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Victoria appoints John O’Driscoll as first CISO | CIO

by Steven Kirby | Oct 10, 2017 | CIO from IDG, CISO, Cybersecurity, People, State Government, Victoria | 0 |

The Victorian Government has appointed its first whole-of-government chief information security officer. The appointment of John O’Driscoll, formerly senior manager of information and technology risk at ANZ bank, was announced...

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