Cybersecurity

CISO Brisbane 2026

CISO Brisbane 2026 is the largest annual gathering of Queensland’s most senior InfoSec decision-makers. Purpose built for executives safeguarding Queensland’s essential industries, this year’s program explores adversary informed defence, AI enabled governance, and modern technology risk strategy by delivering sharp, practice ready insight for today’s rapidly…

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34Speakers
33Sponsors
23Sessions
54Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at CISO, in alphabetical order.

Akshay Gupta
Head of Cyber Applications & Governance · CleanCo Queensland
Andrew Brydon
APJ Field CTO Leader · HashiCorp
Anna Clive
GM - Data, Digital & Innovation · RACQ
Anthony Ricci
VP of Global Solutions Engineering · DigiCert
Anuj Anand
CIO · Ausenco
Brad Ford
Security Specialist - Australia and New Zealand · Infoblox
Danielle Pentony
Chief Information Security Officer · Australian Digital Health Agency
Darron Richardson
Director - Cyber Resilience · Southern Cross University
Felipe Abreu
Head of IT Infrastructure & Cyber Security · VAE Group
Gabriela Guiu-Sorsa
Information Security Principal Advisor · Cyber Security Champions of Tomorrow
Hamza Maharoof
General Manager – Technology · Queensland Airports
James Court
Chief Security Officer · Cleanaway Waste Management
Jane Hogan France
Senior Manager Cyber Security · Allianz Australia
Kaj Moorthy
Staff Solutions Engineer · Cribl
Malik Ayub
Practice Lead, Security & AI Governance · DevOps1
Marcin Zyman
Enterprise Account Executive · Cyera
Martin Holzworth
CISO · UnitingCare Queensland
Matt Berry
Senior Sales Engineer · Abnormal AI
Michael Huynh
Sales Engineer · Rubrik
Mick McHugh
Chief Information Security Officer · Virgin Australia
Nakisa Rezakhani
Account Executive · Qualys
Paul Bilic
Group Head of Cyber Operations · Dominos

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Picus SecuritySilver
Abnormal SecurityGold Partner
Airlock DigitalGold Partner
Arctic WolfSilver Partner
Concentric AIPremier Partner
CriblPlatinum Partner
CyeraPlatinum Partner
CytheraSilver Partner
DelineaPlatinum Partner
DevOps1Lead Partner
DigiCertPlatinum Partner
DullSilver Partner
FujitsuSilver Partner
HashiCorpLead Partner
Horizon3Silver Partner
HuntressSilver Partner
IllumioSilver Partner
InfobloxGold Partner
InfotrustSilver Partner
Knowbe4Silver Partner
One IdentitySilver Partner
PicusSilver Partner
Ping IdentityGold Partner
QualysGold Partner
RubrikPlatinum Partner
SekuroSilver Partner
SentinelOneGold Partner
Sumo LogicSilver Partner
TenableSilver Partner
The Missing LinkSilver Partner
ThreatLockerSilver Partner
VantaSilver Partner
WizSilver Partner

Agenda

Selected from 23 sessions.

  • 09:00

    Keynote Panel Headliner: From Security to Business Confidence: Redefining the CISO’s Purpose

    - Aligning security initiatives with business objectives and board priorities. - Defining measurable outcomes to demonstrate the effectiveness of cyber programs. - Embedding a cult…

  • 09:30

    From Policy to Pipeline: Operationalising Identity in Modern Infrastructure

    Modern infrastructure is now driven by automation, pipelines, machine identities and AI-assisted engineering. This session explores how organisations can embed identity, secrets ma…

  • 09:55

    Case Study: From Zero to Enterprise Excellence: A Case Study of Transforming Cyber Security in 36 Months

    - Boards expect security to enable innovation not just prevent breaches. How must CISO adapt to lead this shift? - Showcase how cyber resilience can move beyond compliance to becom…

  • 10:20

    AI is Breaking Data Security… And Fixing It: The New Reality of AI-Driven Risk and How to Stay Ahead

    AI is rapidly becoming one of the biggest drivers of productivity and innovation in the enterprise - and one of the fastest-growing sources of data security risk. As copilots, assi…

  • 11:15

    Panel Discussion: Keeping Security in Lockstep: Cyber Resilience at the Speed of Business in a post-Mythos era.

    As organisations race to innovate, security often lags behind, creating friction and risk. This panel asks the critical question: can security truly keep pace with business demands…

  • 11:45

    Security in the age of AI and Exploding Data: Why Architecture is the Answer

    Security and IT teams are facing a structural challenge: data volumes are growing far faster than budgets, and AI is accelerating both the creation and consumption of telemetry. Ma…

  • 12:15

    Panel Discussion: AI, Data Loss, and Human Behaviour: Securing the Tools Staff Already Use

    Employees increasingly rely on AI to manage workloads, often outside approved channels. Sensitive data is pasted into prompts, shadow tools appear, and new exfiltration paths emerg…

  • 12:45

    Future-Proofing Trust: Security in a World of Quantum Computing, AI, and Continuous Automation

  • 14:10

    Fireside Chat: The Hidden Risk Layer: What’s Really Inside Your Supply Chain?

    Modern organisations depend on deep, interconnected SaaS and cloud ecosystems that few fully understand. Most security programs still overlook the components inside vendor products…

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Company intelligence

What does it mean when 54 companies show up, and 13 bet on three roles at once?

54 companies. thirteen 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
13All threespeak · spons · exh
20Sponsoringsponsor only
21Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Airlock Digital·Concentric AI·Cribl·Cyera·Cythera·DevOps1·DigiCert·HashiCorp·Infoblox·Ping Identity·Qualys·Rubrik·SentinelOne

Speakers by seniority

50% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite926%
  • Founder / Owner13%
  • VP-level13%
  • Director / Head of618%
  • Manager / Lead618%
  • Engineer · IC412%
  • Advisor / Investor26%
  • Other roles515%

Of 34 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1Airlock DigitalSponsor · Gold Partner1
2Concentric AISponsor · Premier Partner1
3CriblSponsor · Platinum Partner1
4CyeraSponsor · Platinum Partner1
5CytheraSponsor · Silver Partner1
6DevOps1Sponsor · Lead Partner1
7DigiCertSponsor · Platinum Partner1
8HashiCorpSponsor · Lead Partner1
9InfobloxSponsor · Gold Partner1
10Ping IdentitySponsor · Gold Partner1
11QualysSponsor · Gold Partner1
12RubrikSponsor · Platinum Partner1
13SentinelOneSponsor · Gold Partner1
14Abnormal SecuritySponsor · Gold Partner-
Sponsors by tier
silver1
3% of 33
gold partner6
18% of 33
lead partner2
6% of 33
platinum partner5
15% of 33
premier partner1
3% of 33
silver partner18
55% of 33
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.

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