Cybersecurity

CISO Canberra 2026

CISO Canberra 2026 is dedicated to the public sector InfoSec community, advancing national cyber resilience by bringing together leaders to explore policy and operational realities shaping cyber security delivery across government. The conference features key themes on resilience, operational delivery, emerging threats, and leadership capability under pressu…

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25Speakers
16Sponsors
24On the bill · sessions
38Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at CISO, in alphabetical order.
Andrew Brydon
Field CTO Leader, APJ · HashiCorp, an IBM company
Ayman Essmat
CIO · Eurobodalla Shire Council
Cr Stuart James
Councillor for Warrigal Ward & Mayor · City of Monash
Daminda Kumara
CISO · Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation
David Norwood
CIO & Director Digital Health & Innovation · Sydney Local Health District
Dr Muhammed Esgin
Deputy Director, Post-Quantum Cryptography in the Indo-Pacific Program · Monash University
Dr Rajiv Shah
Director · AISA
Greta Doherty
First Assistant Secretary, Countering Foreign Interference Cyber & Technology Group · Department of Home Affairs
Jakub Zvěřina
Technical Program Lead for CyberPath · ACS
Jamie Norton
CISO · ASIC
Jessamy Perkins
Principal Cyber Security Adviser · Australian Government
Kane Robinson
Cyber Security Manager · National Gallery of Australia
Krishna Bagla
Manager Cyber Security Operations & Implementation · NSW Education Standards Authority
Manohar Esarapu
Chief Information & Innovation Officer · City of Port Phillip
Marc Karahasanoglu
CISO · NSW Rural Fire Service
Mark Rysanek
Cyber Liaison Officer · Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Matt Waite
Senior Director of Solution Engineering · Tanium
Roma Singh
Portfolio Security Advisor · VIC Department of Transport and Planning
Rue Maharaj
Specialist - Cybersecurity Defence Management · Melbourne Water
Sandra Booth
Assistant Commissioner Cyber & Special Investigations · AFP
Senior representative
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Steve Moros
Senior Director, Advanced Technologies Group (ATG), Asia Pacific and Japan · Proofpoint
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
TaniumPlatinum
Airlock DigitalGold
ForescoutGold
FujitsuGold
ProofpointGold
ChainguardSilver
ThreatLockerSilver
ACNnewswireIndustry Partner
AIIAIndustry Partner
APAC CIO OutlookIndustry Partner
AZK MediaIndustry Partner
BoIIndustry Partner
Crest AustraliaIndustry Partner
HashiCorpLead
MurFinIndustry Partner
TechDogsIndustry Partner
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Agenda

Selected from 24 sessions on the bill.
  • 09:00

    Opening Keynote Discussion – Interpreting Global Cyber Threat Patterns in a Fragmented World

    This keynote panel brings international and national perspectives together to help government cyber leaders make sense of global threat signals shaped by geopolitical tension, cros…

  • 09:00

    Opening Keynote Discussion: Interpreting Global Cyber Threat Patterns in a Fragmented World

    This keynote panel brings international and national perspectives together to help government cyber leaders make sense of global threat signals shaped by geopolitical tension, cros…

  • 09:35

    Agentic Runtime Security - Solving Identity and Access Gaps in Agentic AI

    AI agents are poised to transform enterprise operations, but they also introduce unprecedented identity and security challenges. This session discusses the emerging risks associate…

  • 09:35

    When Security Assumptions No Longer Hold

    Cloud‑native infrastructure, automation, and dynamic access are changing how environments behave, but many security models still rely on assumptions built for slower, more static s…

  • 10:00

    Keynote Presentation: Horizon 2: Moving from Capability Build to Operational Maturity

    This keynote explores what maturity looks like as cyber security capability is scaled across government under Horizon 2 of the 2023–2030 Cyber Security Strategy. It focuses on the …

  • 10:55

    Complexity Is Now the Primary Risk Multiplier

    Risk is no longer driven primarily by single control failures. It is amplified by interdependencies, overlapping platforms. unclear ownership and fragile integrations. This keynote…

  • 11:20

    Keynote Panel Discussion: Risk Trade-Offs in Shared Platforms: How Much Vendor Diversity Is Enough?

    Shared platforms and common vendors continue to underpin government service delivery, but they also concentrate risk in ways that require clearer thinking about how much vendor div…

  • 11:55

    How to Build Machine Speed Continuous Security Posture for Government Leaders

    The emergence of Mythos-class AI has permanently changed what defensible security means for government agencies. Attackers can now discover and exploit vulnerabilities at machine s…

  • 12:20

    Keynote Presentation: When Cyber Becomes a Public Issue: An Elected Leader’s Perspective

    This keynote explores what changes when cyber risk, incidents and spending decisions become matters of public visibility in local government. Drawing on three terms as Mayor of the…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 38 companies show up, and 2 bet on three roles at once?

38 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
14Sponsoringsponsor only
22Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Proofpoint·Tanium

Speakers by seniority

44% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite520%
  • Director / Head of624%
  • Manager / Lead520%
  • Engineer · IC14%
  • Advisor / Investor14%
  • Other roles728%

Of 25 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01ProofpointSp·G1V
  2. 02TaniumSp·P1V
  3. 03ACN NewswireSp·I
  4. 04AIIASp·I
  5. 05Airlock DigitalSp·G
  6. 06APAC CIO OutlookSp·I
  7. 07AZK MediaSp·I
  8. 08BoISp·I
  9. 09ChainguardSp·S
  10. 10Crest AustraliaSp·I
  11. 11ForescoutSp·G
  12. 12FujitsuSp·G
  13. 13HashiCorpSp·L
  14. 14MurFinSp·I
Sponsors by tier
platinum1
6% of 16
gold4
25% of 16
silver2
13% of 16
industry partner8
50% of 16
lead1
6% of 16
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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