Government Cyber Security Showcase South Australia

This session explores how evolving Indo-Pacific and national cybersecurity policies, such as the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) 2024 Directions, impact South Australia’s security landscape. It emphasises the need to consider these frameworks as an addition to the South Australian Cybersecurity Framework (SACSF), highlighting 2025 priorities like central logging, cybersecurity awareness and supply chain risk management. Attendees will gain actionable insights to enhance resilience against modern threats, aligning SA Government strategies with broader geopolitical and national security developments in an increasingly interconnected world.

• How the emerging global and national threat landscape is impacting Government, citizens, and businesses – and what measures we need to take to build resilience
• Improving the safe and reliable delivery of government services – unpacking the biggest threats and the next phase of priorities to enhance security
• Increasing the maturity of cyber threat intelligence capability to improve risk informed decision making
• Navigating the increasing pervasiveness and complexity of digital, data and platform enabled services – securing sensitive data collection and aggregation
• Data retention, data security and data breaches – improving identity resilience and security and response to data breaches

Nathan Morelli

Head of Cyber Security and IT Resilience, SA Power Networks

Alistair Coombe

Manager, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Department of Treasury and Finance, SA

Mitch Riley-Meijer

A/g Assistant Secretary, Government Cyber and Protective Security, Cyber Security Policy Division, Australian Government

Scott Julian

SA Lead, Cyber Security Engagement, National Office of Cyber Security

• Integrating human skills with AI and leveraging the strengths of both for enhanced and proactive threat response
• Developing and leveraging soft skills: navigating governance, risk, and policy
• AI’s role in early threat detection – unpacking latest methods to detect and mitigate cyber threats
• Securing data with technology and enhancing identity management and access control
• Security considerations in harnessing emerging technologies such as Cloud, Software as a Service (SaaS), AI and Automation, and navigating the increased the use of shared responsibility service delivery models

• Creating a cyber safe place to work, live and learn
• Enhancing education for citizens: how can we empower South Australians to be safe online and improve the rate of reporting cybercrime?
• How can we best support SMEs to afford and build cyber security resilience and awareness?
• Utilising engagement channels to promote cyber risk management and prevention strategies
• Navigating the realm of social media: mitigating threats posed for youth
• Delivering programs which uplift the cyber resilience of vulnerable communities

Christian Ruckert

Detective Inspector, Financial and Cybercrime Investigation Section, SA Police

Joda Walter

A/g Assistant Commissioner, Cyber Governance, Australian Taxation Office

Clayton Fopp

Director, Fusion Cells, National Anti-Scam Centre, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

• Human centred cyber security – what are you doing to empower your people?
• What does it take to truly embed and maintain a robust cyber security culture?
• Ensuring agencies are equipped with the training and resources required to defend, detect and respond to security incidents
• Embedding best practice on the safe and ethical use of AI
• Upskilling key leaders in organisations through dedicated training to manage cyber risk in their organisation
• Growing our future cyber talent – building the technical and leadership skills to secure SA now and into the future

Emily Wingard

Manager, Cyber Capability and Engagement, OCIO, Department of Treasury and Finance, SA

Emily Callander

Cyber Business Partner, People First Bank

Peter Crescitelli

Director, Cyber Security,, Department for Education, SA

Melisa Allan

Principal Cyber Security Advisor, Awareness, Development and Resilience, Cyber Security NSW

Erin Harriott

Director, Cyber Intelligence and Assurance, Parliament House

• Cultivating SA’s cyber economy and strategic partnerships to grow dynamic and competitive cyber security businesses and talent
• Leveraging the ecosystem’s expertise and aligning strategies – taking the most effective approach to collaboration and partnerships between vendors, startups, academia and government
• Sense-checking best approaches to growing local capability, supporting industry maturity and fostering investment opportunities
• Supporting local cyber businesses and start-ups to develop and up-scale