Cybersecurity

CISO Sydney 2027

CISO Sydney is the largest annual gathering of NSW’s most senior InfoSec decision makers. The conference brings together industry leaders to tackle key cybersecurity challenges including risk management, threat processes, resilience strategy, and leadership. Attendees gain critical insights to propel business growth, network with peers, and earn CPE credits.…

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26Speakers
58Sponsors
14On the bill · sessions
77Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at CISO, in alphabetical order.
Aaron McKeown
CISO · NGM Group
Andrew Brydon
Field CTO · HashiCorp
Andrew Karvinen
CISO · Macquarie University
Antonio Rancan
Head of Solution Engineering, APAC · Cyera
Arun Singh
CISO · Tyro Payments
Cathy Foley
Board Member & Former Australia’s Chief Scientist · CSIRO
Daminda Kumara
CISO · Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation
David Griffiths
CISO · Northern Beaches Council
Hani Arab
CIO · Seymour Whyte
Jihad Zein
Global Head of Governance, Risk & Assurance · Toll Group
Jon Blackburn
CFO, Director Corporate Services · Sydney Opera House
Leron Zinatullin
CISO · Linkly
Matt Keast
Senior Solutions Engineer · Vanta
Mike Nelson
Vice President, Digital Trust · DigiCert
Mustafa Qasim
Former Global Head of Detection & Response
Paul Thomas
Solutions Architect · Axonius
Prof. Dan Haagman
CEO Chaleit & Honorary Professor of Practice · Murdoch University
Rajini Carpenter
CTO · Beforepay Group
River Nygryn
CTO · CRVAA
Robin Long
Regional CTO · Rapid7
Roger Millar
CIO & CISO · Angus Knight Group
Roshan Fernandes
Information Security & Risk Manager · Sydney Children’s Hospital Networks
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
CyeraPlatinum
DatadogPlatinum
DelineaPlatinum
DigiCertPlatinum
ExabeamPlatinum
f5Platinum
HashiCorpDiamond
HCL SoftwarePlatinum
JFrogPlatinum
KnowBe4Platinum
Rapid7Platinum
SnykPlatinum
AxoniusGold
CrowdstrikeGold
FastlyGold
FiligranGold
IllumioGold
InfobloxGold
OktaGold
Ping IdentityGold
QualysGold
SecuritiGold
SentineloneGold
SilverfortGold
SonatypeGold
UpGuardGold
VantaGold
VaronisGold
XM CyberGold
8x8Silver
Abnormal SecuritySilver
AkamaiSilver
Arctic WolfSilver
BitsightSilver
BugcrowdSilver
ChainguardSilver
CheckmarxSilver
CytheraSilver
DataBahnSilver
DevOps1Silver
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Agenda

Selected from 14 sessions on the bill.
  • 09:00

    Welcome from Corinium and the Chairperson

  • 09:10

    Speed Networking - Making new connections!

    In this 10-minute networking session, the goal is to connect with three new people. Enjoy the opportunity to expand your network!

  • 09:20

    Reading the Signals – What Global Threat Intelligence Is Telling Us.

    Cyber threat intelligence teams worldwide are observing a sharp rise in activity, from sophisticated state-linked campaigns to the growing overlap of criminal and geopolitical moti…

  • 10:10

    Fireside Chat: How to Land Cyber Deliverables – From Strategy to Impact

    Bridging the gap between strategy and execution is one of the toughest challenges in cyber leadership. This candid conversation explores how to turn high-level plans into clear, ac…

  • 11:05

    C-Suite Panel: Driving Executive-Level Engagement in Security Strategy

    While security professionals are across the threats, the same can’t always be said for executive leadership and board members. Bringing together the C-suite in this panel, we explo…

  • 11:40

    The End of Manual Trust: Why Automation, Quantum Readiness, and AI Integrity Will Define Security in 2026

    As digital ecosystems expand and machine identities outpace human ones, traditional, manual approaches to trust and security are reaching their limits. By 2026, organizations will …

  • 12:05

    Panel: Governing AI – Where Should We Draw the Line?

    As AI adoption accelerates, leaders face the challenge of setting clear boundaries, not only around what AI should and shouldn’t do, but also around who holds responsibility for it…

  • 12:35

    Secure the AI Future, Now

    AI runs on data, and every leader knows it’s no longer enough to simply lock information down. The real challenge is scaling AI securely and responsibly, without treating protectio…

  • 14:00

    AI Agents Unleashed: Where Humans Fit In

    This session explores the landscape of human–AI collaboration, focusing on how humans and AI agents co-create value, share trust, and define oversight in agentic workflows. Explore…

    Track A: AI in Practice
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 77 companies show up, and 6 bet on three roles at once?

77 companies. six 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
6All threespeak · spons · exh
52Sponsoringsponsor only
19Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Axonius·Cyera·DigiCert·HashiCorp·Rapid7·Vanta

Speakers by seniority

85% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1558%
  • VP-level14%
  • Director / Head of623%
  • Manager / Lead14%
  • Engineer · IC28%
  • Other roles14%

Of 26 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01AxoniusSp·G1V
  2. 02CyeraSp·P1V
  3. 03DigiCertSp·P1V
  4. 04HashiCorpSp·D1V
  5. 05Rapid7Sp·P1V
  6. 06VantaSp·G1V
  7. 078x8Sp·S
  8. 08Abnormal SecuritySp·S
  9. 09AkamaiSp·S
  10. 10Arctic WolfSp·S
  11. 11BitsightSp·S
  12. 12BugcrowdSp·S
  13. 13ChainguardSp·S
  14. 14CheckmarxSp·S
Sponsors by tier
diamond1
2% of 58
platinum11
19% of 58
gold17
29% of 58
silver29
50% of 58
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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