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Agenda

Day One | Monday, 17th March 2025

8:10

Registration & Morning Refreshments     

8:30

Opening Karakia

8:50

Chairperson’s Opening Address 

CISO LEADERSHIP & INNOVATION

9:00

Opening Keynote: Translating CISO: Security in Business Language

  • How does the risk directly impact the business?

  • Understanding what drives the board to increase investment in security

  • How to drive the importance of prevention as well as creating a resilience so that the business can continue to thrive in the face of cyber threats

Colin James, Chief Digital Officer, Southern Cross Health Insurance

9:30

Panel: Addressing Burnout: Balancing Advanced Security Measures with Budget Constraints

  • Taking a proactive approach to stay ahead of potential threats and save money in the long run

  • How to demonstrate ROI on security investments to increase support for your team

  • Prioritising training sessions to empower your employees as the first line of defence

Grant Anthony, Chief Information Security Officer, Orion Health

Kate Pearce, Head of Security, Trade Me

Kane Narraway, Head of Enterprise Security, Canva

Mikala Easte, Manager, Security Assurance and Governance, Reserve Bank of New Zealand - Te Pūtea Matua

10:15

Morning Tea & Interactive Networking

FIT FOR PURPOSE SECURITY

11:00

Presentation: Lessons Learnt: Auckland Councils Cybersecurity Capabilities Roadmap Journey

  • Leveraging the best technology tools and moving from a capability focus to product focus strategy

  • Considering a group approach, threat actors target the whole organisation, not just the security division

  • The threat profile of a Council vs a Corporate organisation

Simon Burson, Chief Information Security Officer, Auckland Council

11:40

Presentation - Hosted by Microsoft

NAVIGATING THE EVOLVING THREAT LANDSCAPE

12:00

Interactive Breakout Sessions

During this session, attendees will have the opportunity to attend 2 x 30-minute interactive breakout sessions of their choice.


Breakout A: Hosted by Microsoft
Breakout B: Cloud Security

Breakout C: Operational Technology  
Breakout D: SaaS   

1:00

Networking Lunch

RESILLIENCE IN 2030

2:00

Interactive Mini-Workshop - Forward Thinking: Building a Culture of Cyber Security and Resilience

Adwin Singh, Security Domain Lead - CISO Office, Inland Revenue

Kyle Wong, IT Security Governance Specialist, Inland Revenue

3:00

Afternoon Tea

AI RISK STRATEGIES

3:30

Presentation: Ready for AI? Proactive strategies for managing Trust, Risk and Security

  • Understanding the serious risks that tools like AI can bring upon the business from breaching privacy to exposing sensitive data

  • Successfully educating the business on the risks of AI implementation, whilst understanding the business value

  • How an AI policy can mitigate risk and empower the business

Manvi Madan, Manager Data & Insights, Port of Auckland

4:00

Panel: Doing AI Responsibly: From Removing Bias to Strengthening Customer Trust

  • Understanding data privacy in AI and building trust with your users

  • Reducing the risk of data breaches and implementing strict access controls

  • Strategies to prevent bias and discrimination and establish clear accountability for AI systems

Tejashwini Singh Verma, IT Security Governance Specialist, Tower Insurance

Mazen Kassis, Head of Data & Analytics, Foodstuffs North Island

Yu Cho Gan, Technology Assurance Lead, Fletcher Building

4:45

Chairperson’s Closing Address 

5:00

Networking Drinks & End of Summit Day One

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