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CSO Executive Sessions: ASEAN

In this weekly series, our editors interview top chief information security officers throughout the ASEAN region to discuss current security threats, critical IT projects, security skills and careers, and much more.

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Jul 3, 2026

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Episodes

CISO of Zscaler on AI, Zero Trust and the SecOps Reckoning 03.07.2026
CSO Executive Sessions ASEAN: From Compliance to Cyber Resilience - Securing Patient Trust in Southeast Asia’s Hospitals 24.02.2026
CSO Executive Sessions ASEAN: The Human Firewall-Retention, AI Readiness, and Women in Cybersecurity 12.01.2026
CSO Executive Sessions ASEAN: Leading the Charge on Cyber Agility for Southeast Asia’s Digital Future 20.11.2025

As Editorial Director of CSO ASEAN, I had the pleasure of interviewing Andrew Bennett, Regional CTO of BT International, whose vast experience offers timely and pragmatic insights for our audience across Southeast Asia’s cybersecurity community. Andrew shared with me the lessons learned from his career journey, highlighting the importance of self-leadership, adaptability, and looking beyond one’s...

CSO Executive Sessions: Navigating the Cyber Battleground, Strengthening Southeast Asia’s Digital Defense 30.09.2025

In this CSO ASEAN Executive Session, Editorial Director Estelle Quek speaks with Michael Montoya, Chief Operating Officer at BlueVoyant, to unpack the evolving cybersecurity landscape in Southeast Asia. With over 25 years of experience in cybersecurity leadership. Montoya offers a grounded perspective on how organizations in the region can build resilience amid rising threat sophistication, regula...

CSO Executive Sessions: Navigating sophisticated cyberthreats in Southeast Asia region 30.09.2025

In an era where cyber threats are evolving faster than ever, resilience is no longer a technical aspiration, it’s a strategic imperative. Today, CSO ASEAN is joined by Kavitha Mariappan, Chief Transformation Officer at Rubrik, who brings a unique lens to cybersecurity, one that fuses business strategy, customer impact, and cross-functional transformation. In this conversation, we explored how Sout...

Navigating sophisticated ransomware attacks while proactively managing cyber risks 20.06.2025

Jason Merrick, Senior Vice President of Product at Tenable joins CSO ASEAN's new Editorial Director, Estelle Quek to discuss how organizations can better navigate ransomware attacks which employs sophisticated extortion tactics, secure today's hyper-interconnected, API-rich, OT- IT, multipartite fragmented environments and critical infrastructure, while proactively managing cyber risks and supplie...

CSO Executive Sessions: How AI and LLMs are affecting security in the financial services industry 20.03.2025

Mandy Andress - CISO at Elastic - joins Xiou Ann Lim for this CSO Executive Sessions interview. They talk about how large language models are offering a countermeasure against AI risks, how banks can integrate them with existing SIEM systems, and more.

CSO Executive Sessions: How cybersecurity impacts company ratings - A fey factor for investors and consumers 13.02.2025

Martin Whitworth - Lead Cyber Risk Expert at S&P Global Ratings - joins Xiou Ann Lim for this CSO Executive Sessions interview. They talk about why the world's largest credit rating firm is now factoring in cyber preparedness when assessing companies, how cyber risk affects a company's financial health, and the role CISOs play in it.

CSO Executive Sessions: Guardians of the Games - How to keep the Olympics and other major events cyber safe 07.08.2024

Bryan Woodworth – Director of Solution Strategy at Aviatrix – joins Xiou Ann Lim for this CSO Executive Sessions interview. They talk about safeguarding the Olympics from cyber threats, operational technology and IoT considerations for critical infrastructure, and more.

CSO Executive Sessions: Data protection in Malaysia 02.07.2024

Toh Shang Yee – Head of Information Security at MCIS Life – joins Xiou Ann Lim for this CSO Executive Sessions interview. They talk about data governance and regulations in Malaysia, strategies to ensure resilience, and more.

CSO Executive Sessions: The new realities of the CISO role - whistleblowing and legal liabilities 28.05.2024

Mark Bowling – Chief Information Security and Risk Officer at ExtraHop – joins Xiou Ann Lim for this CSO Executive Sessions interview. They talk about the repercussions of more stringent reporting regulations, penalties CISOs may have to face, and more.

