Speakers
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Keynote & Featured Speakers
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Running Secure Operations
Leadership / Governance and Accountability
Board Oversight / Assurance and Risk Appetite
Vulnerability / Exposure and Attack Surface Management
Breakout
Ravishel
Naicker

Ravishel Naicker
Manager Cyber Security Governance, Risk and Compliance
Women's and Children's Healthcare Australasia
Running Secure Operations
Security Culture and Behavioural Change
Breakout
Ray
Griffiths

Ray Griffiths
Partner
KPMG
Running Secure Operations
Incident Response / Crisis Coordination and Recovery
Panel
Raymond
Loh

Raymond Loh
Cyber Leader, Australia
AXA XL
Leadership / Governance and Accountability
Executive Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
Panel
Raza
Nowrozy

Raza Nowrozy
Associate Professor
Melbourne Institute of Technology
Leadership / Governance and Accountability
Cyber Governance / Ownership and Accountability Models
Breakout
Remy
Coll

Remy Coll
Director & Principal Consultant
Redacted Information Security
Running Secure Operations
Incident Response / Crisis Coordination and Recovery
Breakout
Richard
Grainger

Richard Grainger
Head of Digital Forensics
Triskele Labs
Running Secure Operations
Threat Intelligence / Detection and Adversary Behaviour
Think Tank
Richard
Smith

Richard Smith
Lead Intelligence Analyst
CyberCX
Leadership / Governance and Accountability
Aligning Cyber Investment to Organisational Outcomes
Panel
Richard
Stocks

Richard Stocks
Senior Security Solutions Engineer
Rapid7
Leadership / Governance and Accountability
Aligning Cyber Investment to Organisational Outcomes
Workshop
Riddhima
Dabhowale

Riddhima Dabhowale
Financial Lines Underwriter
Brooklyn Underwriting
People / Culture and Workforce
Workforce Pathways / Skills and Career Sustainability
Panel
Rini
Ismail

Rini Ismail
Head of Advocacy and Community
Australian Women in Security Network
Leadership / Governance and Accountability
Cyber Governance / Ownership and Accountability Models
Breakout
Rizwan
Mahmood

Rizwan Mahmood
CEO & Founder
GuardWare
Running Secure Operations
Threat Intelligence / Detection and Adversary Behaviour
Breakout
Rob
Edmonds

Rob Edmonds
Head of Security Operations
Excite Cyber
People / Culture and Workforce
Human Risk / Judgement and Decision-Making Under Pressure
Breakout
Robert
Laurie

Robert Laurie
Chief Security Architect
Ciphershield
People / Culture and Workforce
Security Culture and Behavioural Change
Workshop
Robert
Ross

Robert Ross
Head Electronics and Robotics
La Trobe University
People / Culture and Workforce
Security Culture and Behavioural Change
Breakout
Robert
Salier

Robert Salier
Principal Consultant
Holistic Cyber Australia
Law / Policy and Global Power
Strategic Competition in AI and Quantum Capability
Breakout
Robin
Doss

Robin Doss
Co-Director, Deakin Cyber Research & Innovation Hub
Deakin University
Building Secure Technology
Autonomous and AI-Enabled Systems Security
Identity-Centric Design and Zero-Trust Architectures
Breakout
Think Tank
Rob
Kenefeck

Rob Kenefeck
Field CTO
ControlPlane
Leadership / Governance and Accountability
Board Oversight / Assurance and Risk Appetite
Breakout
Rodman
Ramezanian

Rodman Ramezanian
Senior Federal Solutions Engineer
Wiz
People / Culture and Workforce
Human–Machine Teaming and Skill Displacement Risk
Rowan
Venables

Rowan Venables
Principal Cybersecurity Engineer
Razilio
Running Secure Operations
Incident Response / Crisis Coordination and Recovery
Breakout
Rue
Maharaj

Rue Maharaj
Cyber Security Defence Management
Melbourne Water
Building Secure Technology
Autonomous and AI-Enabled Systems Security
Breakout
Rupanjana
Mukherjee

Rupanjana Mukherjee
Principal Security Architect
Google
Leadership / Governance and Accountability
Governing Autonomous and AI-Driven Systems
Breakout
Ruwan
Nagahawatta

Ruwan Nagahawatta
Senior Lecturer
Sydney International School of Technology & Commerce
Running Secure Operations
Incident Response / Crisis Coordination and Recovery
Breakout
Ryan
Betts

Ryan Betts
Senior Responder
Thales
Running Secure Operations
Threat Intelligence / Detection and Adversary Behaviour
Breakout
Saba
Bagheri

Saba Bagheri
Cyber Threat Intelligence Manager
Bupa
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