Australian Cyber Conference 2021 - Canberra | Australian Information Security Association (AISA) | 16 March 2021 | National Convention Centre Canberra, 31 Constitution Ave, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia

The Australian Information Security Association (AISA) is the premier industry body for information security professionals in Australia. As a nationally recognised not-for-profit organisation, AISA champions the development of a robust information security sector by building the capacity of professionals in Australia and advancing the cyber security and safety of the Australian public, as well as businesses and government.

Join us as we bring together local and global thought leaders and industry experts in once place to effect change.

Who attends?
The Australian Cyber Conference 2021 will provide business leaders with insights and best practices taught by the industry’s top experts through keynotes, panel sessions and live demonstrations. Attending the conference will enable you to network with these practitioners to help you better understand and manage current threats, as well as identify and prepare to meet emerging challenges. An interactive format of workshops, plenary sessions and the opportunity to network with expert practitioners in the field of cyber security is a must for all organisations in the current business environment.

2021 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Kylie McDevitt
Founder of Australia’s largest hacker conference

Maarten Van Horenbeeck
Chief Information Security Officer of Zendesk

Paula Januszkiewicz
CEO and Founder of CQURE Inc

Bruce Schneier
Author of the forthcoming book

Dr Karl Kruszelnicki
ABC Radio station Double J

SPEAKERS:

Daisy Wong
Department of Premier and Cabinet in Victoria as their Cyber Culture and Engagement Lead

Mike Thompson
CTO of HackHunter

Annelies Moens
Managing Director at Privcore

Narayana Madineni
Senior developer and Master Inventor for IBM Global Security Kit

Peter Watson
Certified Information Systems Security Professional

Victoria Kluth
CEO of Araza

Victoria Schiffer
Agile Technology Leader in Cyber Security

Roland Padilla
Deputy Chief Security Officer with A9

Anthony Kitzelmann
Australian Digital Health Agency’s Chief Information Security Officer and General Manager for the Agency’s Cyber Security Centre

Glenn Maiden
Australian Defence Organisation in the mid-90’s

Jacqueline Jayne
Security Awareness Advocate for the APAC

Ralf Huuck
Serial Cyber Entrepreneur

Stephen Wilson
Principal Consultant, Baltimore Technologies

John Hildebrandt
Defence Science and Technology Organisation

Brett Williams
Lead Solutions Architect at Flashpoint

Ben Whitham
Australia Defence Force

Denny Wan
Open Group FAIR

Kylie Watson
Sociologist that specialises in technology

Kelsey Van Haaster
IT professional

Vlado Vajdic
Solution Engineer at Attivo Networks

Cameron Townshend
Bsc, MSysDev, MCP CP Snr, MCSD

Hai Tran
Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre

Tracie Thompson
CEO of HackHunter

Rupert Taylor-Price
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Vault

Daryl Sheppard
University of Tasmania

Richard Stocks
IT security

Warren Simondson
Managing Director and Founder, Ctrl-Alt-Del IT Consultancy

John Selby
Academic at Macquarie University

Rodman Ramezanian
Cyber Security industry

Rajiv Shah
PhD in quantum physics

Dilip Samji
Director of Cyber Security and Digital Forensics for DRC Australia

Mathew Potaczek
Mandiant Role

Rob Parker
Senior Partner with Deloitte

Gareth Phillips
Experienced IT security professional

Joff Pearce
Solutions Architect at SoftIron

Tom Nemeth
Certified Information Systems Security Professional and Master Architect

Alexandra Jurmann
Cloud Security Architect with Trend Micro ANZ

Timothy Kirk
CEO and Founder of SureCity Networks

Ian McKenzie
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the Australian Parliament

David Jorm
Security Industry

Murray Goldschmidt
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Sense of Security

Annie Haggar
Global cybersecurity law and technology law

Brian Hay
Cyber Security Executive Director, CCS Cultural

Riccardo Galbiati
Cyber Advisor, Office of the CSO at Palo Alto Networks Australia

Sura De Silva
Detection Intelligence Engineer

Peter Deans
Chief Risk Officer of Bank of Queensland

David Fairman
Leadership positions at JPMorgan Chase & Co

Vasant Kumar Chinnipilli
Security enthusiast

Dale Bowie
IBM Security

Emily Carr
Managing Director of Parkour Consulting

Lennon Yao-Chung Chang
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor)

Harold Blake
Federal Government

Scott Ainslie
Member of multiple security

2021 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Aucloud
• PwC
• Vmware
• Tanium
• Infoblox
• Deloitte
• Aegis 9
• CyberCX

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Zscaler
• Penten
• IBM
• Okta
• Illumio

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• FlashPoint
• CyberDistribution
• Paloalto
• knowbe4
• Crowdstrike
• Trend Micro
• Rapid7
• Ivanti
• Alsid
• Netskope
• Thycotic
• Cyber Collaboration Centre
• McAfee
• Red Piranha
• Elastic
• Last Pass
• Recorded Future
• Endace
• Drago
• SailPoint
• LogRythymn
• Fortinet
• One Identity
• Attivo Networks
• Cyber Ark
• Yubico
• Huntsman
• Forescout
• ALC

CONFERENCE DINNER SPONSOR:
• Auclod

LANYARD SPONSOR:
• Telstra

COFFEE CART SPONSORS:
• Service Now
• One Identity

ICECREAM SPONSOR:
• Progress Moveit

CONFERENCE APP SPONSOR:
• Attivo Networks

STARTUP SPONSORS:
• LMNTRIX
• Willyama
• Redite
• Fifth Domain
• Cydarm
• Cybermerc

VIRTUAL SPONSORS:
• Service Now
• Symantec Enterprise Division, Broadcom
• Cloudflare
• Cybereason