CSO Executive Sessions: The personality of cybersecurity leaders 29.04.2024

Paul McCarthy – CEO and Co-Founder of the League of Scholars – joins Xiou Ann Lim for this CSO Executive Sessions interview. They talk about the personality traits of cybersecurity leaders, how they differ from CIOs, and more.

Elina Noor – Senior Fellow in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 02.04.2024

Elina Noor – Senior Fellow in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace – joins Xiou Ann Lim for this CSO Executive Sessions interview. They talk about what's driving geopolitical tensions in the South China Sea, the possibility of another cyber-attack of NotPetya proportions, and more.

CSO Executive Sessions: 2024 International Women's Day special 13.03.2024

Kristel Dykimching (Information Security Governance Manager at GoTyme Bank) and Justine Co (Assistant Vice President of IT Audit at Converge ICT Solutions) join Xiou Ann Lim for this International Women's Day special on CSO Executive Sessions.

Hieu Minh Ngo – Cybersecurity Specialist at the National Cyber Security Center of Vietnam 20.02.2024

Hieu Minh Ngo – Cybersecurity Specialist at the National Cyber Security Center of Vietnam – joins Xiou Ann Lim for this CSO Executive Sessions interview. They talk about lessons in data protection, progress in governance, and more.

Anthony Grieco – Chief Information Security Officer at Cisco 10.10.2023

Anthony Grieco – Chief Information Security Officer at Cisco – joins Xiou Ann Lim for this CSO Executive Sessions interview. They talk about opportunities in Southeast Asia's cybersecurity landscape, future trends, and more.

Francis Yeow – Country Information Security Officer of Singapore at IHH Healthcare 06.09.2023

Francis Yeow – Country Information Security Officer of Singapore at IHH Healthcare – joins Xiou Ann Lim for this CSO Executive Sessions interview. They talk about aligning business objectives, lessons from 2022, and more.

Huang Shao Fei – Group Chief Information Security Officer at SMRT Corporation 29.08.2023

Huang Shao Fei – Group Chief Information Security Officer at SMRT Corporation – joins Xiou Ann Lim for this CSO Executive Sessions interview. They talk about the challenges of protecting critical infrastructure, key lessons from cyber-attacks, and more.

Christian Fam – Regional Research and Consulting Manager, Security Practice at IDC Asia Pacific 23.08.2023

Christian Fam – Regional Research and Consulting Manager for IDC Asia Pacific's Security Practice – joins Xiou Ann Lim for this CSO Executive Sessions interview. They talk about digital trust in the Asia-Pacific region, underlying trends, and more.

Eddie Hau – Chief Information Security Officer of Sunway Group 16.08.2023

Eddie Hau, Chief Information Security Officer of Sunway Group, joins Xiou Ann Lim for this CSO Executive Sessions interview. They talk about the group’s risk culture, what Sunway is doing to plug the talent gap in the field, and more.

Frankie Shuai - Former Director of Cyber & Technology Risk at UBS 07.08.2023

Frankie Shuai – Former Director of Cyber & Technology Risk at UBS – joins Xiou Ann Lim for this CSO Executive Sessions interview. They talk about deepfake technology, the ethics of generative AI, and more.

Rubaiyyaat Aakbar on security and privacy by design 26.07.2023

Rubaiyyaat Aakbar – Head of IT and Cybersecurity at DocDoc – joins Xiou Ann Lim for this CSO Executive Sessions interview. They talk about cybersecurity in the healthcare industry, security considerations, and more.

Hieu Minh Ngo on top cybersecurity vulnerabilities to watch out for 10.07.2023

Hieu Minh Ngo – Cybersecurity Specialist at the National Cyber Security Center of Vietnam – joins Xiou Ann Lim for this CSO Executive Sessions interview.

SMRT Corporation’s Huang Shao Fei on AI and other technologies 10.07.2023

Huang Shao Fei – Group Chief Information Security Officer of SMRT Corporation – joins Xiou Ann Lim for this CSO Executive Sessions interview.

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