Dr SALLY LEIVESLEY PhD Lond.,MSPD, BA(Hons) Qld., FICPEM, FRSA, MACE, MIABTI, RSES
Dr Leivesley leads Newrisk Limited, which specialises in catastrophic risk identification, mitigation, exercise testing and response across industries, supply chains, governments and populations with a current focus on emerging risks to smart cities. She is chair of an international scientific permanent monitoring panel on catastrophic risk and megaterrorism which meets annually in Erice, Sicily. Dr Leivesley collaborates with a number of specialists groups on aviation threats and distributed energy systems sustainability with publications on strategic analysis in the operating environment (ICNS2015), Safety vs Security (NATO SAS-106 2014), and Resilient Core Networks for energy substation distribution for advanced energy grids (IEE PES General Meeting, 2014).
Dr Leivesley is a founding partner of The Exercise Group 7, TEG7 LLP (www.teg7.co.uk) which provides training courses for skills development and education on the rapidly changing demands from technology and risk to business systems and security.
Dr Leivesley researches human factor failures, terrorist and hostile nation state threats across physical and cyber security. Dr Leivesley was the first to publicly identify cyber-hijack as one of the possible forensic causes of MH370 flight loss and she participated in documentaries such as the Discovery Channel ‘Flight 370: The Missing Links’ and in a five year anniversary documentary in March 2019. http://www.newrisk.com/recentmediacommentary.html . Since 9/11 Dr Leivesley has provided regular television, radio and print media commentary and live broadcast assistance during high threat events within the UK and for international broadcasting to Europe, USA, ME and Australia. Events include the London 7/7 and 21/7 bombings, Westminster and London Bridge/ Borough Market attacks, North Korean nuclear threats, Iranian threats, the Oslo bombing, Wikileaks and Snowden’s data leaks, ISIS and Al Qaeda inspired attacks, militia style attacks on cities and hostage events including Beslan.
Dr Leivesley undertook her Doctorate at the University of London, focusing on catastrophic loss events and trained as a Scientific Advisor with the British Home Office on nuclear, chemical and biological threats. In the UK Dr Leivesley has presented on solar storm effects on system critical control devices and was a member of the technical committee for the first UK guidance document on Resilience and Cyber Security of Technology in the Built Environment published by the IET under sponsorship of the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI)
Dr Leivesley is a Member of the Register of Security Engineers and Specialists (Institution of Civil Engineers); a member of the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators (IABTI), the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI); the Information Assurance Advisory Council Community of Interest (IAAC); and the Australian College of Education. She holds Fellowships with the Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management and the Royal Society of Arts, Manufacturing and Commerce. Dr Leivesley has undertaken research into a new generation of communications in response to catastrophic risks in cyber security and development operations for innovation in financial services.
Born at a very early age and growing up in a culture where cyber was a prefix for anything automated, menacing and malevolent (how history has a tendency of repeating itself), Marcus entered the world of Data Processing as it was known back then after graduating from university. Lured by the flashing console lights (it was also the disco era), the whirl of the magnetic tape and the click clack of the keypunch machine (TSO was still a dream), Marcus became a COBOL programmer, becoming prolific in Michael Jackson’s structured programming methodology (who would have known what future lay ahead for Michael). Having moved into analysis and then data architecture Marcus became the first devolved Information Risk and Security Manager for Barclaycard. After seven years in that role he moved banks and became Head of Information Security for Abbey National plc, now Santander UK. After six years at Abbey and a move into consulting for a large UK utilities company Marcus joined KPMG as a Principal Advisor. Eighteen months later he joined Lloyd’s of London as its CISO and subsequently became its Head of Digital Risk Management and Compliance, also embracing responsibility for data protection and privacy, during his 10 years tenure there. Having worked in IT for over 40 years, specialising in information risk, protection, security and compliance for the latter 27 years or so, Marcus decided to leave full-time corporate life and move to the South Coast of England in mid-2017, ever the seafaring Fisherman’s Friend. As well as being a proud member of the Pulse Conferences family, Marcus now undertakes advisory engagements, provides pro bono consulting and volunteering services and sits on the Cymmetria Advisory Board as Chief Risk Officer.
Cesar Cabrera is a Manager at Darktrace, responsible for increasing the adoption of Darktrace’s award-winning Enterprise Immune System. He engages with CISOs and IT experts to understand their security challenges and address how the Enterprise Immune System provides a unique approach in detecting advanced persistent threats, insider attacks and other live threat scenarios. Prior to joining Darktrace, Cesar worked at World Fuel Services and started his career in the Financial Services Industry, working for Citigroup and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He holds a BA in Psychology from Columbia University in the City of New York.
