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Urit Eshel
APAC Account Director
Immersive Labs
Urit Eshel is APAC account director at Immersive Labs, joining a panel on leveraging the expertise of migrants in Australia's cyber workforce.
People, Culture and Workforce
Workforce Pathways, Skills and Career Sustainability
Panel
Urit
Eshel
Velushomaz
Senior Systems Engineer
Atlassian
Vel is a senior systems engineer in Atlassian's Trust organisation, presenting on engineering the AI-driven cyber threat intelligence pipeline at scale.
Running Secure Operations
Threat Intelligence, Detection and Adversary Behaviour
Breakout
Velushomaz
Victoria Young
Director
Germane Advisory
Victoria Young co-leads Germane Advisory, presenting on agentic AI attack surfaces and what happens when your agent starts working for someone else.
Hacking, Red Teaming
AI/ML and Emerging Attack Surfaces
Breakout
Victoria
Young
Victor Villate Coiduras
Cyber Risk Consultant
WTW
Victor Villate Coiduras is a cyber risk consultant at WTW, presenting on how cyber attacks disrupt global trade when code replaces blockades.
Law, Policy and Global Power
National Security, Geopolitics and Cyber Conflict
Breakout
Victor
Villate Coiduras
Vik Soni
Product Security Manager
Bupa
Vik Soni is a product security manager at Bupa, presenting across two breakout sessions on building secure AI applications and decisions under uncertainty.
Building Secure Technology
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Secure Architecture and System Design
Executive Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
Breakout
Vik
Soni
Vriti Magee
Principal & Founder
Mawaga
Vriti Magee is principal and founder of Mawaga, joining a think tank on securing agentic AI at the edge as a frontier worth owning.
Hacking, Red Teaming
AI/ML and Emerging Attack Surfaces
Think Tank
Vriti
Magee
Walter Baxter
Cyber Strategy Lead
Walter Baxter, Cyber Strategy Lead, bridges technical complexity and boardroom governance, joining a panel on cyber governance and accountability.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Cyber Governance, Ownership and Accountability Models
Panel
Walter
Baxter
Wayne O'Young
Regional Director
XM Cyber
Wayne O'Young is country manager for XM Cyber, joining a panel on continuously prioritising and justifying cyber investment based on quantified risk.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Board Oversight, Assurance and Risk Appetite
Panel
Wayne
O'Young
Wayne Rodrigues
Security Architecture Manager
Insignia Financial
Wayne Rodrigues is a security architecture manager at Insignia Financial, presenting on reimagining security architecture through the lens of biomimicry.
Building Secure Technology
Secure Architecture and System Design
Breakout
Wayne
Rodrigues
Wayne Tufek
Director
CyberRisk
Wayne Tufek is director of CyberRisk and president of ISACA's Melbourne Chapter, presenting on how to prove your cyber program is adequate.
Law, Policy and Global Power
Cyber Law, Regulation and Compliance
Breakout
Wayne
Tufek
Wouter Veugelen
Head of Cyber Security
FTI Consulting
Wouter Veugelen is head of cyber security at FTI Consulting and a former ASX-listed CISO, presenting on preparing for cyber security litigation.
Law, Policy and Global Power
Cyber Law, Regulation and Compliance
Breakout
Wouter
Veugelen
Wyatt Mola
Cloud Security Specialist
Pacific National
Wyatt Mola is a cloud security specialist at Pacific National, presenting on imposter syndrome and why we're not qualified to give this talk.
People, Culture and Workforce
Workforce Pathways, Skills and Career Sustainability
Breakout
Wyatt
Mola
Yasaman Samadi
Cyber Security Researcher
RMIT University
Yasaman Samadi is a cyber security researcher at RMIT University, presenting on why detection fails in cross-chain financial crime.
Running Secure Operations
Threat Intelligence, Detection and Adversary Behaviour
Breakout
Yasaman
Samadi
Yury Sergeev
Director
RST Cloud
Yury Sergeev is founder of threat intelligence firm RST Cloud, presenting across two breakout sessions on cyber threat prioritisation and adversary AI.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Running Secure Operations
Aligning Cyber Investment to Organisational Outcomes
Threat Intelligence, Detection and Adversary Behaviour
Breakout
Yury
Sergeev
Yvette Lejins
GM - Risk and Security Transformation
Optus
Yvette Lejins is GM of risk and security transformation at Optus, sharing lessons from two years defending Fortune 120 e-commerce giant Coupang in Seoul.
Law, Policy and Global Power
International Norms, Standards and Cooperation
Think Tank
Yvette
Lejins
Zoe Adam
Security Operations Manager
CyberCX
Zoe Adam is security operations manager for CyberCX across South Australia and the ACT, joining a think tank on building analysts who think on their feet.
Running Secure Operations
Security Operations Centres and Continuous Monitoring
Think Tank
Zoe
Adam
Zoe Thompson
Resilience Lead
Thales Australia
Zoe Thompson is resilience lead at Thales Australia, presenting across two breakout sessions on critical infrastructure resilience and quantum readiness.
Building Secure Technology
Running Secure Operations
Post-Quantum Cryptography and Cryptographic Transition Planning
Incident Response, Crisis Coordination and Recovery
Breakout
Zoe
Thompson
Zubair Baig
Associate Professor
Deakin University
Zubair Baig is an associate professor of cyber security at Deakin University, joining a think tank on LLM-driven industrial control system threat detection.
Building Secure Technology
Autonomous and AI-Enabled Systems Security
Think Tank
Zubair
Baig
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