Sydney CISO Community
Inner Circle
14 March 2024 | Watersedge at Campbell's Stores, Sydney
14 March 2024
Watersedge at Campbell's Stores, Sydney
Collaborate with your peers
Join Sydney's top CISOs for an intimate networking dinner and facilitated discussion on key business challenges. Enjoy a relaxed evening of dinner and drinks with your peers to share best practices, make new connections and build professional relationships.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today:
Managing Ongoing AI Expectations with Business Stakeholders
Ensuring Effective and Secure Deployment of AI
Defining your Long-Term AI Ambition
Sydney CISO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the discussion topics and agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CISOs, For CISOs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs
Susie Costa
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
SVP, Head of Security Management
Ben Doyle
Thales Australia
CISO Asia Pacific
Daniela Fernandez
PayPal Australia
Head of Information Security Australia
Agenda
14 March 2024
16:30 - 17:30 Executive Networking Reception
17:30 - 18:45 Discussion Topics
Managing Business Expectations Around AI — Controlling the Narrative
Grant Bourzikas
Chief Security Officer, SVP
Cloudflare
Matt Carmichael
CIO
University of Canberra
Thomas Heathwood
Chief Information Security Officer
Link Group
Santosh Adsul
Head of Information Technology, Australia & New Zealand
TK Elevator
Stephanie Lo
Head of Cyber Security
Insignia Financial
Asaf Ahmad
Pacific Zone Senior Cyber Security Governance Officer
Schneider Electric Australia
Business leaders have high expectations about AI and other emerging technologies that CIOs and CISOs must manage. As such, technology and cybersecurity leaders must have robust strategies in place to not only manage these technologies, but also communicate their benefits and risks. Executives across the organisation all have their own thoughts and priorities around what the technology should be used for, but how do you as a leader keep control of this narrative to ensure effective and secure deployment to drive digital business success?
As C-level and board expectations continue to rise around emerging technologies, coupled with minimal increased budgets and resources, what are the key levers CIOs and CISOs are using to grow partnerships, better align with the business on these powerful technologies, and mitigate risks?
Join your peers to discuss how CIOs and CISOs can create messaging that truly resonates with stakeholders on these emerging technologies.
Topic 1: Managing Ongoing AI Expectations with Business Stakeholders
- What’s the current direction your organisation is taking on Generative AI? Are other departments aligning with IT’s direction or are they taking another route?
- How are you communicating the benefits and risks to the board as the technology continues to iterate? What are the most effective use cases to share?
- How are you ensuring responsible AI adoption and journey planning outside of IT? Do you have a governance plan in place or are you governing as you go?
Topic 2: Deciding your AI Ambition
- How are you cutting through AI complexities to define your long-term AI ambition for the organisation? Who is involved in setting this north star?
- What measures are you putting in place to secure data sets and mitigate the risk of sophisticated attacks that exploit these technologies?
- What will the overall implication on the workforce be with your strategy? Do you see AI as an enhancement or a replacement for the workforce?
18:45 - 19:15 Networking Break
19:15 - 20:30 Summary Discussion & Dinner
20:30 - 21:30 Social Hour
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Closest parking available at Wilson Parking, Overseas Passenger Terminal.
Please enter the venue via Bay 3, 25 Hickson Road, The Rocks.
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