Dont Panic! Getting Cyber Security Basics Right - New Zealand Parliament - Derek Robson - Episode 84

International Women's Day isn't country or organisation specific. It's a day of collective global activism and celebration that belongs to all those committed to forging women's equality. In recent years the narrative around international women’s day has changed though, with some arguing that it’s become ‘corporatised’ and ‘performative’ as to lose all meaning.

Which is why in this week's episode of the Public Sector Podcast we've chosen to focus on the tangible – the strategies and transformations doing their part to drive action and change for women in the workforce.

Isabeau Korpel, Melissa Martino and Sue-Ann Charlton discuss strategies to breakdown class ceilings and accelerate womens' opportunities in the workplace in a special edition of the Public Sector Podcast.

Isabeau Korpel, Exec Director People and Culture, Department of Transport WA
Sue-Ann Charlton, Exec Director People and Performance, Department of Human Services SA
Melissa Martino, Exec Director People and Innovation, Magistrates Court of Victoria

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Without proactive project management you'll find yourself constantly firefighting, your team unengaged, and your business unit operating as a siloed lone ranger. All this leads to poor quality deliverables and damage to reputation.

The City of Edmonton found themselves in the same boat. Projects faltered and the City operated reactively, without clear alignment or integration with broader City functions. With a four-pronged approach, focused on:

1. Direction
2. Transparency
3. People
4. Measures

The City of Edmonton successfully realigned Project Management functions to deliver wide-spread business value. Nisreen Hussain shares the City's story in this week's episode of the Public Sector Podcast.

Nisreen Hussain, Director - Corporate Technology, City of Edmonton

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Travelling to a service centre, waiting in line, operating within standard 'business hours' to submit paper proof of identity documents; none of this aligns with the modern lives people live.

Digital credentials however are emerging as a means to help citizens participate safely and conveniently in the digital economy. CJ Ritchie, Associate Deputy Minister and Government CIO with the Government of British Columbia discusses the benefits, opportunities and use cases for digital credentials in this week's Public Sector Podcast episode.

CJ Ritchie, Associate Deputy Minister and Government CIO, Government of British Columbia

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Significant cyber attacks and breaches are becoming more and more common. It's almost a guarantee now that at some point an attack vector will gain illegal unauthorised access to your computer systems and networks.

The trick is to; 1. Not panic 2. Have solid security foundations 3. Limit the blast radius. 

Derek Robson, CIO at the New Zealand Parliament shares his three step strategy to simplify and streamline your cyber security response.

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The influence of Generative AI on productivity has the potential to contribute trillions of dollars in value to the worldwide economy, with recent studies suggesting generative AI could result in a worldwide economic boost between $2.6 to $4.4 trillion.

To unlock this productivity though teams need to be ready, willing and capable of confidently harnessing AI tech with the right frameworks and guidelines inplace to support innovation. Alicja Mosbauer, CDO at IP Australia discusses.

Alicja Mosbauer, Chief Data Officer, IP Australia.

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Software engineers, lawyers, even UX professionals - rarely are these a fair representation of every day people. But usually they're the ones tasked with designing the government services that millions need to use.

Instead, as Shannon Salter points out, we shouldn't speculate about what 'the humans' want. We need to work and design with them. Only by empathising and co-designing can we create solutions that truly resonate and address genuine challenges.

Learn more about empathy in design in this week's episode of the Public Sector Podcast.

Shannon Salter, Deputy Minister to the Premier, Cabinet Secretary, and the Head of the Public Service, Office of the Premier

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68% of the world will live in urban areas by 2050. With cities growing and climate change leading to hotter, wetter and drier weather intelligent green infrastructure is needed to ensure our cities are resilient.

Jimmy Zammar discusses how local government is driving sustainable urbanisation with a dive into the confluence of technology, data and nature at the City of Vancouver.

Catch Jimmy's full video presentation, which deep-dives into details and real world examples here: https://publicsectornetwork.com/insight/green-infrastructure-for-resilient-communities

Jimmy Zammar, Director - Urban Watersheds, Sewers and Drainage

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Globally trust in government is declining. According to the Edelman Trust Barometer Global Report 2023 in Australia, Canada, the USA and UK trust is sitting between 37-50% and is declining year-on-year. In New Zealand, in survey findings by the Public Service Commission, trust in the public sector brand is sitting at a positive 60%. In fact, New Zealand is one of the few regions bucking the trend with trust in government having increased from 49% in 2019.

How are they doing this? There's no one answer, but a significant contributor is the nation's 7 Privacy by Design Foundations and the country-wide Privacy Maturity Assessment Framework which prioritise citizen trust and confidence in the way government manages their personal information.

Katrine Evans, Government Chief Privacy Officer with the Department of Internal Affairs discusses the framework and the impact of standardisation and improved training on citizen trust in this week's podcast.

Catch Katrine's entire video presentation on-demand: https://publicsectornetwork.com/insight/update-on-the-privacy-maturity-assessment-framework

Katrine Evans, Government Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Internal Affairs NZ

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When you're looking after 60,000 employees the future of work means considerably more than flexible hours and hybrid workplaces. For the Canada Revenue Agency, Canada's largest public sector employer it means being future ready and aligned with longterm organisational vision.

To help achieve this the team have created a Workforce of Work Tool that enables:

- Proactive workforce planning
- Employee engagement and vision alignment
- Current strategy and future need alignment
- Innovative thinking

Nathalie Kachulis, Director-General, Strategic Business Integration Directorate discusses the tool, how it works and the positive workforce planning impacts in this week's public Sector Podcast Episode.

You can check out the CRA's Future of Work Framework in more detail in Nathalie's full video presentation here: https://publicsectornetwork.com/insight/preparing-organizations-for-the-future-of-work

Nathalie Kachulis, Director-General, Strategic Business Integration Directorate, Canada Revenue Agency

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