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Suelette Dreyfus
Senior Lecturer
University of Melbourne
Dr Suelette Dreyfus is a senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne, presenting on what AI whistleblowing cases reveal about oversight gaps.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Governing Autonomous and AI-Driven Systems
Breakout
Suelette
Dreyfus
Susan McGinty
CEO & Founder
The Asstembly
Dr Susan McGinty is CEO and founder of The Asstembly, leading a workshop on intentional inclusion strategies for building high-impact cyber teams.
Running Secure Operations
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Workshop
Susan
McGinty
Swapnil Jain
Chief Security Advisor
CyberNinja Consulting Pty Ltd
Swapnil Jain is chief security advisor at CyberNinja Consulting, presenting across two breakout sessions on AI governance gaps and SaaS AI attack surfaces.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Cyber Governance, Ownership and Accountability Models
Governing Autonomous and AI-Driven Systems
Breakout
Swapnil
Jain
Theo Nassiokas
Group Cyber Governance Risk & Oversight Lead
Wesfarmers Limited
Theo Nassiokas, Group Cyber Governance Risk & Oversight Lead at Wesfarmers Limited, is taking questions on leadership, governance and accountability.
Ask an Expert
Theo
Nassiokas
Thirumalai Natarajan Muthiah
Senior Manager
Mandiant, Part of Google Cloud
Thirumalai Natarajan is a senior manager at Mandiant, part of Google Cloud, presenting on responding to attacks targeting cloud identity solutions.
Running Secure Operations
Incident Response, Crisis Coordination and Recovery
Breakout
Thirumalai Natarajan
Muthiah
Thomas Roccia
Threat Researcher
SecurityBreak
Thomas Roccia is founder of Security Break and a threat researcher, presenting on why your AI threat intelligence is broken and what actually works.
Running Secure Operations
Threat Intelligence, Detection and Adversary Behaviour
Breakout
Thomas
Roccia
Thomas Tracey
Client Manager
AON
Thomas Tracey is a client manager at Aon Cyber Solutions Group specialising in cyber risk transfer, joining a panel on lessons from cyber incidents.
Running Secure Operations
Incident Response, Crisis Coordination and Recovery
Panel
Thomas
Tracey
Tim Dillon
Regional Director Of Delivery
NCC Group
Tim Dillon, Regional Director of Delivery at NCC Group, presents lessons from emulating North Korean cyber tradecraft and how ghost workers get hired.
Running Secure Operations
Threat Intelligence, Detection and Adversary Behaviour
Social Engineering, Physical and Hardware Attacks
Breakout
Tim
Dillon
Tim Hartman
Head of Sales Engineering Australia and New Zealand
Infoblox
Tim Hartman heads solution architecture for Infoblox across Australia and New Zealand, presenting on using DNS as a trust foundation for autonomous AI.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Governing Autonomous and AI-Driven Systems
Breakout
Tim
Hartman
Timothy Bednall
Associate Professor
Swinbourne University of Technology
Dr Timothy Bednall is an associate professor at Swinburne University of Technology, joining a panel on where AI should be refused in cyber security.
Hacking, Red Teaming
Operational Limits and Failure Modes of AI-Assisted Security
Panel
Timothy
Bednall
Timothy McIntosh
Generative AI & Cyber Security Research Strategist
Cyberoo.AI
Tim McIntosh is a generative AI and cyber security research strategist at Cyberoo.AI, presenting across three breakout sessions on generative AI threats.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Hacking, Red Teaming
AI/ML and Emerging Attack Surfaces
Governing Autonomous and AI-Driven Systems
Breakout
Timothy
McIntosh
Tom Hosking
Manager - Cyber and Technology
Willis
Tom Hosking is a senior cyber and privacy lawyer at Willis, leading a workshop on designing an effective cyber insurance program for SMEs.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Aligning Cyber Investment to Organisational Outcomes
Workshop
Tom
Hosking
Tommy Viljoen
Director
Viljoen Advisory
Tommy Viljoen is director of Viljoen Advisory and a former Deloitte partner, presenting on making global cyber security board reporting make the grade.
Leadership, Governance and Accountability
Board Oversight, Assurance and Risk Appetite
Breakout
Tommy
Viljoen
Tonee Marqus
Cyber Security Consultant
Cythera
Tonee Marqus is a penetration tester and cyber security consultant at Cythera, presenting on national security, geopolitics and cyber conflict.
Law, Policy and Global Power
National Security, Geopolitics and Cyber Conflict
Breakout
Tonee
Marqus
Tony Kitzelmann
Head of Technology Strategy, Assurance & Cyber
Airservices Australia
Tony Kitzelmann heads technology strategy, assurance and cyber at Airservices Australia, leading a workshop on sector-wide critical infrastructure response.
Running Secure Operations
Incident Response, Crisis Coordination and Recovery
Workshop
Tony
Kitzelmann
Topaz Aral
Hacker
HackHouse
Topaz Aral of HackHouse, a qualified safe technician who runs the OzSecCon physical security conference, is joining Locksport Village at CyberCon 2026.
Locksport Village
Topaz
Aral
Trent Bartels
Security Operations Consultant / Firefighter
Brennan I.T / CFA
Trent Bartels is a security operations consultant at Brennan I.T and CFA firefighter, presenting on the parallels between firefighting and cyber response.
Running Secure Operations
Incident Response, Crisis Coordination and Recovery
Breakout
Trent
Bartels
Trevor Lau
Senior Security Lead
Telstra
Trevor Lau is a senior security lead at Telstra, joining think tanks on security culture, supply chain threats and DevSecOps human risk.
Building Secure Technology
People, Culture and Workforce
Supply Chain, Dependency and Provenance Risk
Human Risk, Judgement and Decision-Making Under Pressure
Think Tank
Trevor
Lau
Trill White
Independant Researcher
Deakin University
Trill White is a cyber security researcher at nbn specialising in lattice-based cryptography, presenting on moving from curves to lattices in 2026.
Building Secure Technology
Post-Quantum Cryptography and Cryptographic Transition Planning
Breakout
Trill
White
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
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