Government Update on the Current Cyber Thread Landscape

In this Keynote session, we hear insights from Jamie Knight, Director, Cyber Defence Operations, National Cyber Security Centre, on the current threats facing organisations globally, NCSC's insights into building cyber security resilience, and setting out how the NCSC can provide support when things go wrong.

Why Social Engineering Continues to be an Enduring Security Risk

In this Partner session, James Anderson, Consulting Manager, Mandiant, discusses how gaps in the system give criminals opportunities to attack and access sensitive resources, his learnings gained from breaking into dozens of systems and key insights into the cunning new methods used in successful social engineering attacks.

Practical Mitigation Strategies for Getting Infront of Advanced Persistent Threats

In this Partner session, Adam Rice, Cybersecurity Advisory, Cisco gives us a broad overview of APTs, the relationship between good threat intelligence, threat attribution and the basic steps to see and stop the threat.

Get the Basics Right and Don't Panic: Planning Your Security Strategy

In this Government Keynote session, Derek Robson, Chief Information Security Officer, New Zealand Parliament, discusses evolving security threats, identifying cyber-smart investments in emerging tech to future-proof your organisation, why solid privacy is something you should already have in place and the major threat of ransomware where application control and adequate offsite backups will give you good protection.

Nurturing Innovation & Creativity in a Risk-Averse Organisational Culture

Join Kate King, Head of Data Operations, Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment, as she explains how to gain buy-in from senior leadership and accomplish what needs to be done with lessons she has learned in her department, emerging workforce management challenges for leaders in data governance, and how to have the difficult yet critical conversations required to effect change. Our esteemed speaker then discusses the next steps in MBIE's data and technology literacy skills workforce planning journey.

Update on the Privacy Maturity Assessment Framework

Join Katrine Evans, Government Chief Privacy Officer, Digital Public Service, Department of Internal Affairs, as she discusses the latest results from the Privacy Maturity Assessment Framework and what they say about government performance. Our esteemed speaker then reveals what areas we need to focus on next and how we can get where we need to be when we're juggling competing priorities.

Leading the Cultural Transformation of a Digital Workplace

In this Government Keynote session, we hear insights from Mary Craig, Deputy Commissioner, Enterprise Design & Integrity, Department of Inland Revenue, on how to develop a clear and compelling vision of workplace culture that everyone buys into, the criticality of building a culture from the ground up, embedding flexible work practices and the importance of inspiring leadership.

Empowering the Skillsets of Diverse Digital Leaders

In this Fireside Chat session, we hear insights from Milica Zivanovic, Deputy Chief Digital Officer, Public Service Commission and Bill Moses, Chief Digital Officer, Public Service Commission on the digital skillset challenge, fostering a culture of learning by encouraging individuals to share their experiences throughout the digital career pathway, how to encourage sharing and collaboration across the public service, and how the skillset challenge can be addressed.