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ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

John Kouroutzoglou, Information Security & Compliance Manager, Domain Group 

This interactive roundtable discussion provided a high level look at the following list of threats and how they’re addressed while including Q&A opportunities as the presentation covered these various topics:

• Insiders & Outsiders
• 3rd Parties
• Competitors
• Personal security risks

Physical security

ABOUT JOHN KOUROUTZOGLOU

John Kouroutzoglou has been involved in physical and cyber security operations and consulting for over 15 years. He has worked for large global organisations which include: Alcatel-Lucent, HP and EY. John is currently the Information Security & Compliance Manager at leading real estate tech company – Domain Group.

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

Nitin Singh, Director of Cyber Security, Victoria University 

Nitin’s roundtable discussion questioned whether the convergence of physical and cybersecurity makes sense.

Physical and cybersecurity are traditionally two distinct functions with similarities and synergies that are not leveraged most often. Everything across physical and cybersecurity systems, process and capabilities is converging which can have significant impact on safety and security of an organisation.

ABOUT NITIN SINGH

Experienced, certified (CISA/CRISC), results-driven and qualified Technology Risk, Audit and Compliance professional with 9 years of experience to strategise, execute and manage complex risk and compliance assessments across technology, security, business operations and large transformation programs.

Possess expert communication skills across diverse groups and all levels of management hierarchy with proven track record to work with senior executives and business unit leaders across Audit, Technology, Risk and Compliance Divisions of ANZ, NAB and various boutique insurance organisations.

Sound understanding of COBIT, ITIL, ISO/IEC 27001, AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009, Regulatory Risk landscape across Oceania and Asia-Pacific countries such as APRA (AU), RBNZ (NZ), MAS (Singapore), HKMA (Hong Kong) and BOI (Indonesia).

Specialties: IT Program Risk Management, IT Risk Transformation, Internal Audit, IT General and Application Controls Assessments, Regulatory and Compliance Assessment, Technology Governance, Identity Management, Project Management, Project Risk, IT Service Management.

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

Travers Stow, Chief Information Officer, Sigma Healthcare

Travers held a roundtable discussion that unravelled digital transformation and the things you need to know but are too afraid to ask. He discussed the key things you need to focus on so you can be business led, but with IT as the key enabler.

ABOUT TRAVERS STOW

An experienced and successful senior executive with demonstrated business transformation and turnaround capability across information technology, infrastructure, financial services and health.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

Designed and managed the stabilisation of Energy Australia’s 2012 billing system implementation (C1), then re-structured and project directed the successful migration of 1.7M customers from Ausgrid to Energy Australia.

Managed the successful delivery into production of Transurban’s new back office tolling technology platform (GLIDe) and built a high performing IT operations team.

Re-cast Australian Unity’s retail distribution to better reflect changing customer preferences for technology based distribution channels (telephony and internet).

PANEL DISCUSSION

Moderator:
Chary Chigurala, Head of IT, Laminex

Panellists:

Berys Amor – Director of Technology, Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Damien Scalzo – Chief Information Officer, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services AU/NZ

David McGrath, Chief Digital Officer, Clubs Australia

Chary hosted a panel discussion that shared insights and knowledge on how we can ensure security in a digital first age. The cyber threat landscape that is evolving at a phenomenal rate is not just new modes of attack or increased points of vulnerability that are proving problematic for security professionals it is also attitudes towards security are changing, too. Comfort levels with sharing information, transacting online and trusting third parties have never been higher.

ABOUT CHARY CHIGURALA

A proven leader with 25 years industry experience in Fortune 100 and ASX 100 companies. He is incredibly passionate about designing and implementing future focused IT organisation strategies to succeed in the digital markets. His core skills include:

• Providing vision and strategic leadership
• Digital strategy
• IT strategy & architecture
• Leading high performance teams
• Business engagement
• IT enabled business transformation
• Consulting
• Large deal creation
• P&L and budget management
• Large projects management
• Vendor management
• IT service delivery and reporting

ABOUT BERYS AMOR

Berys Amor has worked in the legal sector for more than 25 years, starting in finance administration and then moving into information technology. She has worked for a number of top ten law firms and managed a range of areas within technology, including service delivery, training, system administration and project management. Berys has extensive experience in project management, having been a part of several large office moves and fit outs, major systems implementations and upgrades as well as the change management processes for implementing new systems.

