
A new Australian digital risk management advisory firm has just launched. Sydney-based Novera will specialise in cyber security, privacy, and artificial intelligence risk management.
The Novera suite of advisory and consulting services include:
- AI Risk Management: AI risk assessments to ensure compliance with international standards such as ISO/IEC 42001, while providing cybersecurity and privacy advisory for ever-expanding AI systems;
- Cybersecurity Advisory: Developing and implementing robust cybersecurity strategies, performing third-party assessments, offering virtual or fractional chief information security officer services, and conducting risk and maturity assessments aligned with frameworks like NIST, ASD Essential Eight and ISO/IEC 27001.;
- Privacy Protection: Executing data privacy impact assessments, formulating privacy policies, ensuring compliance with global privacy regulations, and providing virtual data privacy officer services; and
- Expert reports for legal proceedings: Independent expert reports and testimony for commercial, legal, government and regulatory clients seeking cybersecurity, privacy and AI risk management expertise that can withstand legal scrutiny and cross examination.
Tony Vizza, managing partner and founder, is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of experience in information technology, cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance. Vizza has previously led cyber advisory services at a major advisory firm, working with ASX50 companies and has provided independent expert services in cybersecurity legal matters and in front of state and federal government committees.
“Our mission is to provide our clients genuine and measurable value,” said Vizza. “We offer this through our unparalleled expertise and diligence. We strive not only to protect our clients but also to enable them to thrive in an ever-evolving technological landscape.”