Hoo Chuan Wei enjoys working with both MNCs and the public sectors to help strategise cybersecurity architecture and solutions. With more than 20 years of regional experience in information security and telecommunications, banking and the information technology sectors, he is dedicated to provide advice from both an advisor and practitioner perspective. As an active speaker, he is also an adjunct lecturer with Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Institute of Systems Science-National University of Singapore (ISS-NUS) and Temasek Polytechnic, authorised instructor with (ISC)² and a guest lecturer with the Business Continuity Management Institute. He serves as an authorised instructor and a Technical Advisor for (ISC)² APAC. (ISC)² is an international non-profit membership association (International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium) focused on inspiring a safe and secure cyber world. BCCE, CFE, CISA, CISSP, ITIL
Darren is an accomplished executive with close to 20 years international cyber risk and security experience. He was recently appointed as Ambassador for the Global Cyber Alliance in recognition of his collaborative work advising small businesses on critical measures they can apply to defend against cyber-attacks. Darren is also currently serving on the executive advisory board for cyber at Australia’s Deakin University and is the Global CISO for business lines at Standard Chartered Bank, based in Singapore.
Retired FBI Agent with over 25 years of Federal Law Enforcement experience including over a decade working in Southeast Asia as the FBI Attache to Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. He has extensive experience working corruption, terrorism, fraud, and intelligence matters. Mr Smith was awarded the FBI Director’s Award for Excellence in 2017, the National Intelligence Medal Unit Citation, and the US Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in 2018.
Daryl is Partner and Head of the Cybersecurity Consulting practice at KPMG in Singapore. He leads a team focusing on cyber security, IT risk management, outsourcing governance, cyber resilience, and privacy laws. He has over 23 years of consultancy and industry experience helping clients with their strategic change and risks by working at the intersection of business and technology.
Gerry Sillars is the Vice President of Asia Pacific at Skybox Security, a global leader in cybersecurity management. In his role, he heads the APAC operations, focusing on the continued expansion of Skybox’s footprint in India, ASEAN, Japan, Korea and Australia, while evolving the company’s channel business. Sillars is also responsible for increasing hiring in APAC to further support the needs of customers and build on the company’s foundation of business. In addition, he aims to expand regional distribution through resellers, system integrators, and managed security service providers. Sillars has more than 15 years of experience building scalable software businesses in APAC. Prior to joining Skybox, he had played pivotal roles in companies such as CommVault Systems, Alcatel Lucent, and UpGuard. Specifically at CommVault, he built the company’s presence in Australia and New Zealand, and went on to solidify the business in Asia—driving significant double- and triple-digit growth during his tenure. Sillars also served as the worldwide Vice President of CommVault’s Cloud Solutions Group in his last two years with the company. During which, he established a Global Systems Integrator (GSI) group in India, building the regional cloud and GSI business from the ground up. Sillars lives in Singapore and is married with one adult son.
Ian has worked in IT Security for over 25 years and has built his career with large organizations such RSA/EMC, Cisco, Sun MicroSystems, Silicon Graphics/Cray Research and Macquarie University. Ian is the worldwide security subject matter expert at Gigamon and leads the worldwide security team of specialist sales engineers. He and his team works closely to evaluate and engage with customers whose security needs require a deep level of expertise. He is a key contributor to guiding the development of of next-generation security solutions and capabilities, working closely with the teams from product management and engineering. Ian has had experience designing, deploying and evaluating network security architectures in government agencies, enterprises and service providers worldwide. Ian is based in Sydney, Australia and has a B.Sc degree in Computer Science from Macquarie University.
Irene is responsible for the execution of the ADSIC Information Security Programme, Security Governance, Risk and compliance to IT Security Policy. She offers 27 years of combined and diverse experience in IT (Security, Operations and Strategy), Quality & Excellence. She has worked in various industries and region and led strategic initiatives in Asia, Middle East, Europe and America. An emerging seasoned speaker on Information and Cyber Security Conferences, Irene has spoken in a number of conferences in Asia, Middle East and Europe. Irene acquired her Masters of Science in IT from University of Wales, and holds the following certifications: ITIL V3, PMP, ISO (QMS and 27k) Lead Auditor and EFQM Assessor.
