Peter Deans, Director, Notwithoutrisk Consulting
Peter drew from his 32-year career spanning banking and finance, and risk management to provide insights and advice on how CIOs and CISO can effectively engage with the C-Suite and Board.
The session delved further into the role of the board, effective risk management, effective communication, and reporting.
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For today’s businesses, success means being data-driven. Generating value from vast amounts of data, engendering innovation, and having agile and scalable business models necessitates the use of cloud technologies wherever possible. But adoption of new technologies creates risk which must be managed.
This session saw our panellists discuss accelerated adoption of new technologies as businesses rapidly digitalise, as well as the new cybersecurity risks that are created. Also discussed, were the best ways to manage these risks to build resilience into organisations.
 
Mary-Beth Hosking, Chief Information Officer, PointsBet
Mary will take the audience on her own journey From Singer to CIO – A story of resiliency, transformation and recognising your value. She will delve into the importance of learning to respond and adapt to the challenges we face and build resilience to help us bounce back in times of pressure.
Andrew Milroy, Chief Research Advisor, Focus Network
Today’s summit features a rich program presented by some of the most senior IT leaders and experts from across Australia and overseas.
Attendees will have the opportunity to network and engage in the most relevant sessions for their business.
A huge welcome to all our sponsors, delegates & speakers.
Chris Bezuidenhout, Managing Director, CIB CIO APAC & Emerging Markets, Deutsche Bank AG
One of the main words that emerged in the post pandemic world is the word “Innovation”, especially in the IT and online industry.
In this session, Chris spoke about how all IT leaders are distinctively set to evolve into innovation leaders. They need to be competent enough and have the skills to envision and deliver technology-driven business change.
Iain Hart, Head of Technology & CISO, The Australian Institute of Company DirectorsÂ
This session focused on:
Dr. Ashish Bharadwaj, Chief Information Officer, Torrens Global Education Services
Keypoints discussed in this session:
The afternoon one-to-one meetings are under way at the CIO/CISO Leaders Australia Summit 2022 in Sydney.
Over 200, 30 minutes face to face meetings throughout the day with key industry suppliers and leading IT and IT Security executives.
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Jenny Wu, Director, Deloitte
Artificial Intelligence can do so much in modern days, from driving a car to helping discover new drugs for curing diseases.
One of the major computing methods and enablers of artificial intelligence is machine learning. The more data, the more the computer system improves.
In this session, Jenny focused on the common challenges many organisations experience in using machine learning (ML) methods to help with decision making, what it takes to integrate AI and machine learning into everyday business processes and explored potential routes to embark on the adoption journey.
Dr. Sharif Abuadbba, Senior Research Scientist, Cyber Security CRC Fellow, Data61 | CSIRO
Employing AI for Cybersecurity to solve challenges like cyber-attacks (such as cyber intrusion, data theft and data compromise) can be a double-edged sword as it can be used for both cyber defence and cyber-attacks.
In this session, Dr. Sharif focused on two aspects:
