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Nithin has scaled and led SQR Systems to design and deliver critical secure communications solutions for defence, national security and financial services on a global scale. His patented encryption technology is used in heavily regulated sectors. He is an active contributor and thought leader in some of the world’s leading information security research and development communities and his contribut...

Rinske was awarded Risk Consultant of the Year by RMIA (2017), Outstanding Security Consultant Finalist in the OSPAs (2019) and BPW Business Woman of the Year (2010-2013). She is an internationally leading consultant, speaker and certified Business Continuity Planning (BCP), Information Security & Risk Management trainer. Her firm, Business As Usual (BAU), since 2006, has worked with SMEs as w...

Tanya Janca, also known as ‘SheHacksPurple’, is the founder, security trainer and coach of SheHacksPurple.dev, specialising in software and cloud security. Her obsession with securing software runs deep, from starting her company, to running her own OWASP chapter for 4 years in Ottawa, co-founding a new OWASP chapter in Victoria, and co-founding the OWASP DevSlop open-source and education project....

Christopher Sant is a Cyber Security leader who has been helping secure Australian organisations for the last 15 years. He has held various roles across Penetration testing, Privacy Compliance, Consulting, Security Operations, Risk Management and most recently focusing on Cyber Culture and Awareness. He is very passionate about using clear and simple messaging to make Cyber easily accessible to ev...

Clint started his career in Microsoft level 1 support at the age of 16 in 2003. Since that time he has held helpdesk & server administrator roles with the past 7 years focusing on Cyber Security, Digital Forensics and Incident Response. He believes in continuing education, sharing knowledge with peers and providing mentoring to people interested in starting out in Cyber\, or pursuing goals wit...

David Chou is the SVP, Chief Information Officer for a fully integrated healthcare system in the United States. Previously, Chou advised many different Fortune 500 technology solution companies while also serving as the CIO for an international life science company with 50+ sites throughout Australia, Singapore, and China. Chou has held executive roles with the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Children...

Based in Toronto, Canada, Lee has been in the information security space since 2010. Working and consulting in various industries from financial, manufacturing, national services and government, Lee currently works as: · Director, Adversarial Collaboration with Lares · Co-founder of RedBlack Security – Toronto-based offensive security testing shop Lee also is involved with initiatives such as: · C...

Jen has extensive experience and expertise in Corporate and Commercial Law, and Cyber Security and IT, with a background in Dispute Resolution and Litigation. From a corporate and commercial perspective, Jen has worked on numerous transactions, ranging from restructures to large complex multi-million dollar cross-border M&A deals. She works with businesses at all sizes, ranging from small fami...

Mitchell Parker, CISSP, is the Executive Director of Information Security and Compliance at IU Health. Mitch has done a significant amount of work in researching the effects of cloud and distributed computing, network-based threats, compliance, and privacy and security requirements on connected health devices. Mitch works collaboratively with a number of EMR and biomedical equipment vendors to imp...

Rafael Chiang is a skilled information security strategic leader, having worked in the information security industry for a variety of multinational and global organisations, for more than 20 years’. Dedicated to supporting and sustaining business growth through brand and value protection, Rafael’s specialty is communicating and collaborating at all organisational levels, creating tailored security...

Starting as a teenage hacker in the 1990’s, having been involved in the largest mass hack of the time and setting off an international incident after hacking into a nuclear weapons facility, Greg has over two decades of technical, management, and leadership experience in Information Security. A frequent speaker about bringing leadership, visibility, care, and accountability to the Information Secu...

Melissa Wingard is a senior commercial technology lawyer, with almost 15 years’ experience, assisting software, cybersecurity, and technology companies, across the Asia Pacific region, grow their business and meet strategic aims, whilst managing risk and regulatory compliance. Melissa works as Special Counsel for Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick, a specialist IP firm. She has extensive experience in r...

