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Edgard Capdevielle is President, CEO and co-founder of operational tech and IoT firm Nozomi Networks. Edgard brings an extensive background in successfully managing and expanding markets for both start-ups and established technology companies to his role as CEO. Previously he was Vice President of Product Management and Marketing for Imperva, where he led teams that made the company’s web and data...

Born in Sydney, Australia, and having lived in the United States for the past 12 years, Matt Johnston has had an international career as an entrepreneur and founder, creating and leading companies in verticals including service, manufacturing, distribution and direct to consumer. Johnston’s early career was in Security Risk Management and Investigation, working as a Security Consultant and other r...

Lena joined MongoDB in March 2019, with more than 20 years of cybersecurity experience. Before joining MongoDB, she was the Global Chief Information Security Officer for the international fintech company, Tradeweb, where she was responsible for all aspects of cybersecurity. She also served as CIO and Chief Security Officer for the New York Power Authority, the largest state power organization in t...

Sean is the Regional chief security officer for Asia Pacific and Japan at Palo Alto Networks. In this role, Sean spearheads the development of thought leadership, threat intelligence and security best practices for the cybersecurity community and business executives. With more than 20 years of experience in the IT and security industry, he acts as a trusted advisor to organisations across the regi...

Dan Woods is the Global Head of Intelligence at F5 . Prior to F5, Dan spent more than 20 years with local, state, and federal law enforcement and intelligence organizations including the FBI as a special agent and the CIA as a cyber operations officer. See also: I’m a former CIA cyber-operations officer who studies bot traffic. Here’s why it’s plausible that more than 80% of Twitter’s accounts are...

Nathan Wenzler is the Chief Security Strategist at Tenable, the Cyber Exposure company. Nathan has over two decades of experience designing, implementing and managing both technical and non-technical security solutions for IT and information security organizations. He has helped government agencies and Fortune 1000 companies alike build new information security programs from scratch, as well as im...

Dane’s first business adventure was at aged 18 where he developed and sold digital information products from his home, via online stores. This experience gave Dane a taste for business and pursued a career in sales. After several years in the recruitment and pharmaceutical sectors, Dane relocated to Australia and entered the cybersecurity industry with an early cloud provider called MessageLabs. D...

Dr. Arun Vishwanath studies the “people problem” of cybersecurity. His research focuses on improving individual, organizational, and national resilience to cyber attacks by focusing on the weakest links in cyber security—Internet users. His particular interest is in understanding why people fall prey to social engineering attacks that come in through email and social media, and on ways we can harn...

Alastair has spent the last 20 years working in Cyber Security and Risk Management. He is a passionate believer that security solutions should enable a business to take advantage of all the benefits of the digital world, while not putting the organisation’s data or productivity at risk. From working within start-ups to established vendors Alastair has the knowledge to launch and grow markets for t...

Sarah Sloan is the Head of Government Affairs & Public Policy for Australia and New Zealand at Palo Alto Networks. She advises the company’s leadership on a range of cyber and technology policy/regulatory issues, builds strategic relationships across all tiers of government and acts as a trusted private sector adviser to governments in the region. Prior to her role with Palo Alto Networks, Sar...

Chad Skipper serves as global security technologist at VMware. With more than 25 years in information security, Chad has served in many executive security technologist and strategist roles of endpoint, network, cloud, and hosted security services at Lastline, acquired by VMware, Cylance, acquired by Blackberry, Dell, Cisco, Symantec and is a USAF veteran.

Jo is a member of ISACA’s Information Security Advisory Board and Global Ambassador for ANZ. Her areas of expertise include information security governance and strategy, development of policy, security awareness and education, ISO 27000 series implementation and advice, risk assessment, systems audit. See also: State of Digital Trust 2022

Nick Boyle is a partner in the IP & Technology team at DLA Piper, and is based in Sydney. He advises clients on data protection and cyber-security related matters, as well as digital transformation, IT procurement and implementation and other complex procurement projects.  Nick’s clients range from start-up companies, to large listed and private Australian corporations, to multi-national organ...

