Cyber Aotearoa

Event Details

Agenda

Wellington, 05 November 2024

All times in NZDT

8:00 am

Registration and Networking Coffee

8:55 am

Mihi

9:10 am

Opening from PSN

9:20 am

Welcome from the Event Chair

Andrew Shea, Chief Learning Officer – Tesserent | Managing Partner – Tesserent Academy | Chair – Cyber Security Technical Committee – Future Skills Organisation

9:30 am

New Zealand's Innovation and Cyber Priorities (Virtual)

Hon Judith Collins, Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology NZ

How is New Zealand prioritising digital innovation to drive economic growth and enhance public services?
What steps is the government taking to strengthen cybersecurity across critical sectors, especially in light of evolving global threats?
How is New Zealand fostering collaboration between the public and private sectors to accelerate innovation while ensuring data privacy and security?

Hon Judith Collins, Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology NZ

9:40 am

Keynote

Government Keynote: The Heightened Risk to Critical Infrastructure – How to Protect Essential Sectors

Jonathan Wilkins, Chief Information Security Officer, Ministry for Primary Industries

The increased sophistication and frequency of attacks targeting critical networks
Multi-layered defence strategies to protect critical technologies
The importance of regular vulnerability assessments and real time threat monitoring

Jonathan Wilkins, Chief Information Security Officer, Ministry for Primary Industries

10:00 am

Resilience Innovations Ensure High Availability and Business Continuity

Jamie Brown, Transformation Architect, Zscaler

What Customers Should Expect from a Security Cloud
How Zscaler delivers a high-availability and performance cloud
Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery

Jamie Brown, Transformation Architect, Zscaler

10:20 am

Keynote

Government Keynote:  AI and Considerations from an Agency perspective

Adwin Singh, Cyber Security D/L - CISO Office, Inland Revenue

Governance and oversight
Alignment to frameworks and guidance
Wider awareness and outcomes

Adwin Singh, Cyber Security D/L - CISO Office, Inland Revenue

10:40 am

Government’s Essential Data Protection Trifecta: Threat Intelligence | Visibility | Threat Hunting

Ash Smith, Technology Strategist, ANZ, CrowdStrike

In an era of increasing digitisation of data and reliance on IT systems, threat actors are executing multi domain attacks, targeting identity, cloud and software domains to achieve maximum impact
Achieving effective detection and response has become increasingly challenging, especially given constrained budgets and resources
Presenting real-life use cases and examples, Ash will showcase how using intelligence, coupled with actionable telemetry, threat hunting can be achieved for any organisation

Ash Smith, Technology Strategist, ANZ, CrowdStrike

11:00 am

Panel Discussion

Panel Discussion: Cyber Awareness – Developing Effective Education Strategies and Creating a Cyber Aware Culture

Ronnie Rahman, Head of SecFinOps, Hamilton City Council
Lefaoalii Unutoa Auelua-Fonoti, CEO, MCIT, Government of Samoa
Liz MacPherson, Deputy Commissioner, Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Facilitated by: Andrew Shea, Chief Learning Officer – Tesserent | Managing Partner – Tesserent Academy | Chair – Cyber Security Technical Committee – Future Skills Organisation

11:35 am

Morning Tea & Networking 

12:05 pm

Keynote

Government Keynote: From Incidents to Insights: The Cyber Maturity Evolution with the Ministry of Education

Kirsten McLay, Programme Director Cyber Security and Digital Support, Ministry of Education

The journey from mere incident reduction to comprehensive cybersecurity maturity
The importance of behavioural change
The need for protection-centric performance indicators, and the ongoing process of maturity uplift to stay ahead of emerging cyber threats in the educational ecosystem

Kirsten McLay, Programme Director Cyber Security and Digital Support, Ministry of Education

12:25 pm

Keynote

Government Keynote: Coordinating with other Agencies and Notifying Citizens to Effectively Manage Cyber Incidents

Catherine Cooper, Group Manager - Incident Response, Te Whatu Ora | Health New Zealand

Establishing seamless communication and coordination between agencies
Why threat intelligence sharing is vital to protecting the whole of New Zealand
Transparent notification and updates to citizens when a breach occurs

Catherine Cooper, Group Manager - Incident Response, Te Whatu Ora | Health New Zealand

12:55 pm

Roundtables

Interactive Roundtable Discussions 

Roundtable 1:Ensuring a Skilled Cybersecurity Workforce: A Unified Effort Between Industry, Government and Education Providers
Nelson Doyle, Public Sector Client Executive, Tesserent

Roundtable 2: The critical role of Executives and Board Members in understanding key cybersecurity issues that directly impact their organisations.
Jeremy Daly, Cybersecurity Lead, Lumify Group

Roundtable 3: Rapid, Rushed or Rooted? (Security pitfalls that block innovation)
Ankul Bhardwaj, Principal Security Technologist, Lab3

Roundtable 4: Threat hunting insights to outsmart modern adversaries
Ash Smith, Field CTO and Technology Strategist, CrowdStrike

1:50 pm

Lunch & Networking  

3:00 pm

Welcome back from Chair

Andrew Shea, Chief Learning Officer – Tesserent | Managing Partner – Tesserent Academy | Chair – Cyber Security Technical Committee – Future Skills Organisation

3:05 pm

Government Keynote: Incident Response – Lessons Learned to Implement Improvements and Enhance Resilience

Derek Robson, Chief Information Security Officer, New Zealand Parliament

What the past year has taught us – defence and recovery
What are the key takeaways of the last twelve months in cyber in government
What areas need to be improved to ensure we don’t repeat the same mistakes

Derek Robson, Chief Information Security Officer, New Zealand Parliament

3:25 pm

Panel Discussion

Panel Discussion: Enhancing Threat Intelligence Capabilities Through Collaboration and Information Sharing

Peter Booth, Group Manager - Security Services and Performance, Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand
Alwyn Danitofea, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Communication and Aviation (Solomon Islands)
Tony Lyne, Enterprise Architect (Public Sector Cloud Adoption Specialist), Lab3
Facilitated by: Andrew Shea, Chief Learning Officer – Tesserent | Managing Partner – Tesserent Academy | Chair – Cyber Security Technical Committee – Future Skills Organisation

Exploring frameworks and platforms that facilitate threat intelligence sharing.
Strategies for building trust and fostering a culture of openness among stakeholders.
Ensuring the accuracy, timeliness, and relevance of shared threat intelligence data.
The role of government agencies and private sector organizations in threat intelligence collaboration.

4:05 pm

Virtual Keynote: Cybersecurity for a Resilient Pacific: A Whole of Society Approach

Tuya Altangerel, Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programmee

4:30 pm

Keynote

Partnerships, Collaboration and Co-operation

Sarah Penman, Director, Enterprise Information Security, GCSB CISO, National Cyber Security Centre

4:50 pm

Closing Remarks

Andrew Shea, Chief Learning Officer – Tesserent | Managing Partner – Tesserent Academy | Chair – Cyber Security Technical Committee – Future Skills Organisation

5:00 pm

Event Close

Event Details