Berys’ current role as Director of Technology at Corrs Chambers Westgarth involves collaborating with key business stakeholders to understand the business objectives and factors of success in the industry, and developing and implementing the IS strategy in line with the overall business strategy. She manages a national team which includes client technology solutions, IT project delivery, IT training, helpdesk and service delivery, and infrastructure and applications support. Berys is also a Knowledge Advisor for the International Legal Technology Association and was selected for CIO Australia’s top 50 CIOs for 2016.

ABOUT DAMIEN SCALZO

As a technology leader I am responsible for:
– creating an IT vision and delivering the IT Strategy in alignment with the business strategy
– instilling structure, discipline and prioritisation across IT activities
– planning and governance of all IT Plan, Build and Run activities
– building and coaching a highly effective team across Australia and New Zealand
– make or buy decisions
– contract negotiations
– supplier management
– IT risk and security management.

From 2014 to present I have extensively scaled the size of the team, IT landscape and delivery velocity.

With many years of experience with custom development implementations, I often support my team during detailed technical decisions in relation to architecture, integration, code, databases and infrastructure. This supports the best decision for the business, gains respect from my technical staff and leads to the creation of a culture of collaboration and best practice sharing within the team.

ABOUT DAVID MCGRATH

David is a globally credentialed technology executive, specialising in data-driven digital transformation across corporations of various sizes and locations. Successfully developing and implementing large scale company-wide change, David’s recent projects include the technical coordination and build of large scale data assets, importantly including its protection through security, governance, and data regulatory compliance.

Complementary to this approach is also the ability to successfully craft an operational structure for “all of business”, including educational change at a departmental level endorsed through Executive / Board buy-in.

David’s career background also includes digital product monetization, customer / audience growth, plus extensive digital marketing (programmatic) utilising data intelligence. David has successfully built teams from scratch as well as taken on established corporate units, leading both content, development & sales across APAC (including Japan), UK and the US.

Other elements include being a member of various Boards, Advisory Boards, and Investor relationships across technology and Not-For-Profit organisations, as well as being a sought after speaker at industry conferences.

WORKSHOP 1

Michael Henry, Global Head of Digital Experience, BHP

Michael’s workshop discussed how the rules of the game have changed, and how we live in a time of disrupt or be disrupted.  It has never been more important for organisations to be innovative, resilient and self-disruptive.  But how do we remain relevant and create a culture of innovation and more importantly embed it in to all levels of the organisation?

This workshop unpacked the key principles for creating an innovative culture in a case study style that discussed:

• The key steps to create an innovative corporate culture
• The role of leaders and managers in fostering innovation
• How to embed an innovation and growth mindset

Michael shared his experiences both professionally and from his studies at the University of Oxford.

ABOUT MICHAEL HENRY

Michael Henry is the Head of Digital Experience for BHP, a leading global resources company.
He is responsible for the Mobility, Collaboration and User Experience teams worldwide.
Michael specialises in global leadership, having inspired leaders and their teams across Australia, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
A digital transformation pacesetter for over two decades, Michael has delivered both complex systems integration projects and managed global infrastructure services. Influencing the direction of global organisations amidst significant complexity, Michael has driven structural alignment, enhanced capability and business outcomes.
Joining Oxford University’s Organisational Leadership programme at the prestigious Saïd Business School in 2017, Michael’s studies have focused on understanding the keys to leadership success in the digital age. Specifically, his research has encompassed effective leadership strategies for environments characterised by disruption, fast-paced innovation and digital transformation.
Michael continues to evolve a personal leadership style recognised for its wide ranging vision, finessed stakeholder management and a passion for meaningful mentorship. This vision is anchored by Michael’s continual drive to identify, develop and implement the leadership and digital tools required to realise sustainable competitive advantage.
Michael will share his personal leadership journey and unpack the key principles he has used to develop and lead high performing teams.

