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Michael Connory
Michael James Connory (born 8th April 1965) is an Australian media commentator, author and CEO.

Connory is the current CEO of Security in Depth, as well as a activist on cyber security and privacy across Australia and New Zealand. He is best known for his television appearances on SkyNews, Sunrise and the Daily Brief as well as his articles on current cyber security issues facing Australia and New Zealand. He is best known for his research on cyber security for Security in Depth as well as acting as chairman and CEO.

Born in NSW, Australia, and growing up in Melbourne, Victoria, Connory has worked for organisations such as Oracle, Gemalto, NCC Group and Microsoft before taking over as CEO of Security in Depth in 2017. Connory is an outspoken critic of The Australian Governments regulation of cyber security and a passionate advocate of better protection of Australian and New Zealand citizens personal information.

Career
Connory was educated at Geelong Grammar School, before attending LaTrobe University to study economics and then his MBA at Deakin University.

Professional
He hacked his first computer, an IBM 370 Mainframe system when he was 12 years old and has frequently been found accessing systems of some of Australia's largest organisations before finishing school. Connory started his career working in the marketing department of Educom Australia before taking over as marketing manager in 1996 and working in conjunction to roll out Microsoft's certified sales program in 1996.

Connory then moved onto Volante where he managed the software and services division, building it into one of Australia's most respected Microsoft partner, including earning awards such as Microsoft world wide partner of the year in 2002 for Australia's first software as a service program software connect.

In 2010, Connory took over as regional director for Gemalto, providing security solutions for organisations across South East Asia. Primarily responsible for security solutions focusing on border control, banking and health, Connory was responsible for managing and implementing the first ePassport and biometric system for East Timor, a global authentication platform for ANZ Bank supporting institutional banking as well as the health providers authentication platform for the Department of Human Services in Australia.

Connory is currently the CEO for Security in Depth.

Board Positions
Connory is currently the chairman of Security in Depth and has had positions on the following boards:

Triathlon Victoria - Non-executive director 2008-2012

Camino Consulting Group - Non Executive Director 2006-2014

Mitcham Community House - Non Executive Director 2016-2019

Media - Print
Connory has been one of Australia's most vocal commentators on rcyber security in Australia publishing his first article on eTravel Securityl in The Australian in 2014, since the he has written articles on the potential dangers of predatory behaviour towards children in online gaming systems in The Australian, The challenges with cyber security in the Australian Health system for the CIO Magazine.

Articles
Some of Connory's most read articles include:


 * Online Risk to Children is no game - The Australian
 * Human Factor Weak Link in Health Data Security - CIO Magazine
 * Health Sector a Target for Hackers - Boardroom Media
 * OAIC Not Primed for Data Breaches - - CIO Magazine
 * Cyber Crime - A Lawyers picnic - Lawyers Weekly
 * Business Playing Russian Roulette with Cyber - The Australian
 * My Health Record will save lives - The Australian
 * Corporate Australia under lock and key - The Australian
 * His writing and commentary can be found on muckrack

Media - TV
During 2019, Connory was seen as a regular on Australian News shows discussing Cyber Security including a monthly segment on the Daily Brief as well as regular appearances on The ABC, Skynews,Nine News, Sunrise and channel 7