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Ning Sun
Cyber Security Architect
Jemena
Ning Sun, senior security architect at Jemena specialising in threat modelling, joins a think tank on the creative, human work behind real security.
Building Secure Technology
Secure Architecture and System Design
Think Tank
Ning
Sun
Oliver Guidetti
Lecturer
The University of Wollongong
Dr Oliver Guidetti is a psychology researcher and lecturer at the University of Wollongong, joining a panel on where AI should be refused in cyber security.
Running Secure Operations
Operational Limits and Failure Modes of AI-Assisted Security
Panel
Oliver
Guidetti
Ope Ajibola
Chief Cyber Security Officer
Excite Cyber
Ope Ajibola is chief cyber security capability officer at Excite Cyber, presenting in two breakout sessions on threat detection and critical infrastructure.
Building Secure Technology
Running Secure Operations
Secure Architecture and System Design
Threat Intelligence, Detection and Adversary Behaviour
Breakout
Ope
Ajibola
Paige Crabtree
Student
La Trobe University
Paige Crabtree, a cyber security student at La Trobe University, is vice president of its WiCyS chapter and has secured an internship in digital forensics.
Careers Village
Paige
Crabtree
Patrick Fair
Managing Partner
Patrick Fair Associates
Patrick Fair, managing partner at Patrick Fair Associates and an adjunct professor at Deakin University, is taking questions on law, policy and global power.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Ask an Expert
Patrick
Fair
Patrick Gleadhill
Head of OT & Engineering
Lighthouse Ops
Patrick Gleadhill is Head of OT and Engineering at Lighthouse Ops, taking a side in an unrehearsed Oxford-style debate on critical infrastructure security.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Cyber Governance, Ownership and Accountability Models
Panel
Patrick
Gleadhill
Patrick Kissane
Senior Cyber Consultant
Burger IT
Patrick Kissane is managing director of Burger IT, presenting on securing domain and DNS for modern web protection across Australian organisations.
Building Secure Technology
Secure Architecture and System Design
Breakout
Patrick
Kissane
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.
Law, Policy and Global Power
National Security, Geopolitics and Cyber Conflict
Panel
Paul
Flatt
Paul Haskell-Dowland
Professor of Cyber Security Practice
Edith Cowan University
Edith Cowan University professor Paul Haskell-Dowland, author of over 100 papers, will be taking questions on people, culture and workforce development.
Ask an Expert
Paul
Haskell-Dowland
Pauline Willis
Director
Lauriate
Pauline Willis is an organisational psychologist and director at Lauriate, presenting and joining a panel on board transformation and the human limits of AI.
Running Secure Operations
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Board Oversight, Assurance and Risk Appetite
Operational Limits and Failure Modes of AI-Assisted Security
Breakout
Panel
Pauline
Willis
Paul Tyler
Principal Research and Project Manager
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Paul Tyler, a technology leader at CSIRO, presents the Industry Data Classification Framework, having led CSIRO's work on developing it.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Cyber Governance, Ownership and Accountability Models
Breakout
Paul
Tyler
Pedram Hayati
CEO
SecDim
Dr Pedram Hayati is founder and CEO of application security platform SecDim, joining a think tank on what 60 years of AppSec history teaches us.
Building Secure Technology
Software and Application Security
Think Tank
Pedram
Hayati
Peter Coroneos
Founder
Cybermindz.org
Peter Coroneos is founder of Cybermindz.org and a former internet industry chief, presenting on managing stress and trauma during a cyber incident.
Running Secure Operations
Incident Response, Crisis Coordination and Recovery
Breakout
Peter
Coroneos
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.
Law, Policy and Global Power
National Security, Geopolitics and Cyber Conflict
Panel
Peter
Dowley
Peter Gigengack
Head of GRC
Triskele Labs
Peter Gigengack is a director of cyber security in the WA public sector, presenting and joining a panel on lean security programs and tool fatigue.
Running Secure Operations
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Automation, Orchestration and Operational Resilience
Aligning Cyber Investment to Organisational Outcomes
Breakout
Panel
Peter
Gigengack
Peter Rosewarne
Director
Department of Home Affairs
Peter Rosewarne, Director at the Department of Home Affairs and a specialist in cyber policy and decision-making, presents the rationale behind the IDCF.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Cyber Governance, Ownership and Accountability Models
Breakout
Peter
Rosewarne
Peter Soulsby
Director of Cyber Security
Brennan
Peter Soulsby is director of cyber security at Brennan, presenting on sovereign risk, AI readiness and the evolving cyber security landscape.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Cyber Governance, Ownership and Accountability Models
Breakout
Peter
Soulsby
Philip Ngo
Incident Response Lead
Live Nation Entertainment
Live Nation's Philip Ngo leads APAC incident response, digital forensics and threat hunting, and joins the panel on AI's impact on the future cyber workforce.
People, Culture and Workforce
Human–Machine Teaming and Skill Displacement Risk
Panel
Philip
Ngo
Pierre Tagle
APJMEA Cyber Tech Capability
DXC Technology
Dr Pierre Tagle leads cyber security technical capability at DXC across Asia-Pacific, presenting and joining a think tank on exposure and OT threat hunting.
Running Secure Operations
Threat Intelligence, Detection and Adversary Behaviour
Vulnerability, Exposure and Attack Surface Management
Think Tank
Breakout
Pierre
Tagle
Pippa Flanagan
Principal OT Cyber Security Consultant · Founder, OT Cyber Speakeasy
OT Cyber Speakeasy
Pippa Flanagan is a senior OT and critical infrastructure security practitioner, presenting on the autonomous AI future few organisations are planning for.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Governing Autonomous and AI-Driven Systems
Breakout
Panel
Pippa
Flanagan
Pranjali Mahabaley
Cyber Security and Business Operations Analyst
BildGroup
Pranjali Mahabaley is a GRC specialist and cyber security engineer at BildGroup, presenting on delivering ISO 27001 and Essential Eight without burnout.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Cyber Governance, Ownership and Accountability Models
Breakout
Pranjali
Mahabaley
Pratik Khasnabis
Staff Security Engineer
CBA
Pratik Khasnabis is a staff security engineer at Commonwealth Bank, presenting across two breakout sessions on supply chain hardening and AI security.
Building Secure Technology
Supply Chain, Dependency and Provenance Risk
AI/ML and Emerging Attack Surfaces
Breakout
Pratik
Khasnabis
Praveen Gauravaram
Principal Scientist
Tata Consultancy Services, ANZ
Dr Praveen Gauravaram is principal scientist at Tata Consultancy Services ANZ, joining a think tank on OT cyber risk as architecture, not compliance.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Cyber Governance, Ownership and Accountability Models
Think Tank
Praveen
Gauravaram
Priya Gnanasekaran
Principal Security Consultant
Thales
Priya Gnanasekaran is principal security consultant at Thales, presenting on designing security for the imperfect humans attackers actually target.
Running Secure Operations
Security Operations Centres and Continuous Monitoring
Breakout
Priya
Gnanasekaran
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