Himanshu Shrivastava, Managing Director, Citibank Singapore

Himanshu’s presentation looked at Citibank’s Journey towards API and Open Banking partnerships. How being an ecosystem player helps the existing business to grow and get new revenue streams and how technology can simplify and nudge towards next generation platforms.

ABOUT HIMANSHU SHRIVASTAVA

• Head of Digital Technology – APAC/EMEA, Global Consumer Technology, Global Consumer Business, Citibank NA.
• Himanshu and his team are responsible for accelerated delivery of Citi’s Mobile first strategy and driving digital channels to next generation technology capabilities. Responsible for Development and Deployment of Internet and Mobile banking platform, API, ESB and CMR applications for Asia and EMEA Consumer Business. The primary focus for this role is application development, deployment of technology based business critical solutions, standardization of platforms & processes, managing large teams in diverse geographies, off shoring & outsourcing, vendor management.
• Himanshu joined Citi in 2003 as a Manager – Application Development in Business Systems Team of CitiFinancial, India. Since then, he has had many stints within Consumer Business Technology in India and Singapore. He has extensive experience in Product Development, Project Management and Implementation. Product/Solution design using various technologies. He leverages his knowledge of Citi’s systems and technology to deliver solutions to clients.
• He holds a Bachelors Degree from the Delhi University specializing in Computer Science, Mathematics and Science & a Masters of Business Administration from Institute of Management and Technology, Ghaziabad, India (I.M.T.) specializing in Marketing and Technology.

Marianne Cologon, Acting Chief Information Security Officer at Australian Digital Health Agency, presented a workshop on “Establishing a Cyber Security Centre”

Establishing a Cyber Security Centre is a complex and highly challenging process. Marianne shared the ADHA’s journey, lessons learned, and the challenges of creating a Cyber Security Operations Centre including:

• Building Strategic Partnerships (Cyber is the ultimate team sport)
• Defining Strategic Outcomes
• Operationalizing the Security Operations Centre

About Marianne Cologon
Marianne started out her career working for ACT Health across a range of IT & risk related areas. She then moved into Federal Government, working with critical infrastructure organisations to improve the security of telecommunications & industrial control systems. Since then she has worked across a wide range of organisations in operational and non-operational security roles, prior to commencing with the Australian Digital Health Agency in 2015. She is currently the Acting General Manager and CISO for the Agency’s Cyber Security Centre, and also Director of Cyber Security Operations.

Garry Bentlin, Chief Security Officer at TransGrid, presented a workshop around “Critical infrastructure and risk”

How we work with risk in critical infrastructure? Garry discussed the risk equation versus the threat actors that are faced – defining an event horizon or sweet spot where intelligent investments can balance the risk/threat equitation versus the investment in counter-measures.

About Garry Bentlin
Garry Bentlin has over two decades of experience in mission-critical IT environments, ranging from energy, mining financial services, airlines and transport, the Sydney Olympic Games, and the Australian Government. He has eighteen years’ experience in IT Security in roles such as CISO, Deloitte’s National Director for Cyber Security, IBM Delivery Project Executive, line manager and client security adviser and have delivered numerous cybersecurity transformation programmes.

Lakshmana Ganugapati, APAC Information Security Director at Aon, presented a “Case study on third-party risk assessment – Practical approach” during his workshop at the CIO Leaders Summit.

This session aimed to promote discussion around third-party risk assessments depending on the scope of services.

About Lakshmana Ganugapati
His role is to lead and enable Aon business to pro-actively and proportionately manage security risk. He is a dedicated IT risk and security management professional with more than 12 years’ experience across various domains (IT operations, infrastructure and security).

Fred Thiele, Chief Information Security Officer at Velocity Frequent Flyer, presented a workshop around “Implementing a risk-based approach to privacy and data protection”

This session covered practical implementation of a risk-based approach to help map risks back to control frameworks for information security and privacy.

About Fred Thiele
Fred Thiele is a career-long information security professional that was fortunate enough to discover the field in 1998. Fred takes a pragmatic, risk-based approach to bring successful information security programs to both greenfields and established enterprises.  He currently protects the data of over 9 million Australian’s as the CISO and Transformation Program Director of Velocity Frequent Flyer.