Sam Fariborz
Sam Fariborz is the Tech Consulting CISO and Australia Cybersecurity Practice Lead at Cognizant, bringing technical expertise and leadership to cyber security, a strategic leader skilled in translating cyber risk into business language for boards and executives and advising clients on security strategy, data protection and cybersecurity resiliency.
She views security as an enabler of resilience and innovation, and has led transformation initiatives, embedding security into major digital programs.
Sam is recognised as an industry leader and speaker, honoured as a CSO30 2024 and 2026 Top CISO, the Australian Information Security Association (AISA)'s Cyber Security 2024 Professional of the Year, and an AISA executive committee board member.
Challenges of governing the ungovernable & security leadership in the age of AI autonomy
Security executives share lessons from real AI-driven incidents on governing autonomous agents that already make decisions with minimal human oversight.
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