Join leaders at Cyber Resilience Summit NSW 2026 to explore cyber security, resilience and strategies for mitigating evolving cyber threats.
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A two-stream event assembling key cyber stakeholders to address modern strategies for organisational defence and resilience
The Cyber Resilience Summit NSW will bring together over 250 leaders across two streams covering IT and Operational Technology Environments. The event will explore strategic themes including the influence of global events and geopolitics on Australian cyber security and the changing risk landscape caused by AI. We will also address more technical conversations such as adversary emulation, security assurance, OT visibility, vulnerability management and incident response and recovery plans.
Join senior leaders to connect and collaborate across two distinctive streams:
IT Security Stream: AI risk frameworks and controls, threat detection/response, adversary emulation, identity, resilience
OT Security Stream: Network visibility, vulnerability management, critical infrastructure, ICS/SCADA security, segmentation
This cybersecurity conference brings together a high-level audience of CISOs, CIOs, Heads of Cyber, OT, Threat Intelligence, Risk and Technology across 13+ sessions and 21+ speakers. The event will facilitate practical, local insights while providing the opportunity to engage with fellow attendees and speakers.
Meet our Speakers
Former Head of Counterintelligence
Head of National Security & Geopolitical Risk
Chief Information Security | Director of Enterprise AI & Technology - Security Risk & Compliance
Distinguished Advisor & Former Shadow Assistant Minister for Cyber Security and Defence
Chief Business Resilience Officer
Chief Information Security Officer
Chief Information Security Officer
Author & Co-Creator of Cyber Hack Podcast
Head of Cyber Security Governance & Operations
Cyber Exposure Management Lead / Product Owner
Director of Enterprise Security
Head of Cyber Defence
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8:30 am
Registration and refreshments
9:00 am
Opening remarks
9:20 am
Incident simulation: attackers vs. defenders
Attendees will be grouped in their tables as defenders or attackers and carry out an incident simulation
9:50 am
The Rise of Nation State Cyber Threats and its Implications on Australian Security
Assessing the geopolitical backdrop driving state backed adversaries
Breaking down the major players and their strategy in malware and attack vectors
Understanding the implications for Australian industry and government
Jen Stockwell
Head of National Security & Geopolitical Risk
Telstra
Jean-Baptiste Bres
Chief Information Security Officer | Director of Enterprise AI & Technology - Security Risk & Compliance
AMP
Geoff White
Author and Co-Creator & Presenter of Cyber Hack Podcast
BBC
Gai Brodtmann
Distinguished Advisor & Former Shadow Assistant Minister for Cyber Security and Defence
ANU
10:35 am
Resilience by Design: From Visibility to Operational Assurance
Rahul Thakkur
Sales Engineering Manager - ANZ & ASEAN
Forescout
11:05 am
Morning Tea & Networking
Stream 1: IT
11:35 am
Exploring the AI Threat Landscape: Internal Risks and Empowered Attackers
Unpacking the implications of and response to Mythos and other AI tools that could be or are already being leveraged by threat actors
Assessing the cyber risks of AI's integration into business systems and it's exploitation by attackers
Building risk frameworks, controls and governance models to manage and secure AI including autonomous agents at scale
Mariana Paun
Chief Business Relience Officer
Zepto
Saleshni Sharma
Chief Information Security Officer, APAC
Berkley Insurance
Anna Aquilina
Chief Information Security Officer
UTS
12:15 pm
Fighting Fire with Fire: Cyber Defence and Resilience in the Age of AI- Driven Threats
Nathan Smith
Head of Cybersecurity Sales APJC
Splunk
Stream 2: OT
11:35 am
Hidden in Plain Sight: Optimising OT Network Visibility and Vulnerability Management
Analysing known and emerging threats targeting vulnerabilities in control systems
Unpacking best practice in the ongoing battle for better network visibility
Exploring contemporary strategies for patch management in the face of continuous operations
Hemant Gupta
Director of Enterprise Security
Resmed
John Morcos
Head of Cyber Security Governance & Operations
Blackmores
Sarah Lugay
Cyber Security Manager
South Western Sydney Health District
Feli Gouw
Senior Central OT Engineer
Energy Australia
12:15 pm
Report: Global OT Cyber Threat Predictions 2027
12:35 pm
Lunch & Networking
Stream 1: IT
1:15 pm
Roundtables
The Visibility Gap: Why Modern Cybersecurity Starts with Complete Network Visibility
Are Your Cyber Defences Actually Working? How to Continuously Validate Security Readiness
Unpacking the new paradigms in Risk and Vulnerability Management
Effectively Integrating Threat Telemetry for Proactive Cyber Defence
Beyond Box Ticking: Stress Properly Stress Testing Security Controls and Governance
2:05 pm
Think Like an Attacker: Uplifting Controls Testing and Adversary Emulation Exercises
Effectively leveraging purple teaming and proactive security for security readiness
Incorporating contemporary threat intelligence and creativity to inform adversary emulation exercises
Uplifting vulnerability management and cyber assurance coordination
Jason Ford
Senior Manager Offensive Security
TPG
Shivani Thakur
Cyber Exposure Management Lead/Product Owner
Bupa
Abhishek Simkhada
Red Team Technical Lead, Manager
ING
Joanna Dalton
Head of Cyber Defence
REA Group
Peter Baussman
Chief Technology Officer
Airlock Digital
2:45 pm
The Contested Supply Chain: AI, Intelligence and National Resilience
Dan Elliott
Field CISO, Asia Pacfic & Japan
Recorded Future
Stream 2: OT
1:15 pm
Roundtables
OT Risk Management in the Digital Transformation Rush
Enhancing OT Asset Visibility with Contextual Data
2:05 pm
Driving Organisation Wide Readiness: Building your Cyber Incident Response & OT Crisis Management Plan
What does good look like: developing and practicing your incident response play books
Uplifting cyber awareness education to streamline responder and stakeholder actions
Best practice in operational continuity and disruption minimisation
Raghu Gandhy
Chief Information Security Officer
Veolia
Morgan Storey
Chief Information Security Officer
Sonic Healthcare
Richard Capistrano
Head of Cyber Security
GWA Group
2:45 pm
Securing Leadership Support and Investment: Building a Quanifiable Risk Profile
3:05 pm
Afternoon Break & Networking
3:25 pm
Lessons in Counterintelligence: From the FBI to the Private Sector
Bill Priestap
Former Head of Counter Intelligence
FBI
4:00 pm
Wrap Up Followed by Networking Drinks
Who Should Attend the Cyber Resilience Summit NSW 2026
Chief Information Security Officers
Chief Information Officers
Heads of Cybersecurity
Heads of IT
Head of Technology Risk
Heads of Threat Intelligence
Heads of Operation Technology
Heads of Offensive Security
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