Technology

ANZ Cyber Summit 2026

The ANZ Cyber Summit, co-hosted with OTsec ANZ, launches in Sydney on 15-16 September 2026, bringing together more than 100 senior IT security stakeholders from Australia and New Zealand’s largest organisations. The conference facilitates key discussions on cybersecurity topics including Geopolitical Risk, AI Governance, and Building a Culture of Cyber Secur…

Visit the official siteSponsorship open
31Speakers
8Sponsors
71On the bill · sessions
30Companies · in total
§I

Speakers

Programmed at ANZ, in alphabetical order.
Adam Byrne
Group CSO · The Adecco Group
Adrian Kazias
Senior Manager, Cyber Defence & Resilience · Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation
Amritha Shetty
Senior Manager – Technology & Cyber Security Governance Risk & Compliance · QBE Insurance Limited
Chris Grisdale
CISO · hipages Group
Colin Renouf
CISO · Healius
Craig James
Business Value Advisor, APAC · Cloudflare
Deepthi Nair
Director, Cyber Security & Information Management · Yooralla
Dominic Grunden
CISO · Power and Water Corporation
Dr. Tom Gao
Chief Technology and Digital Services Officer · City of Sydney
Edwin Kwan
Head of Product Security · CoStar Group
Faz Rahman
Head of Information Security · NOW Finance
Gaurav Vikash
Head of Security and Risk – APAC · Axon
Huntress Labs
James Kearney
Executive Manager Cyber · Commonwealth Bank
Jess Thomas
Assistant Director | Cyber Security Engagement NSW/ACT · National Office of Cyber Security, Australian Department of Home Affairs
Jihad Zein
Global Head of Governance, Risk and Assurance, Group IT · Toll Group
John Ellis
Global Head of Security Trust & Influence · QBE Insurance Limited
Josh Schwarz
Sr. Sales Engineer · Airlock Digital
Joshua Manzie
Cybersecurity GRC Specialist · Power and Water Corporation
Marco Figueroa
Senior Manager, Cyber Security, Risk and Compliance · Australian Institute of Company Directors
Nick Moore
Principal Cyber Risk Engineer · Liberty Specialty Markets
Nikita Newell
CISO · Lendlease
§II

Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Adaptive Security
Airlock Digital
Akamai
Cloudflare
KnowBe4
Magnet Forensics
SentinelOne
ThreatLocker
§III

Agenda

Selected from 71 sessions on the bill.
  • 08:50

    Opening Address

  • 09:00

    Panel Discussion: Security Vs Resilience: Are We Focusing Too Much on 'If' and Not Enough on 'When' We Will Get Breached?

    For a long time, we have been focused on preventative measures to keep attackers out. Yet even the most sophisticated defenses can be bypassed. The critical question facing modern …

  • 09:00

    Panel Discussion: Sovereign Risk: How Do We Counter the Effects of Geopolitical Volatility on ANZ Cyber Security?

    As global volatility intensifies, geopolitical tension has become an operational reality for Australian and New Zealand organisations. In this expert panel discussion, we explore h…

  • 09:00 (Day 2)

    Panel Discussion: Security Vs Resilience: Are We Focusing Too Much on 'If' and Not Enough on 'When' We Will Get Breached?

    For a long time, we have been focused on preventative measures to keep attackers out. Yet even the most sophisticated defenses can be bypassed. The critical question facing modern …

  • 09:40

    Presentation: Scaling AI Insights: Inside Cloudflare’s Internal Journey with Claude Mythos

    Granted early access to Project Glasswing, Cloudflare put Claude Mythos to the ultimate test: hunting vulnerabilities across 50 production repositories. This session reviews how Cl…

  • 09:40

    Presentation: The Double-Edged Sword: Defending Against (and With) Agentic AI

    In 2026, the rise of Agentic AI has fundamentally altered the cyber landscape. These autonomous systems do not merely follow scripts; they reason, adapt, and pivot, allowing advers…

  • 09:40 (Day 2)

    Presentation: The Double-Edged Sword: Defending Against (and With) Agentic AI

    In 2026, the rise of Agentic AI has fundamentally altered the cyber landscape. These autonomous systems do not merely follow scripts; they reason, adapt, and pivot, allowing advers…

  • 10:50

    Fireside Chat: Security by Design: Integrating Technology Safely into Your Enterprise Architecture

    Emerging technologies, including sophisticated Cloud services, AI, and distributed architectures, offer immense opportunities but simultaneously introduce profound security and com…

  • 10:50 (Day 2)

    Fireside Chat: Security by Design: Integrating Technology Safely into Your Enterprise Architecture

    Emerging technologies, including sophisticated Cloud services, AI, and distributed architectures, offer immense opportunities but simultaneously introduce profound security and com…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 30 companies show up, and 2 bet on three roles at once?

30 companies. two are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
2All threespeak · spons · exh
6Sponsoringsponsor only
22Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Cloudflare·Airlock Digital

Speakers by seniority

48% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite723%
  • Director / Head of826%
  • Manager / Lead619%
  • Engineer · IC413%
  • Advisor / Investor13%
  • Other roles516%

Of 31 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01CloudflareSp2V
  2. 02Airlock DigitalSp1V
  3. 03Power and Water Corporation4V
  4. 04Adaptive SecuritySp
  5. 05AkamaiSp
  6. 06KnowBe4Sp
  7. 07Magnet ForensicsSp
  8. 08SentinelOneSp
  9. 09ThreatLockerSp
  10. 10QBE Insurance Limited2V
  11. 11Angus Knight Group1V
  12. 12Australian Institute of Company Directors1V
  13. 13Axon1V
  14. 14City of Sydney1V
Sponsors by tier
unspecified8
100% of 8
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

Related events · by shared sponsors