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Private Executive Roundtable

The Next Breach Is Already in Progress: Resilience as Competitive Advantage

Wednesday, 19 November, 2025 @6:00pm

Date Wednesday, 19 November, 2025 Time 6:00pm - 8:00pm AEDT Please arrive 15min prior for registration Location 12-Micron, Private Dining Room, Sydney Confirm Your Place Register Now
Meet the Moderator & Speaker
Peter Hind Peter Hind Principal Research Analyst at ADAPT
Peter Hind

Peter Hind

Principal Research Analyst at ADAPT

About

Peter Hind has spent the last 25 years as an analyst and commentator on the ICT industry. ​

His primary areas of interest are the potential of technology to transform the way organisations operate, the change management obstacles executives encounter in realising this potential, as well as the tactics and techniques leaders have deployed to overcome these difficulties.​

Peter now takes on multiple roles within ADAPT including the moderation of private events and roundtables, interviewing business executives about the strategies they are pursuing and assisting with the structuring of delegate surveys.​

He also interrogates and analyses ADAPT’s treasure trove of end-user and C-suite data.​
Kavitha Mariappan Kavitha Mariappan Chief Transformation Officer at Rubrik
Kavitha Mariappan

Kavitha Mariappan

Chief Transformation Officer at Rubrik

About

Kavitha leads Rubrik’s efforts to accelerate enterprise transformation and deepen executive engagement, with a focus on expanding Rubrik’s footprint across the Global 2000 and public sector decision-makers. She partners across the GTM organization, shaping Rubrik’s CXO narrative, championing value economics, and unlocking new revenue streams. Prior to Rubrik, Kavitha was EVP of Customer Experience & Transformation at Zscaler, where she built and scaled the company’s CXO and Transformation Practice. She holds a B.Eng. in Communication Engineering from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia, and an M.S. in Cybersecurity Risk and Strategy from NYU School of Law and Tandon School of Engineering.
Australian executives are under increasing pressure to demonstrate that technology investments directly support business resilience. While disruption is inevitable, downtime need not determine outcomes. 

However, ADAPT’s research reveals that limited funding and executive engagement continue to hinder organisations from embedding resilience as a strategic priority.

This exclusive roundtable will bring together CIOs, CTOs, and Infrastructure and Security leaders to explore how they are quantifying operational readiness, embedding cyber risk in business decision-making, and ensuring organisations continue running even when systems are under duress.

Featuring insights from special global guest: Kavitha Mariappan, Chief Transformation Officer at Rubrik. 

Beyond leading transformation at one of the world’s premier cybersecurity firms, Kavitha serves on the Global Board of Directors for the US-India Business Council and as an Advisory Board Member for the NYU School of Law Center for Cybersecurity. Her strategic foresight and leadership in cyber resilience and Zero Trust frameworks make her a formidable voice on building trustworthy and measurable resilience.

Expertly moderated by Peter Hind, Principal Analyst at ADAPT, the group will debate actionable advice on:

  • How are you defining “resilience” inside your business today: technical uptime, customer trust, or operational continuity?
  • Which parts of your organisation are most vulnerable to disruption, and who owns the recovery decisions?
  • What metrics have proven effective in demonstrating readiness or maturity to your board?
  • How are you balancing protection, performance, and cost across hybrid environments?
  • What recent disruptions have revealed about leadership accountability in resilience planning?

 

Drawing on ADAPT’s local research and Rubrik’s global expertise, this intimate, Chatham House Rule discussion of 12 senior executives will deliver peer-tested strategies, actionable frameworks, and renewed confidence to accelerate cyber resilience as a critical competitive advantage.

Seats are strictly limited – please RSVP early to secure your place.
Register Your Details
What is your most critical issue to discuss with your peers at this roundtable?
Your Agenda Welcome and Insights with Peter Hind - Principal Research Analyst at ADAPT In Conversation with Kavitha Mariappan – Chief Transformation Officer at Rubrik Open Discussion and Q&A Under Chatham House Rule Final Regroup Sharing summarised insights and key takeaways Sessions will run under Chatham House Rule to enable you to share and learn best practice amongst peers with privacy
Post-Event Resources Post-Event Resources After the event, you’ll get access to the data slides presented.

Location

12-Micron, Private Dining Room

Level 2/100 Barangaroo Ave, Barangaroo NSW 2000

(61 2) 82188877 Get Directions

ADAPT exists to help Australia and New Zealand thrive commercially, now and for future generations.

Underpinned by 10 years of unrivalled local data, ADAPT delivers objective research, peer insights and local data points on essential IT and business issues to help you and your teams formulate tactics, strategic plans and benchmarks to execute on business outcomes.

In partnership with

Rubrik, the Zero Trust Data Security CompanyTM, delivers data resilience, data observability, and data recovery for organizations. Rubrik’s solutions keep your data safe and easy to recover in the face of cyber attacks and operational failures.  Now you can recover the data you need, however and whenever you need it to keep your business running.

With Rubrik, your business becomes unstoppable.

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