Belinda Stewart Business Engagement Manager at Paypac Payroll Services Pty Ltd
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elinda Stewart is Business Engagement
Stewart says she has always placed great value
Manager at Paypac Payroll Services and
on keeping employees’ personal details safe and
a director of Digital Service Providers
on the importance of privacy and security around
Australia New Zealand (DSPANZ),
this. So her transition into cybersecurity was a
formerly the Australian Business Software
natural progression.
Industry Association.
IMPROVING CLIENTS’ SECURITY
She has worked most of her career in the payroll
“I spend most of my time on compliance in the
industry—she has been with Paypac for almost 20
software development space, delivering client
years—and says handling sensitive personal data,
solutions for their workforce management,
implementing ISO27001 (an international standard
keeping up to date with what is happening in the
for the management of information security) and
industry and striving to continually improve our
following her interest led her into a cybersecurity role
security posture. The favourite part of my role
though what seemed like a natural progression.
currently is working with clients to provide solutions to streamline their business processes and keep
“It wasn’t what I set out to do. However I have
them compliant.”
a great interest in this area and, working in a compliance space, I found a lot of my skills were
And she expects the challenges of compliance to
highly transposable,” she says. “There is always
become greater in the near future, citing consent
room for growth and learning. In a constantly
around personal data and giving individuals greater
changing environment you will always be busy with
visibility into how their personal data is being shared
new challenges.
and used as likely developments. “This would open the door for improved and streamlined business
“I find skills I have in other area of business have
processes with greater availability of trusted data
allowed me to have a well-rounded view and see
and integration of systems even for the smallest
things from the perspective of an end user as well
of businesses.”
as a senior management level to understand how controls can be out in place and work effectively.”
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