Leonard has over 19 years of experience in Information, Cyber and Corporate Security gained in telecommunication, enterprise, banking, pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. He is the Group Chief Information Security Officer for Fullerton Health, a leading vertically integrated healthcare platform in the Asia Pacific region. Prior to this, he led Governance, Risk Management, Compliance (GRC) service for Asia Pacific region in MSD International (also known as Merck & Co., Inc.). In his earlier career, He was with Barclays Capital as the Head of Global Information Security Risk & Operation, Asia pacific. Leonard has been volunteering in a number of security associations since 2003. His longest service is with ISACA Singapore Chapter where he has been elected as Chapter President for two consecutive terms. Leonard has also served ASIS International Chapter as Honorary Chairman for 3 years. He is still serving in various councils and committees at global level. Leading information security associations, such as (ISC)2 and ASIS International, have recognized his efforts. He was awarded Information Security Leadership Achievement (ISLA) in Senior Information Security Professional category in 2011 and Professional Certification Board (PCB) Regional Award in 2014. Previously, National Infocomm Competency Centre (NICC) has awarded Leonard with ‘IT Specialist of the Year’ in 2005. He was instrumental in achieving K. Wayne Snipes 2013 award for ISACA Singapore Chapter being the best very large chapter in Asia. International Data Group (IDG) and CEO|CIO Club recognized Leonard with Chief Security Officer (CSO) ASEAN Honoree award in Hanoi, Vietnam on 16th September 2015. Following that, in 2016, He was presented with ISACA’s Paul Williams Award for Inspirational Leadership. Leonard holds Master of Computing from National University of Singapore (NUS) and Bachelor of Engineering, Industrial Engineering from Universitas Trisakti. Leonard regularly delivers presentations in the region and beyond.
Linda is the Programme Head of ICE71 (Innovation Cybersecurity Ecosystem at BLOCK71), Asia Pacific’s first cybersecurity entrepreneur hub (a joint initiative by Singtel Innov8 and NUS Enterprise). ICE71 supports the cybersecurity ecosystem through a range of programmes — namely ICE71 Inspire, ICE71 Accelerate and ICE71 Scale — designed to assist individuals and startups from idea development to the creation, acceleration and scaling of cybersecurity companies. Linda was born and raised in Silicon Valley, and is an attorney by training. She is a board member of a women’s nonprofit (AWA), and a member of Women Corporate Directors (the largest global community of women corporate board directors, with a focus on increasing boardroom diversity). She also volunteers with primary and secondary students in Singapore, teaching entrepreneurial skills to inspire and prepare today’s youth to succeed in the global economy.
Manan in his previous tenures has worked in leadership roles both on the management consulting side and on the consumer side across APAC, Middle East, Europe and North America managing multi-country portfolios across Cyber ,Organisational Resilience and GRC in a range of verticals including Finance, Defence, Telecom, Government and R&D.
Lady Olga Maitland, Founder, Defense and Security Forum and Chairman, Copenhagen Compliance – has wide experience in all major Governance, risk Management and Compliance issues in general and global Fraud and Corruption problems in particular. She is a special adviser to a number of dignitaries and a widely sought after speaker at all Major Conferences on several Corporate Governance issues. Lady Olga is a former British MP for the Conservative party. Prior to her political career she was a reporter for the Fleet Street News Agency, a columnist in the London.
An experienced Senior Leader & Corporate Executive, Security & Risk Professional, Ray is a globally acknowledged and well-known thought leader; recognised and highly respected as someone who delivers. Ray has sat on global programmes for the World Economic Forum on Cyber Resilience and the Advisory Board for the Information Security Forum. Ray has held Group CiSO/CSO & EVP roles for BT, National Grid, Interoute, Redwood Technologies and Airbus UK. He has been fortunate enough to have held global accountability, ranging from consultancy, through to design, build and run of managed services; including full profit and loss ownership for multiple business lines, while combining this experience with protection of Critical National Infrastructure in the Energy and Communications industries.
Rajeev Kumar is part of the Mastercard’s Franchise team and responsible for managing Dispute resolution & Account Data Compromise events for AP region and Customer Engagement & Performance for South Asia division. He has over 13 years of work experience in areas of Fraud Risk Management, Financial crime prevention & investigation in Banking and Financial services sector. His career to date has primarily focused on formulating risk management strategies, implementing fraud/security/Chargeback control initiatives, including promoting usage of risk management tools and driving Safety & security awareness through regular engagements with customers, regulators and third party service providers.
More than two decades of professional experience in information management and governance, with particular focus on information security, risk management and assurance for large multilateral public sector organizations with global presence. Actively contributing to inter-organizational working groups for establishing policies, standards, and guidelines in the area of information security, personal data protection, awareness programs, risk analysis and metrics. Conducting research in cryptography, data protection regulation, and risk management. I’ve started professional career in information technology in the year of the release of Mosaic Web browser, Intel Pentium CPU, Microsoft Windows NT, Debian Linux, Doom computer game… Since the Internet bubble, teaching computer science and telecommunications courses as adjunct faculty at Computer Science Department of Webster University in Geneva. Actively contributing to academic program advancement as a member of the Scientific Committee for Advanced Studies in Information Security at the Department of Management Studies of the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences at the University of Geneva. Advocating advancement in information security as an author in journals and as a speaker at professional conferences such as Cloud Security Alliance congress, Chief Information Security Officers summit, (ISC)2 congress.