Private Event Series
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Date: Thursday, 24th April 2025
Time: 12pm – 2:30pm (SGT)
Location
The Fullerton Bay Hotel Singapore – The Fullerton Bay Pods
80 Collyer Quay
Singapore 049326
Website: Website
Session Overview
Accelerating Secure Software Delivery Through AI Innovation
As organizations accelerate software delivery, the challenge remains, how can we scale without sacrificing security? AI-driven automation is reshaping DevSecOps by detecting risks earlier, automating compliance, and streamlining workflows to eliminate manual bottlenecks.
With AI-driven applications and Large Language Models (LLMs) redefining software development, traditional security strategies must evolve. Organizations must shift from a vulnerability-centric approach to a risk-driven mindset to stay ahead of emerging threats.
Focus Network in partnership with Snyk invite you to join this upcoming lunch with other leading IT security leaders, CTOs, Heads of Engineering and DevSec Op executives to explore how AI acts as a force multiplier, enabling resilient, high-velocity software delivery while maintaining robust security controls.
During the session we will delve further into the expanding attack surface introduced by AI, including model manipulation, prompt injection, and data leakage. Through discussion and real-world case studies, participants will explore proactive strategies for securing AI-powered applications.
Attendees will gain insights into how CISOs and CTOs can strategically leverage AI to balance speed, security, and scalability, while gaining a greater understanding on:
Key Discussion Areas:
- How AI is transforming DevSecOps to enable faster, more secure software delivery.
- Why shifting from a vulnerability-centric to a risk-driven security approach is essential.
- What the new AI-driven attack surface looks like along with emerging cybersecurity threats.
- The different strategies and tools CISOs and CTOs can use to harness AI for scalable, resilient security operations.
Presenter
Pas Apicella, Field CTO, Snyk APJ
Pas Apicella is the Field CTO for Snyk in the Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) region, where he collaborates with large financial services institutions (FSIs) and other enterprises to secure their cloud-native applications throughout the entire software development lifecycle, from source to cloud. His expertise helps businesses mitigate risks while staying at the forefront of innovation. With over 20 years of experience in open-source software, distributed systems, and cloud-native development, Pas has worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies. His career includes high-impact roles at top technology firms, contributing to key projects at Snyk, Elastic, Pivotal, VMware, Oracle, and IBM. He holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from RMIT University.
Moderator
Ross O’Brien, Principal Advisor, Focus Network
Ross is a writer, commentator, research manager and consultant. His analysis centres on the impact information technologies have on Asia’s economic and social development.
Ross is a recognised thought leader on technology-enabled sustainability, having conceived and developed two global indexes which assess the role of new technologies in the fight against climate change: The Green Future Index and The Blue Technology Barometer. The Green Future Index is used as a benchmarking tool by several national and pan-national government organizations worldwide, including the European Commission.
Ross has written and delivered reports and presentations for C-level executives for over two decades as an independent consultant and has served as a non-executive director on the board of Weyland Tech, a developer of mobile business and fintech applications.
Being based in Hong Kong for over 20 years, and in Asia for nearly 30, Ross has conducted market research and consulting projects in over a dozen Asian economies, including months-long engagements in China, Indonesia, Vietnam and Bangladesh. He has also worked in professional service teams at Asian technology firms including Huawei and PT Telkom.
About Snyk
Snyk is the leader in developer security. We empower the world’s developers to build secure applications and equip security teams to meet the demands of the digital world. Our developer-first approach ensures organizations can secure all of the critical components of their applications from code to cloud, leading to increased developer productivity, revenue growth, customer satisfaction, cost savings and an overall improved security posture. Snyk’s Developer Security Platform automatically integrates with a developer’s workflow and is purpose-built for security teams to collaborate with their development teams. Snyk is used by 2,500+ customers worldwide today, including industry leaders such as Asurion, Google, Intuit, MongoDB, New Relic, Revolut and Salesforce.
Snyk was named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Application Security Testing (AST) and in The Forrester Wave™: Software Composition Analysis (SCA) 2023, and has been recognized on the Forbes Cloud 100 2022 along with the 2023 CNBC Disruptor 50.
Website: https://snyk.io/product/
Joe Gillett, Head of Oceania, KnowBe4
Joe Gillett is the Head of Oceania at KnowBe4 where he is responsible for building and managing sales teams within the region. He has 20 years of experience in the IT and telecommunications sectors managing teams in all sectors from SMB/ mid-market/ corporate/ enterprise and government, across all verticals. Gillett previously held sales leadership roles at 5G Networks, Optus and Telstra. He earned his honours bachelor in Business Administration from the University of La Trobe, Australia and is a Mentor and Coach to sales professionals and customers, to enable them to achieve their goals.
Agenda at a glance
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm – Registration & networking
4.00 pm – 4.05pm – Welcome address
4.05 pm – 5.15pm – 3 course lunch served4.05 pm – 4.45pm – Embracing disruption in the financial services industry: A Privacy versus Security conundrum – Amanda Chan, BlackBerry
4.45 pm – 5.15pm – Demo
5.15pm – 5.45pm – Discussion
5.45 pm – 6pm – Closing remarks
