Venue
Shed 6 & TSB Arena
Shed 6 & TSB Arena, Wellington Central, Wellington 6011, New Zealand

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Event Date Tue Nov 5 NZDT (about 1 month ago)
In your timezone (EST): Mon Nov 4 6:00am - Mon Nov 4 6:00am
Location Shed 6 & TSB Arena
Wellington Central, Wellington 6011, New Zealand
Region APAC
Details

Prioritising Security by Building Capability, Resilience and Workforce

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Inspiring Speakers
• Connect with 10+ high-level NZ government officials who are leading cyber security experts.

A Chance to Get Out of the Office
• Join 100+ of your peers set to come through the doors of the showcase. Take the opportunity to engage in lively conversations. You never know what doors may open as a result.

An Immersive Show Floor
• Discover advanced technology providers who offer solutions to your most critical issues on the exhibition floor. Utilise the networking breaks to explore the expo.

Benefits of Attending:
•  Attendees will gain firsthand insights in how to be proactive on proactively identifying vulnerabilities and strengthening security measures.
• Connect, share ideas, and engage with leaders in different agencies to open doors for partnerships, insights, and opportunities to collaborate. 
• Hear from thought leaders, innovators, and policymakers at the forefront of cyber security in the public sector for experiences, challenges, and success stories offer valuable lessons. 
• Explore the latest technologies in threat protection and vulnerability management to improve public service delivery. 

Key Themes:
• Cyber Secure Strategy: Enhancing capabilities through collaboration, threat intelligence sharing and recruitment 
• Improved Security: Strengthening defenses to safeguard critical infrastructure and enhance national resilience
• Security Initiatives: Setting strategies, priorities and cyber standards to compel greater security across NZ 
• Collaboration: Promoting both inter-agency and government and industry collaboration to better mitigate risk and improve response times

Speakers

2024 Speakers

SPEAKER PANELS:

Alwyn Danitofea
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Communication and Aviation (Solomon Islands)

Jonathan Wilkins
Chief Information Security Officer, Ministry of Primary Industries

Derek Robson
Chief Information Security Officer, New Zealand Parliament

Lefaoalii Unotoa Auelua-Fonoti
Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of Communication & Information Technology

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

Catherine Cooper
Group Manager – Incident Response, Health NZ

Ronnie Rahman
Head of SecFinOps, Hamilton City Council

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

Carl Nixon
Air Commodore Chief Information Officer, New Zealand Defence Force

Peter Booth
Group Manager – Security Services and Performance Response, Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand

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

Tony Lyne
Enterprise Architect (Public Sector Cloud Adoption Specialist), Lab3

Ash Smith
Technology Strategist, ANZ, CrowdStrike