Strengthening cybersecurity readiness and response
in an evolving threat landscape
18-19 MARCH 2025
In a rapidly-evolving cyber-threat landscape, where a data breach can quickly tarnish a business's reputation, it is crucial to embrace proactive cybersecurity measures. Stay ahead of the game by strengthening your defenses and fostering business wide cyber-awareness to protect your organisation’s critical data and assets.
Discover strategies for navigating the evolving cyber frontier and effectively instituting your cybersecurity priorities at our 3rd Annual CISO Leaders Summit NZ. Hear insights from leading cybersecurity experts on how to address issues of talent scarcity and manage your people as technological innovations reshape the workplace and security.
Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to bolster your organisation’s cybersecurity defences, protect sensitive data and information, and connect with your cybersecurity peers! Register now to secure your place.
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2024 Speakers
Khoder El-Ali
Director of Sales (Asia Pacific)
Ground Labs
Ofer Reshef
Head of Information Security and Digital Risk
Entain Australia & New Zealand
Anafrid Bennet
Head – Technology, Security and Property
Greater Western Water
Jean-Pierre Walle
Group Manager Security Assurance
Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand
Brett Williams
Head of Cyber Services
Bank of New Zealand
Lee Timutimu
Founder; Co-Founder; Senior Community Advisor
Te Matarau – The Māori Tech Association; InternetNZ Ipurangi Aotearoa; N8V
Steve James
General Manager of Technology
Woolworths
Adwin Singh
Security Domain Lead – CISO Office
Inland Revenue NZ
2024 Event Highlights
Hear from Anafrid Bennet, Australia’s next CIO winner for 2023 on how to lead with empathy, adapt your shared security mindset and cultivate a diverse community of collaborative cyber champions.
Anafrid Bennet
Head – Technology, Security and Property
Greater Western Water
Discover innovative strategies on how to build cyber-resilience and de-mystify cyber-security through gamification.
Test your cyber-security response strategies and share wisdom with over 150 security leaders in our immersive mini table-top exercise.
Hear from Woolworths on how to ethically balance innovation and security when integrating Artificial Intelligence into your cyber strategy.
Gain insights from the National Cyber Security Centre on how Aotearoa New Zealand should build collective cyber-resilience in a time of great geopolitical uncertainty.
Learn how to re-evaluate your cyber-security governance and framework in a time of rapidly developing threats from leading Security officers:
Adwin Singh
Security Domain Lead – CISO Officer
Inland Revenue NZ
Jean-Pierre Walle
Group Manager Security Assurance
Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand
Martin Bleakley
Head of Cloud Security
Laybuy
Who Attends?
Network and collaborate with commercial and enterprise CISOs, CIOs, CTOs, IT and Risk Management executives across Aotearoa, with responsibilities including:
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Cybersecurity Strategy and Operations
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Information and IT Security
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Cloud Security and Infrastructure
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Identity and Access Management (IAM)
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Data Security, Protection and Privacy
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Network Security and Secure Architecture
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Security Intelligence and Threat Intelligence
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Zero Trust Frameworks and Strategies
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Application and Endpoint Security
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Security Operations Centre (SOC) Management
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Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
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Incident Detection and Response
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Risk Assessment and Risk Management
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Forensic Analysis and Cyber Investigations
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Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Management
