National Broadband Network (NBN) has announced the creation of 700 new high skill jobs for the Cyber Security Operations Centre to be established in Docklands.

On behalf of the Chapter Executive Committee, our Chair Dr Tony Zalewski wishes all security leaders a safe and happy festive season. We look forward to further successes in 2016.

The Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) and the Sydney Institute of Criminology are delivering a Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design course in early 2016.

Marcus Smith and Monique Mann from the Australian Institute of Criminology have recently published the paper Recent Development in DNA Evidence

A media release from the Victorian Special Minister of State advised IBAC and the Auditor-General’s powers will be expanded under new legislation. The legislation will assist to further strengthen Victoria’s integrity and accountability system.

More commonly known as “drones” a recent report in the USA advises that the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) market is estimated to be USD $10.1B in 2015 and is expected to reach USD $14.9B by 2020. The use of UAVs in Australia is growing hence we need to understand their uses and implications for systems of security.

At our recent AGM your new Executive Committee for 2016 was elected. Congratulations and thank you to those volunteer members who freely give their time and effort to further advance the Chapter.

Twenty five new WorkSafe inspectors graduated on 1 December and will start work to ensure Victorians workers are safe in their respective workplaces.