Thread by @SueletteD

2/16 Silencing expert voices in the cybersecurity discussion space is a
strategy for weakness not strength, as any Red Team expert would tell
you. #CyberCon #CensorCon

3/16 The @CyberGovAU removed me from the #AISA #CyberCon speakers list
8 days b4 the event. Reason: my talk content was 'incongruent' w/ the
largest cybersec conf in AU. Yet they had not seen my talk content yet.
#CensorCon #cyber #infosec #cybersecurity #informationsecurity

4/16 #CyberCon removed me from the speakers list based on my talk title
alone. I'm not the only speaker removed: @Thomas_Drake1 was also disinvited. Others
told to alter format. #CensorCon #cyber #infosec #cybersecurity #informationsecurity

5/16 My #AISA #CyberCon talk topic was confirmed months ago: secure
anonymous digital dropboxes used as an anti-corruption tool to improve
internal security, a project supported by EUs Internal Security
Fund. How's that for 'congruent'? #CensorCon #cyber #infosec #cybersecurity

6/16 I assume @CyberGovAU removing me from speaking at #CyberCon is to
suppress any discussion of tech side of #whistleblowing. It's
head-in-the-sand. Protected disclosures are recognised under
law. I contributed expertise to some of those laws #cyber #infosec #cybersecurity

7/16 But #whistleblowing is now, it seems, a topic which must be silenced at a public conference. Disturbing. #CyberCon #CensorCon #cyber #infosec #cybersecurity #informationsecurity @engunimelb

8/16 The European Council of the European Union TODAY formally adopted
new rules on #whistleblower protection. 'Incongruent' @CyberGovAU?
#CyberCon #CensorCon #cyber #infosec #cybersecurity #informationsecurity @engunimelb

consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press…

9/16 EU now requires 28 countries to create *safe* channels for reporting both within an organisation - private or public - and to public authorities. WB can also go to external channels. 'Incongruent' @CyberGovAU?#CyberCon #CensorCon #cyber #infosec #cybersecurity @engunimelb

10/16 Sadly, @CyberGovAU was unable to wear its own decision to silence my conf talk by telling me this themselves. #CyberCon #CensorCon #cyber #infosec #cybersecurity

@AISA_National who runs #CyberCon, behaved honourably. No criticism of #AISA, of which I am a member

11/16 We are now on notice that @CyberGovAU is actively silencing experts from speaking at public conferences it partners in if it doesn't like what you say. #AISA #CyberCon #CensorCon #cyber #infosec #cybersecurity
First they came for the journalists.. then the academics..

12/16 I will be attending the #AISA #CyberCon as delegate, so feel free to contact me if you would like to hear more about how @CyberGovAU has silenced me from giving my scheduled talk. #CensorCon
#AISA #CyberCon #cyber #infosec #cybersecurity #informationsecurity

13/16 In taking @Thomas_Drake1 and me off the speaker's list at #AISA #CyberCon to narrow conf content, @CyberGovAU has reduced collaborative approaches to improve AU's cybersecurity posture. #CensorCon #AISA #cyber #infosec #cybersecurity #informationsecurity

14/16 The motto of the #AISA #CyberCon is 'Changing the rules'. @CyberGovAU certainly has done that removing speakers' talks less than a fortnight before the conference - having approved them months ago. #CensorCon #AISA #cyber #infosec #cybersecurity #informationsecurity

15/16 This issue raises queries about trust. Orgs are often nervous to admit data breaches. Will @ACSC report on orgs who ask them for #cybersec assistance to other part of govt or politicians? #CyberCon #AISA #CensorCon #AISA #cyber #infosec #cybersecurity #informationsecurity

6/16 I assume @CyberGovAU removing me from speaking at #CyberCon is to suppress any discussion of tech side of #whistleblowing. It's
head-in-the-sand. Protected disclosures are recognised under
law. I contributed expertise to some of those laws #cyber #infosec #cybersecurity

16/16 You shall not:
speak secrets about encryption,
have strong encryption,
call out corruption,
dissent,
have personal privacy,
have free speech.

Have I missed anything in the new world order of things?
#AISA #CyberCon #CensorCon #CensorCon #cyber #infosec #cybersecurity