Digital Privacy & Security
We empower privacy concerned citizens through hands-on education and research relating to digital privacy and online security.
What our values are?
The right to privacy: We believe privacy is a fundamental human right as recognised in the UN Declaration of Human Rights. We support an individual’s right to choose what to share, when and with whom. We believe in providing citizens information to let them make informed decisions.
Free flow of information: We value the free exploration and expression of ideas. We support the ability to exchange information without fear of persecution.
Respect: We believe in mutual respect and tolerance when expressing thoughts and ideas.
Events
We engage the community with exciting talks and workshops about privacy and security.
Projects
We produce tools, techniques and informative websites to help citizens defend their privacy.
Library
Our organisation provides a wealth of resources on privacy and security.
Local
We now have multi-city presence across Australia. Sydney and Melbourne.
Who is behind CryptoAustralia?
CryptoAustralia was founded by six privacy and security enthusiasts in early 2017. They’ve all had some exposure to digital privacy and security before, such as Gabor running Cryptoparty events in 2015-2016, Aiza being a SCADA security engineer and Nick being a cybersecurity expert and being previously involved with other not-for-profit privacy organisations.
The founding members put their heads together and came up with the idea of a new organisation that could help Australians in a practical way with their privacy and security challenges.
Although the founders may come from slightly different professional backgrounds, we all agree that learning by doing is the most effective way to develop skills for defending privacy. This is why we believe in hands-on workshops, where private citizens and professionals can turn up with their smartphones and laptops to learn, install, configure and hack the with latest tools and techniques.
Our goal is to bring privacy and security experts together with the people in need, regardless of their professional background.
What is Gabor's association with CryptoParties?
Gabor attended his first Cryptoparty in Belfast in 2015. After moving to Sydney in late 2015 and realising there had been no Cryptoparty events locally for years, he set about reviving the community. Gabor was able to organise over 20 events in 2015 and 16 with some support from colleagues by way of venue hire and catering. He soon discovered that running CryptoParties alone was a challenging task. With the support and backing of people in the Sydney Cryptoparty community, and the shared vision of a society where everyone can defend their privacy, Gabor along with five trusted community members formed CryptoAustralia.
Some Insights
CryptoAustralia plans to run a variety of projects and events for the privacy and information security community with a pledge to keep CryptoParties free to the general public.
Our Team
Gabor Szathmari
President
Gabor is a passionate privacy, open government and free speech advocate. He helps organisations with their information security challenges in his professional life.
Karissa Breen
Brand Ambassador
Karissa is a creative Individual for a passion for technology and focus in advocating for cyber security. She is an information security professional with over 12 years’ experience.
Nick Kavadias
Secretary
Since 2009 Nick has worked for a variety of different businesses including several Australian ISPs, the financial services industry and technology start-ups.
Takahiro Nei
Director of Fundraising
Taka is a serial entrepreneur from Japan with numerous start-up engagements in Chicago, London, Myanmar (Burma), Tokyo and now Sydney.
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