Vic Police on the hunt for new CISO

Victoria Police are currently recruiting for a new chief information security officer following the departure of Ashley Parkinson.

A spokesperson told iTnews Parkinson resigned from the CISO role earlier in the year.

“The role is responsible for delivering secure and innovative digital services while growing and nurturing the organisation’s information management and privacy, cyber security and physical security capabilities,” the spokesperson said.

Parkinson was with the policing agency for roughly three years and was in charge of security, information management and privacy.

Before this, he held roles at Victoria’s Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, TelstraSuper, IT services company FIS and ANZ Banking Group.

The story was amended to remove comments from a LinkedIn post that was edited after publication.