door and
on. This theme also runs through the evolution of the
seeing a pianist playing on a white grand piano. As we
cybersecurity industry. I got together with some of
walked through the house we saw modern, spacious
my cybersecurity mentors and friends to explore and
rooms and living areas with chandeliers shining
share our different perspectives around this theme.
brightly. Outside, the garden was filled with greenery, the pool’s water fountain flowed and glistened on that hot summer’s day. It was the perfect house. My dream house. It was all a mere twelve-year-old could
STORY 1: WANT OR NEED
ever want. At the time this house was worth a few million Australian dollars, and I wished my parents would buy it. I even asked my mother if she could purchase it using her credit card!
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Thinking back, seeing that dream house I wanted
I was thirteen and the only one of my group of friends
so much to live in was a picture-perfect moment.
without a bike. I wanted one so I could join all the bike
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