SecTalks Gold Coast 2x7 - August 2025 SecTalks Gold Coast with Peter & Patrick

The Gold Coast SecTalks May event is happening Tuesday, August 5th, 2025, at COHORT Innovation Space, 16 Nexus Way, Southport. As usual, things will kick off at 6pm and end around 8pm.

Peter and Patrick will be demonstrating that blue teaming can be fun, just like red teaming!

• Name: Peter Subichin

• Bio: Detection Analyst working at the City of the Gold Coast with over three years of experience in Cyber Security.

• Title of Talk: Blue Teaming, The Unsung Heroes

• Summary:
  I’ll share my journey into Cyber Security with Patrick Gold, focusing on the below points:
  • Initially kicking off with Splunk Processing Language (SPL).
  • How I honed skills through real-world problem-solving.
  • Embracing Detection as Code (DaC) and frameworks like Palantir’s and Sigma rules.
  • Exploring the Detection Engineering Behaviour Maturity Model (DEBMM) for mature detection practices.
  • Setting up a home lab with Wazuh, Splunk, and Velociraptor for hands-on learning.
  • Mastering detection rule formats through experimentation.
  • Growing from basic queries to strategic detection engineering, fuelled by curiosity and community resources.

Name: Patrick Gold

Bio: Cyber Security Analyst at The Star Entertainment Group and Cyber Security Instructor at Equinim College. I began my career in cyber security after 2 years in service desk and managed services and have worked in cyber operations for over 3 years now.

Title of Talk: Blue Teaming, The Unsung Heroes

• Summary of what audience will learn:
• How to get into blue teaming (demo helpful resources, labs)
• Set up your own learning environment
• What is blue teaming and why is it important
• Pros and cons of blue teaming (high demand, good salaries etc)
• Different areas of blue teaming (SecOps, DFIR, detection)

Drinks are provided by our sponsor, SovTech, and pizza is provided by the Cyber Audit Team. As usual, our venue is sponsored by COHORT.