Matthew is the founder of Ayenem ( www.ayenem.com.au ), a DevSecOps consultancy and founder of DevSecOps Sydney meet up. Matt gets a kick out of rapidly becoming an expert in new and emerging technologies and pushing past the limits. It might be the joy of winning or just seeing people’s face go oohhh that’s impressive that drives him but, either way he gets results quickly and enjoys mentoring an...

Laura was appointed the Head of Information Security role in April 2019 for a large Financial Services organisation that is head quartered in Sydney. She is responsible for Information Security strategy execution. security reviews, assessments, testing and control assurance, detailed design, security architecture and project review in the APAC region. Laura and her team work with the rest of the I...

Tony Vizza has been involved in the information technology and information security fields for more than 25 years. Tony completed a Bachelor of Science in Computing Science from the University of Technology, Sydney, Global Executive MBA from the University of Sydney which included study at Stanford University, The London School of Economics and the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He is...

Cat Coode is the founder of Binary Tattoo. Binary, for the language of all things digital. Tattoo, for the permanence of what goes online. Her mission is to help you safeguard your data and protect your digital identity. Backed by two decades of experience in mobile development and software architecture, as well as a certification in data privacy law, Cat helps corporations and individuals better...

As an innovative and results-driven senior IT professional with 20 years in the field, Paul has gained extensive cross-industry experience in senior management roles within global teams across the Asia Pacific, multinational organisations, and Australian Government, including Telstra, IBM, Westpac, CBA, Qantas, and both Federal and State Government agencies. Paul has a proven track record of manag...

Ross is a seasoned Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) & Cyber Security professional. He provides the strategic framework and direction in Cyber Security & Technology Risk, providing robust security protection and management assurance. Ross has over 19 years of specialized experience dedicated to leading financial institutions in security policy design, cyber security implementation...

Martin has twenty years of experience as an innovator at the leading edge of technology. A deep technical understanding of the security and privacy implications of storing sensitive customer information allows him to help guard against the security vulnerabilities and risks any modern organisation might face. Through his customer-centric approach, Martin helps businesses innovate to improve the pe...

Bastien is the co-founder of CTRL Group – Australia’s progressive information security firm, protecting businesses from cyber risk. CTRL Group offer best in class security solutions ranging from audits, hacking, monitoring, advisory and education. With operations in Singapore, Thailand and Australia, CTRL Group are on a mission to safeguard organisations from brand and reputational damage, as well...

At 19 years old I left my small country town to join the Army. I began my military career in Canberra being trained as a military manager and soldier. 2 years later I found myself in East-Timor managing a team of 34 maintenance and transportation staff and supporting the military operations for the 500+ strong Australian Defence Force contingent in the country. As a 22-year-old at the time, I felt...

Casey is the Founder, Chairman, and CTO of Bugcrowd. He is an 18 year veteran of information security, servicing clients ranging from startups to multinational corporations as a pen tester, security and risk consultant and solutions architect, then most recently as a career entrepreneur. Casey pioneered the Crowdsourced Security as a Service model launching the first bug bounty programs on the Bug...

Phil Zongo is the author of The Five Anchors of Cyber Resilience, an Amazon best-selling book that strips away the complexity of cyber security and provides practical guidance to business executives. In 2017, Phil was invited to Chicago, USA, where he was honoured with ISACA’s International Best Book / Article Award for his paper, The Automation Conundrum. This is one of ISACA’s highest global hon...

Nathan enlisted in the Army in 1996 and worked in many different roles supporting the various information systems supporting ADF operations. Late in his career he served in the ADFCIRT and decided then that cyber security was going to be the mainstay of his post-military career. Since Leaving the defence force Nathan has raised two SOCs, one dedicated to defence, another for multiple commercial te...

Dan Holman is the CEO and Eric Flis the COO of WorldStack; the leading Australian Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) company. They founded WorldStack to create the tools that enhance the decision-making of their clients with actionable intelligence. This is fuelled by freely available, but hard to filter data that sits on the open web, deep, and dark web, and WorldStack’s solutions provide the tools...