Archie Reed Research Director

Archie Reed

Research Director

Archie Reed

Archie Reed is responsible for helping develop ADAPT’s research content and positions and helping organisations make informed and aligned IT and business decisions.

With more than 25 years’ experience as a business leader, innovation specialist and technology strategist, patent holder, and author Archie brings a range of experience in CIO, CTO, VP and other leadership roles gained across start-ups through to high profile, global organisations.​

With extensive expertise and experience in the security space, Archie was also global CTO for Cloud Security at HP 2006-2013.​

Over his distinguished career, Archie has provided strategic leadership, managed research, business and corporate development, built products and services, and resolved complex, even conflicting business requirements, to deliver significant digital transformations and security initiatives for small businesses through to global enterprises.​

Interacting with executives daily, Archie leverages this experience in bringing together groups of C-Suite leaders to discuss and prepare for the myriad of challenges and opportunities they face as well as keynoting at industry leading events across Australia and New Zealand.​

Executive Leadership & Strategy Is Your Business Prepared for the Next Cyber Attack? Learn from the Top Priorities of CISOs Is Your Business Prepared for the Next Cyber Attack? Learn from the Top Priorities of CISOs May 12, 2023 In this presentation, Archie Reed – Research Director at ADAPT focuses on the priorities of CISOs and the importance of prioritising security initiatives to push for change based on local data. Read More
Security & Risk 5 Actions to Ensure Resilience for a Modern IT Organisation 5 Actions to Ensure Resilience for a Modern IT Organisation Dec 14, 2022 Archie Reed, Research Director at ADAPT discusses the investment priorities of high, medium and low performing organisations and the metrics and technologies they use. Read More
Security & Risk The Security Divide: Why Australia’s Security Leaders Are Fighting Yesterday’s War The Security Divide: Why Australia’s Security Leaders Are Fighting Yesterday’s War Oct 30, 2025 ADAPT’s latest survey reveals a harsh truth: Australian CISOs face rising threats, lagging controls, and widening budget gaps despite record security spend. Read More
Security & Risk Enabling a Secure Government: Balancing Security and Compliance for Rapid Digitisation Enabling a Secure Government: Balancing Security and Compliance for Rapid Digitisation Oct 13, 2022 This workshop explores how we can collectively overcome these challenges and hear from ServiceNow how they have worked with the federal government to optimise, automate and secure federal government platforms to deliver enhanced, secure, improved employee and citizen experiences. Read More
Technology Modernisation Drive Business Value with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Insights from Use Cases Drive Business Value with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Insights from Use Cases Oct 13, 2022 Within the broad scope of AI, there will be several opportunities where AI could help streamline business operations, accelerate time to market, drive innovation and free employees from mundane tasks. Australian organisations need to focus on how AI can provide answers to challenging problems that impact everyday lives and core industries. Read More
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