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The Next Breach Is Already in Progress: Ensuring Continuity for Critical Public Sector Services

Thursday, 20 November, 2025 @12:00 pm

Date Thursday, 20 November, 2025 Time 12:00 pm - 2:00pm AEDT Please arrive 15min prior for registration Location The Boat House, East End Room 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.
Cyber resilience is essential to maintaining public trust and ensuring the continuity of critical services.

According to the 2024–25 ASD Cyber Threat Report, the agency responded to over 1,200 cybersecurity incidents—an 11% increase from the previous year—highlighting a sharp rise in sophisticated threats targeting government agencies and critical infrastructure.

With ransomware and supply chain attacks on the rise, agencies must navigate regulatory, sovereign, and budgetary pressures while ensuring operational continuity amidst relentless cyber threats.

This exclusive roundtable convenes senior IT and security executives to share how they are defining “mission continuity,” coordinating across agencies, and stress-testing recovery plans against real-world pressures to ensure services remain uninterrupted when disruption hits.

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 and prioritising mission-critical functions within your agency?
  • What are the biggest operational or funding barriers to strengthening recovery?
  • How are you aligning with frameworks such as the ASD Essential Eight and CISA guidance?
  • How are you managing inter-agency or shared service dependencies in continuity planning?
  • Which practices have been effective in communicating readiness to ministers and oversight bodies?

This Chatham House Rule session provides a candid forum for 12 senior executives to exchange practical frameworks and build confidence in strengthening continuity for vital public sector services.

Seats are strictly limited – please RSVP early to secure your place.
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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

The Boathouse, East End Room

Grevillea Park,
7 Menindee Drive,
Barton ACT 2600

02 6273 5500 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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