About the event
A practical, interactive workshop delivered by the Canberra Cyber Hub and designed for career transitioners.
Career Garage is a practical, interactive workshop delivered by the Canberra Cyber Hub and designed for career transitioners who are serious about stepping into the cyber workforce. Unlike a panel session or talk‑fest, this workshop puts participants in the driver’s seat, giving them structured, hands‑on activities to uncover how their current skills map directly to real cyber roles.
Across the session, attendees will work through guided exercises to identify their transferable strengths, diagnose skill gaps and develop a personalised plan for building capability. Participants will walk away with tangible tools such as skill‑mapping templates, role‑alignment guides and clear recommendations for training and certification pathways suited to their background and goals. The workshop also helps participants sharpen their personal value proposition, giving them the confidence to articulate what they bring to a cyber team.
Career Garage boosts participants’ understanding of the breadth of cyber careers while strengthening alignment between industry expectations, education providers and those entering the workforce. It is designed to increase readiness for cyber study options and help transitioners take meaningful, informed steps towards their next career. Held after the Canberra Cyber Hub’s Career Symposium and positioned as a precursor to the Cyber Pivot Accelerator, Career Garage acts as a critical bridge. Participants leave with clarity, direction and actionable next steps, setting them up to enter the Accelerator with purpose and momentum.
Keynote Speaker
Jakub Zverina
Technical Program Lead and Head of Workforce Growth and Partnerships, CyberCX
Jakub Zverina is a respected cyber workforce specialist with more than 20 years of technical and operational experience across government, defence and the private sector. Transitioning from practitioner to strategic program lead, he now focuses on building and growing Australia’s cyber workforce.
Jakub is currently the Technical Program Lead for CyberPath, the national cyber workforce professionalisation program delivered by the Australian Computer Society. He was a key contributor to the Australian Cyber Workforce Playbook and works extensively across Australia and internationally on workforce strategy.
His consulting and advisory work includes engagements with DFAT, CREST International, the SFIA Foundation, the Executive Cyber Council’s Cyber Workforce Working Group, the NSW Digital Skills Compact, multiple university advisory boards, and technical committees with both Future Skills Organisation and the Tech Council of Australia.
His leadership in shaping accessible and future ready cyber career pathways has earned national recognition, including being named Champion of Change at the Australian Women in Cyber Awards 2026 and a finalist for Consultant of the Year at the Australian Cyber Awards 2026. Jakub is driven by a commitment to strengthening Australia’s cyber resilience by developing a skilled, diverse and confident cyber workforce.
