RCM MEETING REPORT 5th May 2020, by ZOOM President Warwick welcomed 37 zoom attendees to the meeting and invited Chair for the day Brett to propose a toast to Rotary International. Guests: Kate Strain Guest Speaker: Tom Crompton “How to keep from getting hacked” The pace of change is accelerating and will continue to do so for example it took 22 years for the radio to establish its presence, the I pad took 22 months. The scale of the world wide technology platform is mind boggling as is the consequence of hacking. There are 4.6 billion digital user worldwide, with on average 26 ‘smart objectives’ for each user. In 2021 it is estimated the worldwide cost of hacking will be $6 trillion and in 2017 in Australia the average cost of a hack was $1/4 million. As suspected hacking not just limited to large corporations and surprisingly the average skill of the hacker is low. 2/3 of the businesses hacked have > 100 employees and 80% of hackers IT skills are in the ‘low’ range. Tom then emphasised the best defence is THINKING, more specifically CIA: - C: Confidentiality – Is what is being stored is of a confidential nature? Is this the best place to store it? e.g. banking or share transacting
- I: Integrity – consequence if the data is changed? e.g. blood type
- A: Availability – what is the consequence to you if you cannot access?
It is evaluating the risk to the user from the perspectives of chance and impact. Chance being the likelihood some one will be interested in what you have stored, impact is asking if your data is hacked what is the consequence to you? Tom then provided some very simple pointers to assist in assessing whether or not you as a user may be at risk: - If it appears to be to good to be true – it is: ignore and delete
- Curiosity killed the cat, if from unknown source, even if interesting : ignore and delete
- Protect your passwords: With multiple passwords across a across a range of applications, ensure for high risk applications you have a more complicated password than the low risk applications.
Everyone is susceptible to hacking, Tom gave the example where when looking at the IT, Finance and executive users of businesses, often it is the executives where the hacking is most likely to occur. Tom then provided us with a link where we can check if an email address has been compromised https://haveibeenpwned.com. Tom was asked should we be concerned with signing up to the Federal Government COVIDSafe app. He made it very clear Amazon, Google and Facebook already have more information than we realise and as a simple example showed how to check our phones via ‘settings’ privacy’ ‘location services’ which shows for all your apps the extent you are letting providers access your data. Engagement Survey Findings: By Rob Soros Completed pre CV-19, 85% of members completed (up from 60 % last survey). Focus was on why members joined and a health check (member engagement and activities). Majority of members wanting to be slightly more engaged with 10% feeling over engaged. Challenge appears to be the balance between the ‘doing’ (projects) and the governance (committees). Also hard to find a time that suites all members primarily driven by individuals other commitments. President Reminded Vocational Team there is a team meeting on Wednesday afternoon Warwick advised that he followed up with Gerard Holland of Outcome.life and we are exploring the idea of mentoring international students. More to come on this. We are also talking to Stella about her No Interest Loans (NILs) program. More to come on this in coming weeks. Both these projects we are looking to do in the lockdown period. Inquisition Rob Soros. Marketing / Communication background with a focus on social enterprise, ensuring corporates have shared values with communities. Married, a young son, met his wife when travelling overseas (a family tradition), has a Scottish / Canadian / Australian passport and a healthy work life balance. Announcements Frank O’Brien: May is the 33rd anniversary for the Melbourne Central Club, 4 founding members still active with the club being Frank, Tom and Herb, as well as Terry Cocks who although doesn’t attend meetings is an active member. Anne King: $1,740 has been raised to date for Police Legacy (Elias Lebbos initiative), will keep open until the end of next week. Doug Robertson: Backpackers stranded at Lorne need Winter clothing, if any one has clothing contact Doug (0419 373 830) and he will arrange to pick up. Birthdays: Therese Robinson Next Weeks presenter: Natalie Ashdown “Creating Long Lasting Change Through Coaching.” | 
Natalie Ashdown is one of Australia’s most senior and experienced coaches and a recognised speaker and author. Her passion, vision, creativity and commitment assist individuals, teams and companies to create lasting cultural change using coaching skills. She is the CEO of Open Door Coaching and director of Open Door's Registered Training Organisation.
