From The Situation Room To The Boardroom

Published: May 11, 2020, 3:01 a.m.

b'In this episode of the Security Insider podcast, we speak with Dr Anthony Bergin and Don Williams about the recently released ASPI (Australian Strategic Policy Institute) report, From The Situation Room To The Boardroom, which looks at why corporate security is effectively national security. We discuss how some of the findings from the report relate to the impact of Coronavirus on Australia and what advice the report offers for how corporate Australia and the Australian Government might move forward to create a safer, more secure future for Australia.\\n \\nAbout The Guests\\nDr Bergin is a senior fellow with ASPI.\\xa0\\nFor 20 years\\xa0Dr Bergin served as an academic at the Australian Defence Force Academy.\\nFrom 1991-2003 he was the Director of the Australian Defence Studies Centre. He served for four years as an Adjunct Reader in Law at the ANU, where he taught international law.\\xa0Dr Bergin has been a consultant to a wide range of public and private sector clients. Dr Bergin has written extensively on a wide range of national security and maritime issues in academic journals, books, and ASPI reports.\\nHe is a regular media commentator and author of several hundred op-eds for\\xa0The Australian, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and\\xa0Australian Financial Review. He regularly contributes to The Strategist.\\n\\nDonald Williams\\xa0holds qualifications in security management as well as risk, project and resource management.\\nHe is a Certified Protection Professional and Registered Security Professional.\\nHe is a member of ASIS International, the Institute of Explosives Engineers and the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators.\\nHe is the author of numerous papers and reports related to security.'