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The cradle of cyberwar: She’ll be right is not a resilience strategy

Paul Flatt, Maryam Shoraka, Sharin Yeoh, Peter Dowley & Az Ismail
2026-10-14 9:00 am
Panel
Law, Policy and Global Power
National Security, Geopolitics and Cyber Conflict

Gulf state cyber conflicts this year offer lessons for Australia and New Zealand, whose regional cyber confidence has never been tested by a real adversary.

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Paul Flatt is CISO at Softsource vBridge, joining a panel on cyber resilience strategy for New Zealand organisations facing nation-state threats.
Paul Flatt
CISO
Softsource vBridge
Paul Flatt is CISO at Softsource vBridge, joining a panel on cyber resilience strategy for New Zealand organisations facing nation-state threats.
Maryam Shoraka is a cyber security leader specialising in OT resilience, sharing how growing up under Iran's surveillance state shaped her threat modelling.
Maryam Shoraka
Australian CISO Advisory Board Member
Corinium Global Intelligence
Maryam Shoraka is a cyber security leader specialising in OT resilience, sharing how growing up under Iran's surveillance state shaped her threat modelling.
Sharin Yeoh is technical ISO at Babcock Australasia, joining The Cradle of Cyberwar panel on lessons from Gulf region cyber conflict for regional resilience.
Sharin Yeoh
Technical ISO
Babcock Australasia
Sharin Yeoh is technical ISO at Babcock Australasia, joining The Cradle of Cyberwar panel on lessons from Gulf region cyber conflict for regional resilience.
Peter Dowley is field CISO at Broadcom, joining a panel on why complacency fails as a cyber resilience strategy against nation-state conflict.
Peter Dowley
Field CISO
Broadcom
Peter Dowley is field CISO at Broadcom, joining a panel on why complacency fails as a cyber resilience strategy against nation-state conflict.
Az Ismail is manager of cyber resilience at DLGWV and founder of Cyber Dame, joining a panel on why 'she'll be right' is not a resilience strategy.
Az Ismail
Manager - Cyber Resilience
DLGWV
Az Ismail is manager of cyber resilience at DLGWV and founder of Cyber Dame, joining a panel on why 'she'll be right' is not a resilience strategy.

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