Jason Van der Schyff is Chief Operating Officer of slightly controversial, quietly confident’ venture-backed company SoftIron – a global leader in purpose-built and performance-optimised data centre solutions.   SoftIron is about to change the game when it comes to Australian business and government cyber control of sensitive data (and better storage of massive amounts of data).   Soon this year,...

Ashkan Tashvir built and launched the first of several businesses at the age of fifteen and subsequently led a series of businesses to become thriving and successful enterprises across various industries. With a master’s degree in information systems management, he was amongst the youngest Certified Microsoft Trainers at the time and has worked on various technology projects for government bodies...

Anthony Woodward –  Chief Executive Officer, Founder & Director | Mentor & Advisor | Digital Transformation | Cloud | Growth | M&A For more than 25 years, Anthony has built, scaled and run technology companies in the internet and cloud services space. By helping businesses to understand how to use technology to advance strategic objectives and enable performance, he has converted game-...

Tony Jarvis Director of Enterprise Security, Asia Pacific Japan Based in Singapore Tony Jarvis is a CISO advisor and cybersecurity strategist who has advised Fortune 500 clients across the world and served as a thought leader within the industry. Tony has held a variety of leadership and advisory roles with leading brands such as FireEye, Standard Chartered Bank and Telstra, and has an acute under...

Scott Fletcher is a Cloud Security Engineer at Oracle. His background includes Penetration Testing, Software Development & Security Consulting. He has also held Principal Consultant roles in both Australia & New Zealand, and worked for a number of enterprise and financial services organisations. In an IT career spanning two decades across a range of technical implementation, architecture a...

Alan is a highly confident, effective and adaptable leader, manager & team player, with some 30 years experience in all facets of security, particularly cyber and enterprise security risk management, with a focus on ‘value-at-risk’. Currently, Alan is the Director of Advisory Services for Decipher Cyber, where he works with founder Tinesh Chhaya to grow their business and deliver quality outco...

Kylie is the Lead Client Partner for Defence and National Security in Australia and New Zealand at IBM with the remit to helping solve some of the nation’s more complex national security problems with consulting specialities in data, AI, automation, cyber security, hybrid cloud, openshift, innovative technologies and agile processes. Kylie previously ran Cybersecurity for IBM Consulting as well as...

Apurva Chiranewala is the General Manager of fintech company Block Earner, where he oversees global operations, growth and expansion, and builds strategic partnerships. Formerly head of shipping at eBay and chief development officer at fast-growing logistics scale-up Sendle, Chiranewala has worked in a number of high-profile leadership roles at large corporations and startups alike. As an early pi...

Jake Moore is the Global Cybersecurity Advisor for ESET. He helps businesses and employees understand cybersecurity and the risks involved to remain better protected. Jake previously worked for Dorset Police for 14 years investigating computer crime in the Digital Forensics Unit before being a cybersecurity advisor for the force delivering tailored advice to the public and local businesses.

Chirag’s ambitious goal is simple—to enable human progress through technology. To accomplish this, he wants to help build a world where there is trust in digital systems, protection against cyber threats, and a safe environment online for communication, commerce, and engagement. He is especially passionate about the safety of children and vulnerable sections of society online. This goal has served...

With over 20 years experience in information technology, John is an accomplished consulting practice leader, management and sales consultant, published author and writer, global thought leader in information risk management and security, governance, risk, and compliance.  John addresses business, technology, and compliance issues on a global scale. See also: ISACA Supply Chain Block Infographic

Starting his career in Army Signals, Andrew has spent the last 20+ years working across a variety of ICT roles. As a Technologist, with a passion for security Andrew has designed and delivered secure solutions across Government and Private organisations. In his current role as the Director of AUSHIELD, Andrew leads Cybermerc’s technical teams to deliver sovereign cyber threat intelligence solution...