About Australian Security Magazine

Australian Security Magazine

Overview

Australian Security Magazine is a trade publication for Australia's security industry, published in Sydney by MySecurity Media Pty Limited. It covers the full breadth of professional security: national security and defence policy, counter-terrorism, cyber security and resilience, electronic security and surveillance, manned guarding and frontline operations, critical-infrastructure protection and the business of security itself. Its publisher describes it as "the country's leading government and corporate security magazine," a "highly respected and sought after publication, incorporating investigative journalism, provoking editorial and up-to-date news, trends and events for all security professionals" — the publisher's own characterisation, attributed here as such.

The magazine is the flagship of a small specialist media group whose other titles include the Asia Pacific Security Magazine, the Australian Cyber Security Magazine, Cyber Risk Leaders Magazine and Australia in Space Magazine, together with the MySec.TV video channel and the Cyber Security Weekly Podcast. It was verifiably publishing in 2026: its website's October 2026 archive carried new articles on 6, 7, 8, 12, 15 and 16 October 2026, spanning Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security reports, a Canberra national-security precinct project, NSW Police's new Armed Response Command and public-safety communications deployments in New Zealand. The inventoried address for the site is the http address shown in this profile's frontmatter; the site loads at that address and serves its pages and images over https.

History

The publisher does not state a founding year for Australian Security Magazine in the material consulted, and none is asserted here. The documented record on the magazine's own site reaches back at least to its October/November 2011 edition, in which the editor's coverage ranged across an Asia-Pacific security focus, the campaign for national security licensing in Australia and a "Women in Security" feature — evidence of an established bi-monthly print edition by that year. Its regional sister, the Asia Pacific Security Magazine e-magazine, has been published since 2010 according to MySecurity Media, and the two titles were published in alternating months.

Through the 2010s the magazine was led editorially by Chris Cubbage, whose Editor's Desk columns and edition editorials — including a 2017 edition that announced the launch of the companion Australian Cyber Security Magazine alongside the flagship — chart its widening remit from physical and corporate security into cyber security. The group built formal ties with the industry in the same period: MySecurity Media announced a preferred media partnership with the Australian Information Security Association (AISA), the country's peak body for information security professionals. In its early years the title appeared as a print magazine with dated editions; by the mid-2020s its centre of gravity had moved online, and 2026 media directories list its format as digital. What is constant across the record is the editorial formula its publisher describes: contributed expert articles, an executive editor's commentary, industry news and event coverage, distributed across web, e-publication, video and social channels.

Content and Coverage

The website organises coverage into sections that reflect the modern security profession's span: an Editor's Desk for commentary; Cyber Resilience for cyber threats, privacy and digital risk; Frontline Security for guarding, electronic security and operational practice; Education; TechTime for security technology; Women in Security, a strand the magazine has run since at least its 2011 editions; and My Security TV, carrying video interviews with industry figures. Article categories on the site include Australian Security, Defence, National, Movers & Shakers and an APP-ASM stream shared with the Asia Pacific Security Magazine.

Recent coverage shows the mix in practice. October 2026 reporting covered the tabling of PJCIS reports on counter-terrorism reforms, construction progress on Canberra's York Park national security precinct, NSW Police's Armed Response Command preparations, and Monash University joining a global alliance on trustworthy AI. Contributed features from industry executives sit alongside the news: a 2026 feature by the managing director of Boon Edam Australia examined the physical-security gap in Australia's data-centre boom, and another analysed the ASIO Director-General's annual threat assessment and its implications for protecting energy and infrastructure. The magazine also covers the industry's events calendar — it reported the inaugural Venue Safety & Security Exchange Conference (VSX 2023) in Sydney and the co-located Integrate and Security exhibitions — and it has carried calls for nominations for the Australian Security Industry Awards for Excellence organised by the industry association ASIAL, whose 2019 awards it promoted to readers.

Audience and Reach

The readership is the professional security community in Australia and, through its sister titles, the Asia-Pacific region. MySecurity Media's own description of the two flagship magazines' readership spans "security advisors, directors and managers, IT security professionals and through to frontline officers and electronic security technicians," with a particular strength among government and corporate security decision-makers. No independently audited circulation or readership figure for Australian Security Magazine is published in the material consulted, and none is claimed here. Aggregator listings in 2026 recorded social followings of roughly 770 on Facebook and 2,400 on Twitter for the title — modest numbers consistent with a senior, tightly defined trade audience. Its practical reach is amplified by the group's other channels: the Asia Pacific Security Magazine's regional distribution, the Australian Cyber Security Magazine's association audience, MySec.TV interviews, the Cyber Security Weekly Podcast and the My Security Marketplace platform, which connects the group's audience to events, education and technology suppliers.

Digital Presence

The website at australiansecuritymagazine.com.au is now the magazine's primary edition: a WordPress-based news service updated on most days, with monthly archives showing continuous publication through 2026 and the homepage carrying current advertising for 2026–27 industry events and conferences. Video is integral — the homepage embeds My Security TV interviews, including 2026 conference sessions on AI governance, post-quantum cryptography and public-safety technology — and the group's podcast and social channels distribute the same editorial franchise. The publisher's model, described in its own material, is to send issue links directly to a database of industry subscribers on release and to publish across its leveraged websites and social media. The title maintains Facebook and Twitter accounts; directory listings gave its web address in https form, and both the http inventoried address and https serve the live site.

Ownership and Organisation

Australian Security Magazine is published by MySecurity Media Pty Limited (ABN 54 145 849 056), based in Sydney. The company's director and executive editor is Chris Cubbage, who is executive editor of Australian Security Magazine and of the Asia Pacific Security Magazine, Australian Cyber Security Magazine, Cyber Risk Leaders Magazine and Australia in Space Magazine, and presenter and producer of MySecurity TV and the Cyber Security Weekly Podcast. Cubbage's background is in policing and security consulting: 15 years in law enforcement, including as a homicide detective and a senior investigator with the Australian Crime Commission, followed by an independent consultancy practice (Amlec House) and the creation of media brands for the Asia-Pacific security and space industries; he is co-author of Corporate Security in the Asia Pacific Region and author of Security Risk Management in Corporate Governance, and holds CPP and CISA certifications. The group's channel portfolio, per its own site, spans dedicated channels for space, drones and robotics, smart cities, CCTV and surveillance, cyber risk leadership and an ASEAN technology and security title, alongside the My Security Marketplace and an online learning offering. The group announced preferred media status with the Australian Information Security Association (AISA) for its security magazines.

Contact and Availability

Australian Security Magazine is available free online at australiansecuritymagazine.com.au, where current news, features, the Editor's Desk and My Security TV video are published continuously; readers can also follow the title through the publisher's My Security Marketplace platform and its Facebook and Twitter accounts. MySecurity Media's postal address, published in its magazine editions, is GPO Box 930, Sydney NSW 2001, Australia, and the contact email published in those editions is promoteme@mysecuritymedia.com. That email address is taken from the publisher's earlier magazine editions and should be re-confirmed against the publisher's current contact page before correspondence; the company's current channels and contact points are maintained at mysecuritymedia.com.