Cybermindz Official Launch Event

Cybermindz.org: Australia’s first peer-led, cybersecurity mental health support program. Bringing scalable, effective and evidence-based mental health support and on-the-ground resilience building to cyber teams and beyond.

Today, we bring great news for our colleagues who are feeling the burden of defending our institutions and our society with the launch of Cybermindz.org.

Cyber industry leader Peter Coroneos, supported by a first rate board and accredited facilitators, is launching a powerful, innovative, dedicated not-for-profit mental health initiative for the cyber sector and beyond: Cybermindz.org

Organisations today depend on cybersecurity teams, both internal and external, to protect us from a growing barrage of cyber threats across a range of attack surfaces.

Cybercriminals, hackers, nation states and other bad actors also experienced digital acceleration during the pandemic, and escalated their attacks to such levels it feels appropriate to paraphrase the title of Michelle Yeoh's hit new movie and point out we are being attacked by everything, everywhere, all at once.

The relentless threat environment by unseen attackers is felt directly by our defenders whose neurology adapts to an unhealthy ‘hypervigilance’.

With cyber security professionals our cyber defenders and protectors, Cybermindz is peer-informed (like helping like) and will operate at scale to transform the human face of cybersecurity.

Using an evidence based, military-grade protocol called iRest, Cybermindz builds and restores cognitive and emotional resilience in our most valuable human assets.

Peter Coroneos who — having trained with and tested the iRest protocol — realised its great potential in alleviating the suffering of stressed cyber teams.

The Cybermindz scheme directly addresses the risk of burnout and skills loss.  It fulfils our moral obligations to those we invite into our profession — to not let them fall.

With the criticality of mental health and its ultimate impacts on human suffering and organisational security, Cybermindz.org's mission — moving well beyond awareness raising — is to deliver peer-informed, effective, accessible relief and resilience building to stressed and embattled cyber teams.

To all cyber teams and the wider community: Effective cybersecurity depends on healthy, happy, unburdened minds.

Help us protect our protectors.

Cybermindz also welcomes Lt. Col. Richard Mogg, GAICD as incoming Executive Director of Cybermindz.org.

Richard is reaching the peak of his 30 year career in the Australian Army (currently Chief of Staff) as he enters his next phase — working with Cybermindz, the board and facilitators to build mental resilience, renewed purpose, cohesion and happiness in cyber teams, and beyond.

As part of a breathtaking list of qualifications and experience, Richard is an accomplished Integrative Restoration (iRest) practitioner and teacher. Cybermindz will bring the iRest protocol to organisations as we change the human face of cyber.

It's time to defend our defenders.Cybermindz.org officially launched on Thursday, June 16 at 5pm at Corrs Sydney.

This important initiative will be launched by the Hon Victor Dominello MP, NSW Minister for Customer Service and Digital, and the launch will be followed by a panel event of leading industry experts.

The event outlined the program’s vision and approach, introduce you to its inaugural board and invite your participation in this exciting journey of restoration and empowerment.