Cyber connections for a stronger NSW

Cyber Connections for a Stronger NSW is a free half-day roundtable that will bring together Government services, businesses, utilities, SMEs and universities in a forum to identify the key requirements for robust cyber security in New South Wales and explore how it might be achieved. The event will conclude with a networking lunch.

Presenters include:

• Louise Chappell, Director, Australian Human Rights Institute
• Richard Harris, Chief Information Officer, Hunter Water
• John Hare, Head of Cyber Outreach, Commonwealth Bank of Australia
• Asaf Ahmad, Chief Information Security Officer, NSW Fire and Rescue

Todd Williams, the Director of the NSW Cyber Security Network, will be your host for the morning.

Collaborate and Network...

Industry and Government participants will have the chance to network with some of the state’s leading cyber security thinkers and receive feedback on their challenges and how innovative R&D may help solve them.

Agenda

8.30AM Doors open - light breakfast, coffee and tea

9:00AM Welcome Address
Todd Williams, Director, NSW Cyber Security Network

9.10AM Universities and Opportunities for Research
Neville Stevens, AO, Chairman, NSW Cyber Security Network

9:20AM University cyber capabilities in NSW

• Suranga Seneveratne, Lecturer in Security, School of Information Technologies, University of Sydney
• Alana Maurushat, Chair of Cybersecurity and Behaviour, University of Western Sydney
• Willy Susilo, Director, Institute of Cybersecurity and Cryptology, University of Wollongong
• Christophe Doche, Executive Director, Department of Computing, Macquarie University
• Ren Ping Liu, Professor and Head of Discipline of Network and Cybersecurity, School of Electrical and Data Engineering, University of Technology Sydney
• Vijay Varadharajan, Global Innovation Chair in Cyber Security, University of Newcastle

9:50AM Cyber security challenges for industry in NSW

• Richard Harris, Chief Information Officer, Hunter Water
• Wayne Bozza, Head of Cybersecurity, IT Governance and Risk, NIB
• John Hare, Head of Cyber Outreach, Commonwealth Bank of Australia
• Simon Finn, Security Architect, Cisco Systems
• Nathan Campbell, Chief Risk Officer, IMB
• Audience Q&A

10.40AM Perspectives on cyber security from SMBs in NSW

• Ashley Cox, Chief Operating Officer, Airsight UAV
• Tim Williams, Director, Agrimilk
• Audience Q&A

10.55AM Break

11.10AM Cyber state challenges - NSW emergency and health services

• Asaf Ahmad, Chief Information Security Officer, NSW Fire and Rescue
• James Patterson, Chief Information Officer, NSW Pathology
• Audience Q&A

11.25AM Panel - Leveraging NSW Cyber Capabilities for the Future

• Louise Chappell, Director, Australian Human Rights Institute
• Brian Williams, National Security and Solutions Manager, NEC
• Richard Harris, Chief Information Officer, Hunter Water

11.45AM Workshop - Opportunities for Collaboration

12:25PM Final comments, Todd Williams, Director, NSW Cyber Security Network

12:30PM Networking lunch

About the NSW Cyber Security Network

The NSW Cyber Security Network was announced by the NSW Minister for Finance, Services and Property, Victor Dominello, in February 2018. The university-led network’s role is to facilitate the growth of cyber capability for New South Wales. It captures the considerable cyber security capability in NSW universities.