Speaker: Yannick Merlet, Cyber Technical Program Manager, Squadron Energy
Could you please tell us your name, title and where you work?
Yannick Merlet: Hi. My name is Yannick Merlet, and,my role is a Cyber Technical Programme Manager, and I work for Squadron Energy.
As one of the founding members of CI-ISAC, what was the number one reason you chose to join?
Yannick Merlet: the whole idea behind, joining, CI-ISAC for Squadron Energy, was to essentially raise awareness around cyber security, for around renewable assets and also, be part of a community that is open to sharing, and help and working together.
Why does CI-ISAC's mission of bringing people together to uplift the defences of Australia's CI resonate with you?
Yannick Merlet: I believe, CI-ISAC's mission of, bringing Critical Infrastructure, entities together, helps us build. that community, helps us build, I guess, a consistent voice, and allows us to then, build relationships to then, help each other out and build that maturity.
CI-ISAC aims to build context on threats to help our members make more informed decisions. How does this compare to traditional approaches?
Yannick Merlet: the CI-ISAC model, in my mind, is really collaborative. really in depth, threat. Intelligence sharing, also involves the community to share back, and build that repository together.
Why do you believe being an active member of CI-ISAC's community is an essential tool in your company’s arsenal for effective cyber defence?
Yannick Merlet: Being a member of the CI-ISAC community, for Squadron Energy It is a really important piece of our cybersecurity programme. it's really good to talk to like minded Critical Infrastructure entities. get the information sharing, through new threats, be able to share back, and also use this as a catalyst to, educate our executive, and and provide, information up the chain, to support, the investment in cybersecurity.
Why is it important to you that other companies in your CI sector join the CI-ISAC community?
Yannick Merlet: and Squadron Energy believe that it's important that, other companies in the CI sector join the CI-ISAC community. we believe that, increasing the size and the membership base, will obviously increase threat intelligence sharing. will increase, the benefits of bi-directional sharing between the community, and also result into, quicker action, and also, quicker understanding of, potential threats to the different sectors under the critical infrastructure, areas.
CI-ISAC aims to build turn-key capabilities to support members - what would be your top priority for us to focus on?
Yannick Merlet: the top priority for under its, cyber security programme, is to build, a common interface to get threat intelligence, to be able to share bi-directionally, and to, I guess simplify the, different threat feeds, and information, and funnel that into a, I guess singular source.
