The Implications of AI & Ensuring Top-Down Cyber Leadership

Kylie is a Cyber Security Sociologist and Partner at PwC and specialises in the human and technical aspects of threat intelligence, cloud security, firewalls, IDAM and data risk.

Kylie advises across all industries on cyber investments and on how vulnerabilities can be reduced. Her significant experience and understanding of cyber attacks and patterns of malicious activity, enables her to advise on logistics for replacement or strengthening of systems and firewalls, on hybrid cloud security, implementing and maintaining identity and access management safeguards, identifying and quantifying emerging risks facing data assets, deploying support to cyber teams during breaches and providing the latest threat intelligence.

Lately she’s been helping organisations with cyber risk controls around Chat GPT.

Kylie regularly speaks at universities and has published research papers on threat intelligence, risks in predictive analytics and digital nudge theory. She has degrees in cyber security, data, sociology and humanities, as well as teaching, behavioural science and management qualifications.

Tony Chapman was appointed to the role of NSW Chief Cyber Security Officer (CCSO) in May 2019 following the establishment of Cyber Security NSW.

Under Tony’s leadership, Cyber Security NSW focuses on enhancing whole-of-government cyber security capabilities and standards, boosting cyber incident response coordination, and overseeing the development of strategic cyber security policy positions. A key component of his role is the provision of advice to the NSW Government to drive a culture of risk management and awareness to support greater resilience to cyber security threats.

Bianca Wirth has over 20 years’ experience in IT and security, and she has consulted to over 200 companies from a diverse range of industries and government in this time. She has worked for a global software vendor and Big 4, developed her own successful consulting business and has guest lectured on security at universities. Bianca is currently the CISO at NSW Department of Planning & Environment.

Collin Penman is the Country CISO and Practice Leader, Security and Resiliency for Kyndryl A/NZ.

He is an experienced leader and advisor with over 30 years’ experience in cyber security and advanced telecommunications, working for organisations including IBM, Cyber Security Agency of Singapore, Checkpoint and Telstra. In his role as Practice Leader, he works closely with some of Australia and New Zealand’s largest organisations to bolster their security strategies and infrastructure across cyber risk, compliance and governance, multi-cloud workloads, shared services and networks.

As Country CISO he also has a responsibility to the board and customers for the cyber security operations of not only Kyndryl’s own operations in A/NZ, but also the workloads of Critical Infrastructure Organisations under management.