13 May, 2026 | Grand Hyatt, Melbourne

Operational Resilience & Securing Autonomous Systems

Name: Security Edge Melbourne
Start: 2025-10-08T07:30
End: 2025-10-08T17:30
Location: Grand Hyatt

150 CISOs and CSOs from Australia’s leading enterprise and government organisations will gather for a day of exclusive peer networking and data-driven insights focused on mastering operational resilience, securing autonomous systems, and governing agentic AI.

With Australia already under high profile attack, will the AI tidal wave scale the threats and risk in the next 12 months? Organisations must chase digital growth and agility for their dispersed workforce, while guaranteeing verification, compliance, and trust.

With adversary breakout times now just 48 minutes, is your organisation resilient enough to survive inevitable compromise? Discover how to redesign security architectures for speed, effectively govern AI risks, and ensure resilience beyond simple prevention. Register Your Interest

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Harness the collective intelligence of the world’s foremost thought leaders to learn best practices and be inspired.

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Connecting the Region’s
Top IT Security Leaders

Security Edge is an invitation-only conference that brings together technology executives from the region’s most influential Enterprise and Government organisations, including:

Why You Should Be Here

ANZ Market Trends Global & Local Experts Network with Peers Fast-track Introductions

Stay Ahead of ANZ Market Trends

Keep up with the latest market research and benchmarking data in fields like cyber security, data analytics, digital transformation and more.

Insights from Global Experts & Technologists

Hear the strategies and methodologies being applied by industry innovators who are actively leading teams, delivering enterprise-wide transformation and driving value.

Harness the Wisdom of Your Peers

Learn from the experience of your peers in cross-industry roundtable discussions and networking events to inspire new ways of thinking and share ideas.

Connect with Key Technology Providers

Forge important relationships and explore the capabilities and expertise of our vendors to support your strategic initiatives.

Debating Critical Themes

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Outpacing the 48-Minute Breakout

With adversary breakout times averaging 48 minutes, Sam Fariborz (David Jones) and peers discuss what operational resilience looks like when you assume compromise rather than relying solely on prevention.

Redefining Critical Infrastructure Defence

Every outage is a national risk. Andre Bertrand (Transurban) explores how critical infrastructure leaders are redesigning OT security for a world where downtime is a systemic business threat.

Closing the AI Preparedness Gap

ADAPT research confirms AI governance is the top investment priority. We identify the specific strategic elements missing from current plans to secure generative and agentic AI systems within the enterprise.

Governing Opaque AI Supply Chains

Who owns the risk of opaque, third-party AI? We debate whether supplier assurance must now expand to include AI design, training data integrity, and model governance to mitigate downstream liabilities.

The Vendor Consolidation Debate

We evaluate whether relying on a single vendor whose primary obligation is to Wall Street truly serves your resilience, or if it creates dangerous single points of failure in your defence architecture.

Mastering Basics and Budgets

Sandro Bucchianeri (NAB) and Adam Cartwright (Australia Post) share pivotal lessons on being “brilliant at the basics” and defending effectively with limited budgets in a candid leadership session.

It is the most well-run event of the various Cyber Security events I have been to. CISO at Metcash

It was wonderful to be able to meet and engage with other cyber leaders, some who I only see at ADAPT events. CISO at CSIRO

Security Edge exceeded my expectations with a wide range of vendors, informative talks and engaging content. IT Security Engineer at McConnell Dowell

All the sessions in my Security Edge itinerary were very insightful and practical. The overall organisation and reminders to go to specific sessions were invaluable! Chief Security Officer at TransGrid

Security Edge is a carefully curated and thoroughly valuable conference with premium content and insightful research, amongst a gathering of like minded professionals. Group IT Infra, Cloud and Cyber Resilience Manager at McDonnell Dowell

The organisation on the day was fantastic with so much opportunity to network with peers and vendors. ADAPT's research and insights framed the conversations with speakers and the panel presentation delivered fantastic, engaging insights. Cyber Security Manager at Sydney Anglican Schools Corporation

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Location

Grand Hyatt Melbourne

123 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Victoria, Australia

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